COVID 19 compliant - Fewbie Plus Morning Desert drive - Pink Rock - Sharjah - 18 Dec 2020

[Jeepie]

This drive is organized in full compliance with the COVID19 guidelines. We expect every member that joins this drive to go through below information and and strictly follow these guidelines in order not to jeopardize someone's health, and to ensure we can keep organizing these drives safely.

MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: COVID19 Precautions

 

MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: BAN POST

 

Two Way Radio Guidelines

• Every Offroader brings his own radio, programmed to the frequencies described in below advice topic.
• We will not share spare radios or program your radio on the drive. If you need assistance in programming the radio, post a topic on the Carnity website with your questions and we will help you out. 
• Make sure your radio is fully charged. It will be your only way of communication while driving.
• Before buying, please carefully read below advice so you are informed properly on which model / cost / shops...
• No radio = No drive. It is an essential tool and you should make sure you bring it on every drive and learn/practice how to use it.

 

MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING

 

Drive Details

Level:  Fewbie Plus (You should have attended at least 5 Fewbie drives with Carnity)

When: 18 Dec 2020, Friday

Meeting time: 6.30 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions)

Meeting Point: Nazwa Farms https://goo.gl/maps/mfZ6j1BaewztJpCWA

Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance.

What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks (for yourself), smiles, face mask, rubber gloves, enthusiasm and willingness to learn.

Approximate finish time: 10.30 AM

 

THIS IS A COMPRESSOR ONLY DRIVE. PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS DRIVE UNLESS YOU HAVE A COMPRESSOR. ANYONE ARRIVING AT THE DRIVE WITHOUT A COMPRESSOR, FLAG, PROPER SHOVEL AND DEFLATION KIT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO JOIN THE DRIVE. ALL TOW POINTS WILL BE CHECKED BEFORE DEPARTURE. 

 

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE:

• Limited to 12 cars only. RSVP will close on Thursday - 9 AM.
  • If the RSVP is full and you wish to join, please mention your name on the drive thread to add on the waiting list. 
• Latecomers will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS.
• Members without RSVP will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS.
• Please withdraw your RSVP, if you aren't joining, so your spot can be taken by others.
• Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month.

 

PLEASE RSVP ON THE BELOW CALENDAR EVENT

 

[Ahab Shamaa]

Please add me to wait list as second drive 😀

[Ahab Shamaa]

Hey @Jeepie, what’s the status of this drive? Any chance I can join it?

[Jeepie]

@Ahab Shamaa I added you to the drive, @Nivin I added you in manage, as you are now advanced😃

[Jeepie]

Jeepie	Expert	Jeep Wrangler	Y	1	Lead
Veedooshee S	Fewbie	Mitsubishi Pajero LWB	Y	2	2nd lead
Ashok Chaturvedi	Fewbie	Mitsubishi Pajero LWB	Y	3
Asifk	Intermediate	Mitsubishi Pajero LWB	Y	4
Vipin Shetty	Fewbie	Jeep Grand Cherokee	Y	5
Anand Nataraj	Fewbie	Nissan Xterra	Y	6
Nivin	Advance	Nissan Xterra		7	CF
Francois Germishuys	Fewbie	Ford F150	Y	8
Shaaz Sha	Intermediate	Jeep Wrangler SWB	Y	9
Mehmet Volga	Intermediate	Mitsubishi Pajero LWB	y	10
Abu Muhammed	Intermediate	Toyota Sequndra	Y	11
Ahab Shamaa	Fewbie	Toyota FJ Cruiser	Y	12
Janarthan	Advance	Nissan Xterra	Y	13	SW

 

@Veedooshee, @Ashok chaturvedi @asifk @VipinShetty @Anand Nataraj @Nivin @Francois Germishuys @Shaaz Sha @Mehmet Volga @Abu Muhammad @Ahab Shamaa @Janarthan 

Hope to see you all tomorrow morning.

We will be using radio channel 2

[Ahab Shamaa]

Excellent! Thank you so much 😀🙏🏻

[Jeepie]

Slight change of plan, because Janarthan and Anand are supporting Brette and won't be joining us

Jeepie	Expert	Jeep Wrangler	Y	1	Lead
Veedooshee S	Fewbie	Mitsubishi Pajero LWB	Y	2	2nd lead
Ashok Chaturvedi	Fewbie	Mitsubishi Pajero LWB	Y	3
Asifk	Intermediate	Mitsubishi Pajero LWB	Y	4
Vipin Shetty	Fewbie	Jeep Grand Cherokee	Y	5
Nivin	Advance	Nissan Xterra		6	CF
Francois Germishuys	Fewbie	Ford F150	Y	8
Shaaz Sha	Intermediate	Jeep Wrangler SWB	Y	9
Abu Muhammed	Intermediate	Toyota Sequndra	Y	10
Ahab Shamaa	Fewbie	Toyota FJ Cruiser	Y	11
Mehmet Volga	Intermediate	Mitsubishi Pajero LWB	y	12	SW

@Veedooshee, @Ashok chaturvedi @asifk @VipinShetty @Anand Nataraj @Nivin @Francois Germishuys @Shaaz Sha @Mehmet Volga @Abu Muhammad @Ahab Shamaa @Janarthan 

[VipinShetty]

Hi @Jeepie, due to personal reasons I will not be able to make it for this drive. Sincere apologies for last minute drop out. 

[asifk]

My sincere apologies @Jeepie, something has come up and I will not be able to join this drive tomorrow. Drive safe and see you next time! 

[Jeepie]

It was a shame that we were only nine cars, or was it?

Because we ended up with a very strong convoy and less cars also means less people getting into trouble😜

After a bit of a bumpy start with all the green, and both @Nivin and @Mehmet Volga playing with the ropes, trying out all the recovery skills so @Abu Muhammad had to come to the rescue, we managed to drive quite a lot. I took you all to the low and easy ridges near the bottom of Pink Rock to see how you were coping and to gain some confidence, which didn't seem really necessary because everyone was doing great. It was a bit of a shame that there are so many cross tracks everywhere, but I hope the shaking kept you alert. Finding our way around Pink Rock and finding a lot more ridges with @Veedooshee keeping enough distance to be able to reroute where needed and sometimes riding the ridge longer than I could, I felt confident we were all ready to climb some bigger dunes and do a bit of criss crossing. We started with the dune next to Big Red and even there it was completely churned up, but we all got through and up. @Francois Germishuys you helped out others when they were having refusals in a very calm way and I think you did a good job leaving a clean track for the people at the rear us much as possible. I am just sad I didn't manage to get you stuck😝

@Shaaz Sha and @Ahab Shamaa you did very well at the back of the convoy and I am glad we didn't need to use Ahab,s winch.

@Ashok chaturvedi were managing well and a stuck with a little bit of shoveling is something that happens to all of us sometimes

( unless your name is Francois) I thought it was very good that you didn't give up and just tried again and succeeded.

Well done everyone