COVID19 Compliant - Evening Newbie Short Desert Drive - Margham - Dubai - 28 Mar 2021

[Chaitanya D]

Dear Friends,

• Lakshmi Narasimhan @Lakshmi Narasimhan
• Nithin Vaidir @Nithin Vaidir
• Ahmed Wagdy @Ahmed Wagdy
• Azfar Aboobakar @Azfar Aboobakar
• Ranjan Das @Ranjan Das
• N@ved @N@ved
• Richard Frank's @Richard Franks
• Kenneth Bollhardt @Kenneth Bollhardt
• Ranjan Pattanaik @Ranjan Pattanaik
• Ahab Shamaa @Ahab Shamaa 

We will use Chanel 1 for Radio Coms

Convoy listing will be as below:

1. Chaitanya - Black Xterra

2. Ranjan Das - Wrangler - 2nd lead

3. Ranjan Pattnaik - Ford Explorer

4. Lakshmi Narasaimhan - Pajero

5. Azfar Abobacker - Wrangler

6. Nithin Vaidir - LC

7.Ahab Shamaa - FJC - Center Forward

8. Richard Frank's- Rubicon

9.Kenneth Bollhardt - Prado

10.Ahmed Wagdy - FJC 

11.N@ved - Silver Wrangler TJ- Sweep

You all need to have the mandatory gear for Newbie ( Off Road flag, Deflator, compressor, Shovel and programmed Radio) without which you will not be allowed to drive. Deflate to 15 psi for normal tires and 12 psi for All terrain tires.

Myself and Ahab will manage recoveries if any, if we need more help we will be calling for your assistance. Ranjan Das as 2nd lead, Ahab as CF and Naved as sweep will keep the bunch together. We will see how far we can explore with this set of varied drivers and cars which makes every drive (especially at newbie level) very interesting.

Please remain seated in your cars and follow COVID precautions, Zero tolerance on this, if anyone is not following he will be escorted out of the drive. 

See you all tomorrow,  

Good Night

 

 

 

[Rawad]

Sorry @Chaitanya D had to drop for work purposes

[Chaitanya D]

1 minute ago, Rawad Bahsas said:

Sorry @Chaitanya D had to drop for work purposes

@Richard Franks you are next on waitlist,  as ther is a space opened up.

Do you confirm your joining?

[Richard Franks]

Yes. Great. See you there

[Ranjan Pattanaik]

Yes @Chaitanya D, while cross checked i saw 2 open RSVP, so i checked in. See you then. Thank u very much.

[GauravSoni]

@Chaitanya D is it too late to join the drive? I hope I can join this drive today?

[Lakshmi Narasimhan]

I am almost going with new marshal’s and lead team on every drive. What a wonderful leadership team been produced by carnity. I guess  I should stop talking about crew and focus only on how to get to that level.  Skillfully navigated thru tricky terrains and made a wonderful evening with mix of all in the drive, love that!!!! Looking forward for more drives.

Edited March 28, 2021 by Lakshmi Narasimhan

[Chaitanya D]

7 hours ago, GauravSoni said:

@Chaitanya D is it too late to join the drive? I hope I can join this drive today?

Sorry Gaurav, it was a bit too late and would have been unfair to the waitlisted who were left out.

Please RSVP next time , you are always welcome

[GauravSoni]

6 minutes ago, Chaitanya D said:

Sorry Gaurav, it was a bit too late and would have been unfair to the waitlisted who were left out.

Please RSVP next time , you are always welcome

Thankyou @Chaitanya D I thought of giving the newbies a chance to ride with your lead! Next time I would surely put up my name in waitlist! 

[Chaitanya D]

Trip report with a 🙂

Fab start to  a packed week at work?... I would say yes atleast for me , and I wonder it was the same for all of you.?🤔

Always love coming back here at Margham for that nice breezy drive through some nice playable dunes , and it was great to have a varied mix of cars and drivers today for that. You all drove exceptionally well for a newbie drive to manage the challenges , which I kept on bumping up as soon as I realised all were nicely warmed up for it.

Special thanks to @Ranjan Das for being by 2nd lead and the defacto lead for all of you, @Ahab Shamaa for performing center forward to perfection ( although you got only one chance to pull) and @Tamas Hoffmann for sweeping and chipping in last moment for support.  

Well done all of you - @Ranjan Pattanaik ( it was a pleasure to see how well you drove that explorer of yours )@Lakshmi Narasimhan ( well driven,minor refusals ),@Nithin Vaidir ( did well before early exit. I hope your family is all well), @Azfar Aboobakar ( sorry for missing you out as we had already finished briefing and were ready to leave) , @Richard Franks ( great to see how well you managed in all areas with that Rubicon) , @Kenneth Bollhardt (newly promoted to FB and how well you deserved that was seen on this drive) , @Ahmed Wagdy (some minor refusals, but all part of the game and learning-well done), and  @N@ved ( great to have you on any drive with that cute little TJ of yours).

Enjoy your week at work, remember this is not a weekend. 🤣😜

Cheers !