Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Back to School (Lisaili) - Dubai- 26 Aug 2023

[AnasArif]

Thank you so much 😃 

Appreciate that. 

[DP1011]

Hi @AnasArif ! Welcome to @Carnity and am sure you are excited for your first drive! 
Since this is your first drive with the carinty club, can you please confirm on below: 

 

First time with Carnity Off-road Club:

Please share your vehicle details - Make, Model, Color, and Year.

Do you have any prior off-road experience? If yes, pls share details.

Confirm your vehicle has front and rear tow hooks/eyelets.

Advise if you don’t have a programable radio and safety flag.

Can you confirm that you have watched the MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING ( the link that Ale posted  in the above drive post. 

 see you tomorrow! 

[AnasArif]

Hello @DP1011

Yes, I'm pretty much excited. 

Toyota Fortuner, VXR, White, 2023 (stock)

No, I do not have any prior off-roading experience. But I'm a fast learner 😊 

I have purchased 2 shackles and yes it does have tow hooks. 

Purchased Baofeng UV 5R and the safety flag as well but the size of the male screw of the pole is slightly loose with the suction holder joint. 

Yes I have watched the Newbie video briefing as well. 

Edited August 25, 2023 by AnasArif

[Ale Vallecchi]

9 hours ago, Ale Vallecchi said:

Dear @AnasArif. Sure you can bring your brother. 

The meeting point is the following:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/3RCPsjFero7NdGqG6

See you tomorrow.

Dear @AnasArif, as I believe tomorrow's drive will be your first with Carnity, make sure you watch the video link below.

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.

[Ale Vallecchi]

Dear Desertnauts

in preparation for tomorrow's drive, here are the latest info.

As for our meeting point, please reach the third roundabout on the road between Qudra's Last Exit and Solar Park's Innovation Center, drive around it, head back toward Qudra, and exit between the guard rails, onto the sand and gravel track below the pylon line. Google Maps needlessly sends you all the way to the Innovation Center and back.

From the meeting point, once deflated, we'll reach a place just before the dunes where we'll hold a technical briefing, to go over the basic principles of off-roading, before we start the actual drive. While we'll enter close to Solar Park, we plan to exit at Lisaili.

The convoy order will be the following:

@Xavi Moyano in Second Lead

@AnasArif at #3

@Issam Atra at #4

@Srilakshman Karthikeyan #5

@DTG at #6

@essam ibrahim at #7

@DP1011 at Center Forward

@Shiju Raju at #9

@Jeevan Koshy #10

@Faraz94 at #11

@Ben Williams at #12, and 

@Mark B in Sweep.

We'll pick the appropriate radio channel at the meeting point. Please make sure you can program the channel also manually. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow

[DP1011]

For those who would like to Program their radios to Carnity Channel, please see link below  - This will be very useful as you progress through different levels of drives, while also allowing you to change radio channels on the go. 

https://carnity.com/advice/offroad/carnity-two-way-radio-frequencies-r119

 

[AnasArif]

All set for the early morning trip. 

Meet you all soon. 

Thank you for all the time and links 😊 

 

[Ben Williams]

Few snaps from today

[AnasArif]

I would like to thank @Ale Vallecchifor for such a great experience and because of his expertise, I was able to drive the car easily. Being a first-timer I saw how he was helping and pushing everyone. Even at 49* degrees, he was out over the dune guiding us. 

@Xavi Moyano Thank you for helping us with the flag at the start and all the updates regarding soft sand and how to keep our momentum. You were really helpful 😊

@Mark B You saved the day for us mate by providing us with your spare flag suction holder. 😃

@DP1011 Thank you for guiding us over the radio, whenever we got stuck all your commands really helped us. 

In the end, it was really a fantastic experience. 

Thank you to the whole team. 

 

Edited August 26, 2023 by AnasArif

[Mark B]

Really nice drive today, everyone did really well! some great self recoveries and it’s always fun to get the rope out 😬 hope to see you all again soon