Afternoon Fewbie Desert Drive - The Long Way Down - Ganthoot - 28 Jun 2023

[Ale Vallecchi]

We request every member that joins this drive to go through the information below and strictly follow these guidelines, etiquette, and responsibilities.

MUST READ AND COMPLY

• Environmental Policy
• 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:  Fewbie and Above 

When:  28 June 2023, Wednesday.

Meeting time: 3:00 PM (SHARP - Without any exceptions)

Meeting Point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/uorHXQfDyo4PoLsM6

Action Plan:  Long Way Down (LWD) is a Carnity drive series developing over an unpredictable number of kilometers, in this second episode from Ghantoot and beyond, travelling South dunes and sabkhas, "flying" along the DXB-AD border, continuing toward Faqa or .... (who knows!). 

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: 7:30 PM

THIS IS A COMPRESSOR ONLY DRIVE. WE WILL STARTING AND ENDING THE DRIVE AT THE SAME 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 drivers.
  • 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

 

[Marketa Dobesova]

Look forward to the drive @Ale Vallecchi, @Pavel Pashkovskiy, @DP1011🌻

[Benjamin]

Hey @Ale Vallecchi I’ve added myself to your waitlist to ensure everyone has a fair chance of getting a drive this week. Thanks  

[Jessica Lambert]

Hello team, I have a surprise visit from a friend from Aus. See you on the next one!

[Ale Vallecchi]

Dear @Krishna R, @Benjamin and @Tom V, I will be glad to add you to the drive, if you please confirm it's OK for you to join. Thanks

[Ale Vallecchi]

Update #1 - Meeting Point

https://maps.app.goo.gl/uorHXQfDyo4PoLsM6

 

[Benjamin]

Hey @Ale Vallecchi I’m available I will see you tomorrow afternoon  

[Tom V]

Hi @Ale Vallecchi

Confirming my availability.

Thanks

[Ale Vallecchi]

Dear Desertnauts

here the last minute tips about this afternoon's Eid outing.

The meeting point will be just past the entrance to the barracks of the Royal Guards, at the end of the tarmac leading left from E14 (Al Faqa Road) into what looks like a construction area. There will be no shade, so please deflate as quickly as you arrive.

The drive plan we'll take us just beyond the first sets of dunes into fields of long-range dunes dotted with clay formations, moving first in a North-West direction, then around toward East, and all along E14, all the way to Faqa, through a mixed terrain of mostly long range dunes, with a couple of sabkhas and technical areas.

The convoy order at the moment entails a "tutoring" scheme, with higher ranked drivers leading each a lower rank driver, so that the latter may be inspired by the former's lines and driving techniques:

@george charbel will be in Second Lead

@DP1011 will be at #3

@PETELCZYC PAJERO - luke at #4

@Benjamin at #5

@Tom V at #6

@Chris Wing at #7

@Marketa Dobesova at #8

@Joseph Raju at #9

@Pavel Pashkovskiy at #9, and 

@Looper will start in Sweep (you will trade spots with Deepak half way through the drive).

We'll use Carnity Radio Channel #2 (446.031).

See at 3:00 PM on the hot sand. Have a nice morning.

[Luke K P]

11 minutes ago, Ale Vallecchi said:

Dear Desertnauts

here the last minute tips about this afternoon's Eid outing.

The meeting point will be just past the entrance to the barracks of the Royal Guards, at the end of the tarmac leading left from E14 (Al Faqa Road) into what looks like a construction area. There will be no shade, so please deflate as quickly as you arrive.

The drive plan we'll take us just beyond the first sets of dunes into fields of long-range dunes dotted with clay formations, moving first in a North-West direction, then around toward East, and all along E14, all the way to Faqa, through a mixed terrain of mostly long range dunes, with a couple of sabkhas and technical areas.

The convoy order at the moment entails a "tutoring" scheme, with higher ranked drivers leading each a lower rank driver, so that the latter may be inspired by the former's lines and driving techniques:

@george charbel will be in Second Lead

@DP1011 will be at #3

@PETELCZYC PAJERO - luke at #4

@Benjamin at #5

@Tom V at #6

@Chris Wing at #7

@Marketa Dobesova at #8

@Joseph Raju at #9

@Pavel Pashkovskiy at #9, and 

@Looper will start in Sweep (you will trade spots with Deepak half way through the drive).

We'll use Carnity Radio Channel #2 (446.031).

See at 3:00 PM on the hot sand. Have a nice morning.

great see you this afternoon!