Morning Fewbie Desert Drive - Tawi Nazwa - Sharjah - 16 Apr 2022

[Anish S]

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

 

Drive Details

Level:  Fewbie and above

When:  16 April 2022, Saturday

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

Meeting Point: - https://goo.gl/maps/dmvrVEahLQhQyzyP6

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 and willingness to learn.

Approximate finish time: 10:30 AM

P.S. Only join if you have a compressor to inflate your tires after the drive.

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE:

• Limited to 10 cars only. RSVP will close on Friday - 1 PM.
  • 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

 

[Anish S]

@Bruno Finel @Jose Thomas @KKIRAN @Sudhanva Sonawane @Rajiv Sam @Joji varghese @Gerrit Bus @Jona @eldose baby @Bhaskar

Hello Everybody,

I hope you are doing well. The plan for tomorrow is to drive in the area between Tawi Nazwa, Pink Rock and Big Red. We will be using Channel Number 5 (446.106.25). Please also find the the attached convoy list. Looking forward to see you all in the morning. Have a good night.

[Anish S]

 

@Bruno Finel @Jose Thomas @KKIRAN @Sudhanva Sonawane @Rajiv Sam @Joji varghese @Gerrit Bus @Jona @eldose baby @Bhaskar

Hello Everybody,

Thank you for joining the drive this morning and also for being punctual. It was a beautiful morning and temperature was still good at the beginning. As planned we started the drives from Tawi Nazwa where the dunes was forgiving and appeared untouched with no tracks. Knowing that the area around Pink Rock and Big Red will be churned, i spent more time driving in the area closer to Tawi Nazwa.

Eventually we moved towards Pink Rock where we took our first break. From this point until the end of the drive, we had lots of cross tracks and soft sand where we started to get some refusals and few stuck. It was amazing to see the teamwork and initiatives taken by the team to shovel. Most of the recoveries were flawlessly managed by @Rajiv Sam

As pointed out in the briefing, we had to check the tyre pressure and deflate to the correct PSI to compensate the increase in the pressure due to high temperature. It was quite shocking to see the amount of cables we had to crossed during the drive and the more we were getting closer to Big Red the more cables we were encountering. It was quite challenging to avoid the cables because it was everywhere.

Unfortunately, i had to cut the drive short because the my car's gear was slipping in to Neutral by itself and also i was getting hot transmission oil indication. Therefore it was safer to exit to the tarmac where there are better options than in middle of the desert. Luckily, the issue did not happen on the road when i was driving to the garage. I would like to thank everyone for your understanding and cooperation.

Huge Thanks to @Rajiv Sam for being an amazing centre forward, @Joji varghese for being awesome sweep and @Jose Thomas as an excellent second lead. 

I hope you enjoyed the drive and hope to see you soon in another drive, take care.

There are few photos posted on the gallery https://carnity.com/gallery/category/1326-fewbie-tawi-nazwa-sharjah-16-apr-2022.

[Gerrit Bus]

@Anish S thanks for a very nice drive. I enjoyed your leadership. 

@Rajiv Sam and @Joji varghese excellent support, much appreciated. 

At the link you will all find some Gladiator POV videos of our drive as well as some images posted here. Enjoy. 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/TD8EGGWP89PvSJLT7