COVID 19 Compliant - Morning Fewbie Desert Drive - Khatam to Faya - Sharjah - 30 Oct 2020

[Brette]

@Athula Dharmadada @Yasas Dharmadasa 

1 spot has opened up, as both of you are on the waitlist, which 1 would like to join?

[Anand Nataraj]

Hi Brette, add me if there’s any space left.

 

thanks!

[Athula Dharmadada]

@Athula Dharmadada @Yasas Dharmadasa confirm the drive

[Brette]

10 minutes ago, Athula Dharmadada said:

@Athula Dharmadada @Yasas Dharmadasa confirm the drive

@Athula Dharmadada1 spot available. Which one of you would be driving?

[Athula Dharmadada]

@Athula Dharmadada join to tomorrow drive

[Brette]

@Dr Tariq Mahmood sorry you have been removed from the drive as you just joined but there is already a waiting list for that 1 spot. 

[Tariq Mahmood]

Any chance to join you , should any spot available? 

[Brette]

17 minutes ago, Dr Tariq Mahmood said:

Any chance to join you , should any spot available? 

Sorry @Dr Tariq Mahmood there are already 3 more on the waitlist before you and the RSVP has just been closed as the drive is full.

RSVP is now closed.

Below is the convoy order for the drive tomorrow and we will be using channel 3,  446.056.25.

@Rahimdad

@Veedooshee @Sinol @Syed Raza Hussain @Rizwan Waheed @Athula Dharmadada @Craig Finlayson @Gok Krish @Ali Abas Ali @Neale Faulkner @Kailas

1	Brette		JGC	Lead
2	Veedooshee	Fewbie	Pajero	2nd Lead
3	Sinol	Fewbie	Pajero
4	Syed Raza Hussain	Fewbie	Pajero
5	Rizwan Waheed	Fewbie	Pajero
6	Athula Dharmadada	Fewbie	JGC
7	Craig Finayson	Fewbie	Wrangler	CF
8	Gok Krish	Fewbie	Wrangler
9	Ali Abas Ali	Fewbie	4 Runner
10	Neale Faulkner	Fewbie	Wrangler
11	Kailas	Fewbie	Wrangler
12	Rahimdad	Crew	Pathfinder	Sweep

See you'll tomorrow. Once you reach the meeting point please deflate immediately and turn on your radios to channel 3. We plan to leave at sharp 6 am. 

Edited October 29, 2020 by Brette

[Athula Dharmadada]

@Brette @Rahimdad Thank you very much for organizing a drive through the spectacular sand dunes.

Click the attachment below for photos 

https://carnity.com/gallery/category/377-fewbie-khatam-to-faya-sharjah-30-oct-2020

Edited October 30, 2020 by Athula Dharmadada

[Veedooshee]

Khatam to Faya drive

Yet another chilly morning drive..which actually feels cool and fresh mostly at the sunrise time though...😉. It was great to see most of us nice and early at the meeting spot and even nicer to see that we have @Rahimdad as our flying sweep today. @Brette, thank you for giving me the responsibility of being your second lead today and I hope I did justice to the position.

It was quite a challenging drive today. As we started on those churned up areas, I had my first refusal even before I could realize that the sand was soft soft and softer..and then thanks to @Rahimdad I was out of that pocket kind area within no time.  Despite the struggle of a few of us, we all managed to reach up at Fossil rock and down within the first hour itself. We then proceeded nicely to the khatam area which was technical and also had a lot of cross tracks but very enjoyable indeed and, as it is I do like the colors of the sand in this Sharjah region. We did have a few refusals and maybe one or 2 stucks if am not mistaken but overall was then an excellent trip at Khatam area.

Faya is a great region to drive around bowls but was definitely challenging for most of us as it is so churned up and the sand here as well is so so so soft. We did had a good start at that region but then with the refusals, a lot of struggle was required to get out of that area and thanks to @Rahimdad for showing us how it is to be done. And @Rahimdad did burn a lot of calories today but he is the superman ☺️. With that situation, @Rahimdad was sure that most probably the tyre pressure went up and indeed that was the case which was immediately by deflating to the appropriate psi. Our second attempt was slightly better as @Rahimdad took us to the top of Faya. 

Thank you for the amazing drive @Brette...

Thank you loads to our superman @Rahimdad for really being a flying sweep, for supporting this drive, for showing tricks...and endless other help...Thank you...

Special thanks also goes to our CF @Craig Finlayson and our sweep @Kailas...

Great drive by the whole team today...see you in the sand soon...