Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Pink Rock - Sharjah - 22 Oct 2021

[Gaurav]

General Info

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
• Ban from Carnity Off-road Club
• Two Way Radio Guidelines

Drive Details

Level:  Newbie Above (All Levels)

When: 22 Oct 2021, Friday.

Meeting time: 06:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions)

Meeting Point: Tawi Nizwa Farms https://goo.gl/maps/Ym96fZ4afEZN7KPWA

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, willingness to learn and your own compressor for tire inflation.

Approximate finish time: 10:00 AM

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 

 

[Thomas Varghese]

Please wl me 2nd drive

[Thomas Varghese]

Good morning @Gaurav. As its Wednesday and I can add myself to the drive I have added myself for your drive. 

[Jeetu Sharma]

Hi @Gaurav I will not be able to make it tomorrow as I am bit under the weather. Will join hopefully next time when I'm better. Have fun all of you.

Will remove my name from the RSVP as well.

[Bruno Finel]

Hi @Gaurav

Really sorry I won’t be able to make it tomorrow as there is a COVID case in my family. 
 

Have a great drive !!

Bruno

[Gaurav]

Drive RSVP is closed now.

Please find your convoy numbering below.

We will use Radio Channel 3 - 446.056'25.

In case of emergency please call me at 050 5258706

@Salim Akhtar @Ankit Jain @Mohamad Ziad Alhennawi @Adnan Halepota @Lawrence_Chehimi @Thomas Varghese @Manoj Soman

1. Gaurav                      1999 Silver Pajero
2. Salim Akhtar             2017 Mitsubishi Pajero
3. Ankit Jain                  Silver Lexus GX 460
4. Mohamad Ziad         Hummer H3 2007
5. Adnan Halepota       2012 Toyota Prado 4.0 white 
6. Manoj Soman           2017 White Wrangler Rubicon
7. Thomas Varghese     2008 Nissan XTERRA White
8. Lawrence_Chehimi   2019 Patrol - Y62 V8 - White

[Manoj Soman]

@GauravPlease note Tomorrow I shall be bringing White Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 2017 Model ..

Edited October 21, 2021 by Manoj Soman

[Alfred Alinazar]

Hi @Gaurav. I apologize that I had to drop off this time. I'm felling not well today. Unable to make the drive this time

[Thomas Varghese]

A beautiful sunrise at Tawi Nizwa and after the briefing from @Gaurav & @Lawrence_Chehimi we were off to our offroad adventure towards the famous Pink Rock. Most of the drivers were relatively new but showed newbies have talents. @Salim Akhtar did good as the 2nd lead following the lead and restricting and redirecting on cues from @Gaurav. Following him enthusiastically after been duly warned about potential damages to his Lexus if participating in the offroad adventure was @Ankit Jain. Kudos Ankit for showing you love the desert more than your car. Except for an unfortunate pop out in the beginning which was quickly sorted out from expert guidance and supervision from Gaurav & @Lawrence_Chehimi the convoy kept moving towards the famous Pink Rock without major refusals or stucks. Again thumbs up to the talented newbies. @Lawrence_Chehimi had an easy day as the support as the drivers were doing good. Everybody in the convoy performed more than what was expected of them. @Mohamad Ziad Alhennawi brought a smile to my face showing up with his Hummer. Its been long time we have seen a Hummer in the club. Kudos to you for handling the beast of a machine with much ease. @Adnan Halepota did very well with his Prado. I have seen him driving at sweihan and it seems he is improving drastically with each drive. The enthusiasm to drive all the way from Abu Dhabi to take lessons from a legend like Gaurav is really laudable. @Manoj Soman has a beast of a machine with the Rubicon to steer and drive in the desert. Its a powermaster as I have seen driving behind him. Once he masters the machine and learns how to control it I predict he will be an offroad genius. Needs little training though to avoid fish tailing and for sure once he trains under different marshals at Carnity he will learn it to his advantage. Man the Rubicon can just gallop from anywhere even under impossible situations. 

See you all soon in the sands and it was a pleasure driving with all of you and knowing all of you. 

[Salim Akhtar]

Thanks everyone for lovely drive today.

Thank you @Gaurav, it’s always fun and learning both together driving with you. 
Always wanted to drive in this terrain myself. Last time I was here in 2009 with a friend as co pilot.  Now next is Badayer 😊