Jeepie Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Saying farewell to Carnity, I am saying farewell to all of you with a heavy heart. I am grateful for all the lessons learnt and all the nice people I have met and I will cherish the memories. From the very first drive I was hooked, learning the skills and meeting like minded people, getting to know some of them a lot better, making new friends. It felt like I belonged. Leading drives is a lot of fun, but I never lost my enthusiasm for helping Newbies find their feet in the sand. That is why, I still loved supporting the Newbies and Absolute Newbies or assisting Richard on some Master Classes. As a volunteer, I tried my best, but I feel I have to abide by more and more rules, which means it is becoming more of a chore. I enjoyed my time with Carnity and loved the community spirit, but I am no longer feeling it. I wish to the whole @Carnityfamily, especially the Crew, the Marshals, the Advisors, the Support Team and all those members that I had the pleasure and privilege to meet and drive with, all the best. I will keep driving in a different form and I hope our tracks may cross again. Best regards, love, Marjan, aka Jeepie 3 1 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Varghese Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 After Lorenzo you too Marjan? OMG whats happening? Double blow early in the New Year. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario Cornejo Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Marjam @Jeepie it was a pleasure meeting and attending drives with you. Thanks for documenting those drives with amazing pictures! Best regards and wish you a great new year ahead! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wrangeld Posted January 4, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Truly sorry that feel that there is no alternative to this decision. You've been loyal to a fault, dependable, supported more drives (and usually those where other support did not want to because it was not going to be sufficiently exciting) than most and taught more people to steer down than I care to mention. If this means that I have a passenger in my car on more regular occasions, that is the single potential beneficial outcome that I can see of this decision. I am losing my most regular and competent support on drives, routefinder and partner in crime. For you, perhaps, you'll be sleeping late on the mornings that I get up early to lead drives, but knowing that will mean a lot less joy from the experience from the driving than there has been ever since that day on 25th November 2019 when we first ventured into the sand together. This is a terrible loss to this club. A great shame. I feel sorry for those that will not benefit from your experience in the future. 5 1 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahmad Shaker Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 (edited) I'm feeling down and I don't know what to say, today is a really sad day to lose you and Lorenzo. I will miss driving with you and I will miss a lot of enthusiasm. I appreciate your feeling and your lack of acceptance of being attached to the many rules, as it is in the end a hobby and a time for fun and escape from the rules of life. I think these rules affect us as members of the group, by changing the rules of the promotion. I hope the team and management will reconsider these rules soon. Good luck in your next journey hope our paths cross again. Edited January 4, 2022 by Ahmad Shaker 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepie Posted January 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, Ahmad Shaker said: I'm feeling down and I don't know what to say, today is a really sad day to lose you and Lorenzo. I will miss driving with you and I will miss a lot of enthusiasm. I appreciate your feeling and your lack of acceptance of being attached to the many rules, as it is in the end a hobby and a time for fun and escape from the rules of life. I think these rules affect us as members of the group, by changing the rules of the promotion. I hope the team and management will reconsider these rules soon. I will really miss your encouragement on the radio when you say yalla Good luck in your next journey hope our paths cross again. I think you might have me confused with Angela😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahmad Shaker Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, Jeepie said: I think you might have me confused with Angela😄 opps sorry yes that's exactly what I thought But this does not change the truth about anything, today is really a sad day to lose you, too 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Assal Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 I don’t have you confused with Angela 😂! I still stand by my only drive with you being one of the best I had in and out of carnity. Big losses to the group this morning. Shame! See you in the sand I hope . 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post munkybizness Posted January 4, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Jeepie!! Say it ain't so... 😱 I still remember my first drive with you. You were sweeping a night drive in Pink Rock and just seeing a simple Wrangler with no crazy kit and a female lead was so empowering. I told stories about it to everyone I knew. In a world filled with crazy kits, you were showing us all up. From leading me ridge after ridge through Tawi Nizwa, the momentous all-day caravan with Ale (where tales of how much more of a badass you are came out), and finally the Lisailli jaunt for Christmas, I've been lucky to be a part of your convoys. It's a weird fact that of the three pop-outs I've had, you were there on two of them. It's been an absolute pleasure hearing your stories, learning about your motorcycles, and being a part of your convoys. In an activity laden beyond limit with men, you were an inspiration to so many women who I'm sure joined your drives. And vicariously, through me (and I'm sure many others), we've told about you to our partners & friends on how they too can be here in the calm vastness of the desert snaking through in our serpentine convoys. But most of all as a 'driver', you were an inspiration to me that it is not the car (not pegging down your car) but instead the driver that shows the ultimate skill in maneuvering a machine. For those lessons, thank you. You leave behind a void that we will find hard to fill. Good luck and may we cross paths in the sands again someday. 7 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Canivet-Abikhalil Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 I have learnt so much driving with you and supporting your drives. I remember very well one of my first drives with Carnity, you were CF supporting Richard and I was following you. I was impressed by your control and your guidance and the way your car was climbing the dunes. I remember asking you how did you do it to be so quiet with your engine, you simply told me to control my gas. After that, I started listening to the engine to better apprehend a dune and later on, I would often find myself thinking "what would Marjan do". I will also remember that I was supporting your last drive through a very challenging technical path You were a great leader in this community, I know you will be missed by many... and I'll see you soon Marjan ! 6 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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