Morning Fewbie Desert Drive - Fayah to Sweihan Pond - Abu Dhabi - 26 Mar 2022

[Kailas]

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

Terrain Teaser

Looking for creamy, virgin, and endless dunes ? Look no further, as in Fayah you will find them and they are surrounded with treacherous technical dunes, consuming anyone that dares to enter without the utmost respect this area deserves. Correctly described by one of our members as "Qudra on Steroids", this place has everything in store for a great morning out !

Last year during an exploration drive, we came across this beautiful natural pond. We will aim to drive to the pond

Drive Details

Level:  Fewbie and above

When: Saturday 26 March 2022

Meeting time: 6:30 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions)

Meeting Point:  https://goo.gl/maps/j9TcayR41Tor2s5v5 (when you will exit from Al Fayah Road, the barrier will automatically open at the gate) 

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), face mask, rubber gloves, enthusiasm and willingness to learn.

Approximate finish time: 10:00 AM

P.S.S. Make sure you fill up your gas tank at the nearest Petrol Station.

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE

• Limited to 10 cars only. RSVP will close 12 hrs before start.
  • 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 CALENDAR 

 

[Anoop Nair]

Hi @Kailas I still savour the exporation drive last year. One of the best drives I have been to. We climbed almost a km. Hope you will have fun this time around also.😄

[Looper]

@Anoop Nair did you forget to stop the recording, that total time is a lot. Moving Speed and Moving time looks like it was a fairly fast paced drive.

[Anoop Nair]

3 minutes ago, Looper said:

@Anoop Nair did you forget to stop the recording, that total time is a lot. Moving Speed and Moving time looks like it was a fairly fast paced drive.

Hi @Looper, you are right. it took us almost 6 hours with around 2- 2.5 hour spent on a recovery towards end of the drive on a soft patch with an overhating car between a fence and sand wall. It was an epic recovery as well with 2 cars connected together with a rope pulling the stuck car with all cars on an incline. We started from Dubai around 4 am and reached back around 5 pm 😁 @Gaurav Soni @Ranjan Das

[Looper]

You guys had fun.

Isn't desert dive like an obstacle course? Apart from driving, a lot of fun can be had from the recoveries. For both people involved in the recovery - to plan and execute a recovery or as spectators who either observe and learn or if it is a normal one then they socialize - fun, nevertheless. Making memories as we go.

[Awais Zuberi]

Sorry @Kailas & team, have to drop out of this one last moment. Wife’s not feeling too well.

[Krishna R]

@Kailas My apologies for pulling out. My fewbie promotion hasn't gone through yet. 

Not sure if it will come by tomorrow morning.

[Kailas]

Hi @Andrew McCarthy @Naveen Raj @Haitham Khattab @Willie @Amr Aydin @Warren Flay @Anthony Tan @Richard Franks @Joseph Raju

I will shortly publish the convoy order. Please let me know if there is any change in anyone's drive plan for tomorrow.

 

[Naveen Raj]

Just now, Kailas said:

Hi @Andrew McCarthy @Naveen Raj @Haitham Khattab @Willie @Amr Aydin @Warren Flay @Anthony Tan @Richard Franks @Joseph Raju

I will shortly publish the convoy order. Please let me know if there is any change in anyone's drive plan for tomorrow.

 

Confirmed.

[Kailas]

Please find the convoy list for tomorrow:

1. Kailas

2. @Andrew McCarthySL

3. @Willie

4. @Warren Flay

5. @Haitham Khattab

6. @Naveen Raj

7. @Amr Aydin

8. @Joseph Raju

9. @Richard FranksSW.

We will be on channel 1. See you all tomorrow at6:30 AM