Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Flavours of Faqa - Dubai - 21 Jan 2023

[Frederic]

General Info

Al Faqa, with its appealing dunes, either small or technical, offers a great learning opportunity for beginner level drives. We will be making our way North towards the Solar Park, and perhaps try to visit Crescent Moon Lake in Qudra.

MUST READ AND COMPLY

• Offroad Flag Guideline
• Two Way Radio Guideline
• Off road Driving Etiquette's
• Emergency details for all off-roaders
• Off Road Driving - Roles & Responsibilities

 

Drive Details

Level:  Newbie and above

When:  21 Jan 2023, Saturday.

Meeting time: 7:30 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions)

Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/m6B8FVm345UEGDySA

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: 11:30 AM

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

 

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE

• Limited to 12 cars only. RSVP will close on Friday, 2 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 CALENDAR

 

[Vaibhav]

@Fredericplease add me to support this drive

[Frederic]

31 minutes ago, Vaibhav said:

@Fredericplease add me to support this drive

Did you clone yourself ? Ale his drive is on the same morning and you are in support there as well 😁

[Vaibhav]

@Fredericsorry. My mistake. I will opt for Ale drive as I see there is support already here. 

[Frederic]

Good morning Carnity Friends ! It promises to be a busy weekend. We have less drives available unfortunately due to our yearly pilgrimage event (Liwa Crossing), but we will make the best of it.

Attendees

• Arsalan Ehsan @Arsalan Ehsan
• Juan R @Juan R
• Tom V @Tom V
• Naim Aoun @Naim Aoun
• FARAZ MOHAMMED @FARAZ MOHAMMED
• fayez @fayez
• Natalia Koryakovtseva @Natalia Koryakovtseva
• babaski @babaski
• Ahmad Mehwi @Ahmad Mehwi
• L. Petelczyc @L. Petelczyc
• essam ibrahim @essam ibrahim
• Sammy Six @Sammy Six

You all have confirmed spots for this drive.

 

Waitlisted Attendees

• lucas amat @lucas amat
• Patrick van der Loo @Patrick van der Loo
• Sajan.S @Sajan.S
• Quresh. @Quresh.
• Joseph Sebastian @Joseph Sebastian
• sohinik @sohinik
• Nicholas Cox1 @Nicholas Cox1
• Misha Puskar @Misha Puskar
• Dorian Zissi @Dorian Zissi
• Ahmad Quadri @Ahmad Quadri

You are all in the waitlist currently. Usually we will have couple of dropouts, so keep an eye out, and perhaps we can add 2-3 waitlisted members. 

 

@Natalia Koryakovtseva this is probably your first club drive according to our data, so kindly introduce yourself and provide us the following info:

1. Which 4x4 are you bringing ?

2. Any prior offroading experience ?

3. Is the 4x4 equipped with front and rear towpoints ?

 

In the meantime, please take your time to go through our Absolute Newbie briefing video:

See you soon !

 

[_luke_]

Hi @Frederic

Just reading through your required reading links for this drive.
Are the covid19 related restrictions re: masking, leaving vehicle at rest stops being enforced on this trip only?

(Links titled 'COVID19 Precautions' and 'Ban from Carnity Off-road Club')

Earlier drive I did this month w/- carnity had no such restrictions mentioned in the required reading section.

Cheers!

[Frederic]

3 minutes ago, L. Petelczyc said:

Hi @Frederic

Just reading through your required reading links for this drive.
Are the covid19 related restrictions re: masking, leaving vehicle at rest stops being enforced on this trip only?

(Links titled 'COVID19 Precautions' and 'Ban from Carnity Off-road Club')

Earlier drive I did this month w/- carnity had no such restrictions mentioned in the required reading section.

Cheers!

Hi @L. Petelczycthese are old links which i forgot to remove, thanks for noticing ! 

 

[_luke_]

Just now, Frederic said:

Hi @L. Petelczycthese are old links which i forgot to remove, thanks for noticing ! 

 

Assumed as much but just wanted to confirm before driving over on the weekend.

Thanks for quick update. See you Saturday. 👍

[Natalia Koryakovtseva]

Hi everyone!

Thanks   @Frederic for questions.

Yes , indeed this is my first time being behind the wheel for a desert drive:) I was a passenger a few times previously - that was truly great so decided to try myself.

Summary: 

1) Jeep Wrangler 2011 ( 2 doors)

2) Only passenger experience 

3) Yes, car has all necessary equipment since it participated in multiple carnity desert drives.

Excited to meet everyone on Saturday and will definitely watch the shared video. 

[Frederic]

14 minutes ago, Natalia Koryakovtseva said:

Hi everyone!

Thanks   @Frederic for questions.

Yes , indeed this is my first time being behind the wheel for a desert drive:) I was a passenger a few times previously - that was truly great so decided to try myself.

Summary: 

1) Jeep Wrangler 2011 ( 2 doors)

2) Only passenger experience 

3) Yes, car has all necessary equipment since it participated in multiple carnity desert drives.

Excited to meet everyone on Saturday and will definitely watch the shared video. 

Great to see that !