Morning Fewbie Desert Drive - Tawi Nizwa to Ghost Town - Sharjah - 14 Oct 2022

[Rizwanm2]

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 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 level and above

When:  Friday, 14 October 2022 morning 

Meeting time: 06:30  (SHARP - Without any exceptions)

Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/DoxKyeDK91NFEGyy9

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: 10:30 AM 

THIS IS A COMPRESSOR ONLY DRIVE. WE WILL END THE DRIVE AT A POINT WHICH IS NOT CLOSE TO AN AIR LINE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A COMPRESSOR, PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS DRIVE. IF YOU ARRIVE AND HAVE NO COMPRESSOR YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO JOIN THE DRIVE

 

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE:

• Limited to 10 Fewbie  and above drivers. 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 below calendar

 

[Mike M.]

Hi @Rizwanm2, I placed myself on the waiting list as i have a weekend drive already confirmed for Oct 15. Please include me in the drive if there are places. If there is anything else i need to do please let me know as this is the first time i use the Waiting List Option for a drive. Thanks. Mike 

[Rizwanm2]

1 hour ago, Mike. said:

Hi @Rizwanm2, I placed myself on the waiting list as i have a weekend drive already confirmed for Oct 15. Please include me in the drive if there are places. If there is anything else i need to do please let me know as this is the first time i use the Waiting List Option for a drive. Thanks. Mike 

Dear @Mike. you are most welcome to join the drive. i see you are first in waitlist and we have plenty of space for all waitlisters at the moment, all waitlisters will be added automatically as per available space by tomorrow. 

[Rizwanm2]

Dear Friends

@Alexanderrr @Benjamin @Mike. @Muhammad Qasim @Zixuan Huang - Charlie @Patrick van der Loo @Haitham Khattab @TT_Dubai @Karthik Raptor

thank you for signing up for early weekend drive. drive RSVP is now closed and below is the convoy order. 

plan for tomorrows drive is not a conventional route, hence expecting to cover lot of ground with mix of various terrains. Hence kindly request to come early as possible, deflate, flag up and be ready by 6.30 AM. will do quick brief and start moving along with the sunrise.  at the end we will be chasing some ghost. 👻...  we will be using carnity channel 1 for communications.

see you tomorrow morning, 

 

 

 

[Benjamin]

@Rizwanm2 hey I’m so sorry I had to drop out of the drive this late. I didn’t notice that October 14 is a Friday and I have school early morning. I apologize for the inconvenience I hope you all enjoy the early morning drive 

[Rizwanm2]

34 minutes ago, Benjamin said:

@Rizwanm2 hey I’m so sorry I had to drop out of the drive this late. I didn’t notice that October 14 is a Friday and I have school early morning. I apologize for the inconvenience I hope you all enjoy the early morning drive 

ok no problem.. hope to see you soon another drive. 

below is the updated convoy list. 

[Rizwanm2]

Perfect plan to execution...

This is what happened today on ideal friday morning with perfect weather and bunch of perfectly synced offroaders. Everything false in places as i wanted and ultimately we had an awesome drive.

 thank you everyone for coming ontime. We had the brief soon after 6.30 and we are off. By 7.15 we were at the pink rock and by 8.00 we are at the big red. It is one of fastest drive i ever had in this area. It was collective effort by everyone. The convoy was free flowing like a dream and i was able push all the way till end without any hicups. We didn't touch any recovery gear today. Only couple of  refusals all managed perfectly with self recovery. 

Initially when i posted the drive i was bit reluctant and not sure how i will be able to cover distance of 2 drives in 1 single drive. But alhamdulillah with an amazingly capable drivers we were able achieve the distance even before the time out. @Alexanderrr @Mike. The pajero gang was right behind me you both did excellent.

@Muhammad Qasim @TT_Dubai the FJ gang showed their flying colors of their capabke machine's.

Tbe Wrangler boys @Haitham Khattab @Patrick van der Loo. I hardly heared anything from you guys. Means you guys were enjoying the drive as much as i did.

@Zixuan Huang - Charlie your assitance from middle of the convoy for all self recovery is much appreciated.

@Karthik Raptor thank you very much for sweeping the convoy and keep everyone safe at the back of of the convoy. 

Our special guest @Hisham Masaad always pleasure to have you. 

Hope everyone had great start for the weekend. 

See you all next time. 

Cheers. 

[Karthik Raptor]

It was a perfect drive, very well lead by @Rizwanm2 with the right mix of high range dunes, some past paced crossovers and technical terrain ending up at the ghost village, spot on time. Very well executed by the entire convoy, didn't have to take the shovel even once, which proves the fluidity of the entire drive, great driving all!

Good to meet some new fellow desert lovers and old buddies. Always a pleasure to have @Hisham Masaadwith his experience and solidarity in the convoy, and @Zixuan Huang - Charlieas CF. Thank you everyone and have a great weekend! Take care.

 

Edited October 14, 2022 by Karthik Raptor

[Haitham Khattab]

Thank you @Rizwanm2for such an amazing special drive. The weather was so nice, Track was perfectly chosen, and the finishing off with a visit to “ghost town” was spectacular. 

Thank you @Zixuan Huang - Charlie for CF and Support, and @Karthik Raptorfor sweep and clear communication. 
The whole drive was flawless and the whole convoy drove very well, one of the rare drives with no shovels or tugs. 

Pleased to meet new friends and see old fellows. 
See you all on Sand soon.

[Patrick van der Loo]

@Rizwanm2you managed a perfect drive. We covered the distance at a really nice pace. @Zixuan Huang - Charliethank you again for the pressure recommendation. Dropping to 9 really made a massive difference. Especially with a (relatively) light car such as mine it improved grip and made for less spinning on the rear wheels.