COVID19 Compliant - Night Newbie Desert Drive - Tawi Nazwa - Sharjah - 23 Apr 2021

[M.Seidam]

5 hours ago, Ehab said:

 

 

@Chaitanya D thank you for the trip, it was a slow pace trip but we enjoyed the pink rock climb. Thank you and @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ for the advice on tires pressure, it worked perfectly.

@Danish Mohammad @Miguel Codes @Morshedi @Ahmad Shaker @Niekku @Ahmed Mostafa @JeromeFJ @Pmaraziti @Alexander Alcala @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader  @Foxtrot Oscar

 

Enjoy the video

 

Nice video 👍

[Danish Mohammad]

First of all I would thank @Chaitanya D for your trust and giving me this opportunity to be on second lead** (hope I did as per your expectation) and yes @Chaitanya D @Ahmed Mostafa I agree and apologize at one point as I got confuse by some previous track mark and for which car number three got side stuck. (Sure I will pay more attention in future drives)

Thanks to @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ @Alexander Alcala and @Foxtrot Oscar for your unlimited support, guidance and help during refusal/stuck/pop-out and making sure that whole Convoy is safe and moving smooth. (Excellent team)

@MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ Also please convey my thanks to "Raffay" for his great help during shovel and pop-out.

Appreciate the patience of each member in this Convoy during refusal, stuck or pop-out, it was amazing night drive with good learning. (Thank you all)

Insha’Allah See you in next drive      

[Chaitanya D]

8 hours ago, Danish Mohammad said:

 I agree and apologize at one point as I got confuse by some previous track mark and for which car number three got side stuck. (Sure I will pay more attention in future drives)

@Danish Mohammad it was a single incident of losing the track of 2nd lead , and you saw what happened.  We have made such mistakes and got better at them, and I am sure it will be the same with you .

Learn and forget, you will be more focused next time around. But for this one incident you were flawless for the rest of the drive. Well done!

[Chaitanya D]

Trip Report:

Always a great nostalgic kind of feeling coming back to this area around Pink rock where I first started my desert driving hobby with Carnity. It turned out even special this time around as I was driving leading a Newbie drive in the dark, challenging for everyone .

Glad to see all on time , maintaining COVID appropriate behavior and ready deflated around the time as scheduled. @Foxtrot Oscar called out the names as we lined up for this adventure in the dark to scale up pink rock and further. We all drove with hardly any issues to pink rock, in rather quick time which was impressive as some of you especially at the front were less experienced . We took turns to climb the pink rock albeit safely, using the members who had off-road lights to lit up the rock which was quite a sight to see in the dark. Very nice videos recorded by @Ehab , @PaoloMarazitiand @Morshedi. We all enjoyed it as much as you did!

Once we were at the top, I decided to make it thrilling and bump up the level a bit heading towards Big Red/ Badayer. This meant we will be venturing into softer sand and bigger bowls which are a bit challenging for the new members especially in the dark. As we drove that's when we started to have refusals and stucks in softer bowls where in getting out was becoming tricky. But with excellent support offered by CF @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ and @Alexander Alcala we were able to sort them pretty quickly.

At one point on a soft patch @Ahmed Mostafa showed some great patience almost managing a manual crawl using the "blip blip" which was impressive.  That's when the infamous Pajero AT light turned on on this car and we had to cool it down, and in few min Muhammed Kashif puller him off . I was personally avoiding this as we all , especially at newbie should learn the art of self recovery and stagger our recovery :  1st- Gears 4H/4L/Diff lock with steering maneuvers, 2nd Shovelings, 3rd - Rope Tugs, 4th - Winch, 5th - Other extreme methods ....last a chopper/bulldozer if nothing works🤣. Well done my dear !

Getting you all on tarmac took some time as we were behind pink rock which a bit bushy and with some rocks in between. Negotiating through meant we extended the drive a bit, but it was adventurous as there were some tight dunes and sharp drops which you all managed well.

The wrangler bunch  @Miguel Codes, @Ehab and @Morshedi did well to drive in the dark.

The FJ bunch specifically put at the back considering some were more experienced FB and some had their masterclasses with the masters at Carnity - @Niekku, @Ahmad Shaker, @PaoloMaraziti, @JeromeFJ had hardly any or minimal issues which was great.

@Abdul Rahman AK showed how well he can manage his Pajero even at the back and was always ready to help.

Immense thanks to @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ, @Alexander Alcala and @Foxtrot Oscar for your support. @Danish Mohammad for being my 2nd lead and defacto leader whose tracks you all followed.

We drove for around 27 km at a reasonable pace especially for the first half, and considering newbie drive in dark this was nice.

Please apply for your promotion if you have completed the required set of drives and have the required gears for next level.

Enjoy rest of your week, see you all soon