Morning Fewbie Desert Drive - Pink Rock - Sharjah - 25 May 2025

[Frederic]

DRIVE DESCRIPTION:   

The Pink Rock area is a classic, and a must for every offroader to go and explore it and enjoy the beautiful dunes surrounding it.

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 Etiquettes
• Emergency details for all off roaders
• Off Road Driving - Roles & Responsibilities

Drive Details

Level:  Fewbie and above (all levels)

Meeting time:  06.00 AM

Meeting Point: https://maps.app.goo.gl/FRYcmZ9g2g65cE397

What to bring along: Plenty of water, Offroad gears as per your level, your brightest smile.

Approximate finish time: 9.30-10AM

RECOMMENDED OFF-ROAD GEAR:

• Tire deflator & Tire pressure gauge
• Compressor (MANDATORY)
• Walkie-talkie radio (MANDATORY)
• Off-road flag (MANDATORY)
• Shovel, Tow Rope & 2 Shackles
• First-aid kit
• Fire extinguisher.

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE

• This drive is limited to 10 cars only. RSVP will close on Saturday - 12 PM.
• If the RSVP is full, you can add your name to the waitlist, once anyone drops, you will be moved to the RSVP list.
• RSVP will close a day prior to preparing a convoy list.
• Latecomers will be returned - Without any exceptions.
• Members without RSVP will be returned - 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 

 

[Lukas Lewis]

Thinking of coming with “Beasty” again. 🤔 See you all on Sunday morning. 👌🏻 

[Frederic]

RSVP IS NOW CLOSED

@vinayak n@Myrko@Lukas Lewis@Kirill K@Ishak@B.K.@Zsolt@JC_E@Yurybel@Vijaya Kumar Doppa@Carl Stanley@J-P L

Thank you all for signing up! 

As you are probably well aware, the heat has started to kick in already, which means some precautions will be in place. 

1) Please arrive by 5.45AM so you have time to deflate and set up your flag. I'd like to get the convoy moving by 6.10AM  latest. Please be on time guys.

2) The aim is to have a decent paced drive and to cover quite some ground. That will surely help to keep the cars cooler. 

3) Keep a close watch on your heat gauge throughout the drive. Do let us know immediately if you see any signs of overheating.

4) The overall terrain choice might be a bit altered to avoid constant pushing of the vehicles especially towards the end of the drive.

We will be using Channel 4: 446.081Mhz as our radio channel to communicate during the drive.

See you all tomorrow morning !

 

 

[vinayak n]

Thanks for the nice lines for Pink Rock Sunday Drive ! @Frederic@Ishak@J-P L @Imteeaz

Edited May 25, 2025 by vinayak n

[Frederic]

A nice morning out! 

Everyone made it on time, and after a short briefing we hit the dunes with a good pace over the various rolling dunes the area has to offer. With hardly any refusals and no stucks, we reached Pink Rock itself very quickly, and took our first break with the fantastic views it had to offer.

I decided to head further south towards the various bigger dunes that lay on our way towards Big Red. As my trusty Trooper had been in the shop for 5 weeks, this drive was for me a bit of a shakedown and i had to keep a close watch to the engine temperatures. Luckily everything was fine. We did various climbs, loops, and sideys, and everyone managed brilliantly.

While i was contemplating to head over to Big Red, @Vijaya Kumar Doppa his daughter was feeling unwell, probably from the rollercoaster effects passenger undergo on these kinds of drives. I hope she is feeling better now and can join us again in the future. 

We still had some time left while taking Vijaya to the exit, but i decided not to push our luck by heading towards Big Red, as i knew that area requires multiple high-powered climbs and the temperature was inching closer to 40 degrees now. We exited all together on a drive that was a bit shorter than my usual drives, but that also meant it was still doable to inflate, and perhaps some of us could go and enjoy a breakfast  

@vinayak n you were brilliant as second lead, always keeping enough distance and reacting quickly whenever i had to do little reroutes. @Ishak you had an easy job today, so you can save your energy for next week's leaders lead

@J-P L was my original sweep, and i was sure you'd been fine sweeping us, but @Imteeaz was the second sweep today and it was a great sight today to see a Jimney and a Patrol closing our ranks like brothers in arms. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

With the summer temperatures increasing we will need to be mindful of our cars, as the strain of climbing bigger dunes at +40C degrees is quite taxing on our cars. I've been in this hobby for 8 years now and learned when to push and when to let the car cool down. During both breaks we took, my engine temperature dropped from 96 quickly back to 88, and that helped a lot to tackle the last bigger dunes before we exited.  I recommend everyone to keep a close watch on your engine and transmission temperatures coming summer, and if in doubt to get it checked out. 

See you all in the dunes again soon!

Wikiloc | SHJ-Pink Rock-FB-25 May 2025 Trail

[Ishak]

4 hours ago, Frederic said:

. @Ishak you had an easy job today, so you can save your energy for next week's leaders lead

😁 it was because everyone driving brilliantly 👏👏.

Thanks @Frederic for the nice and very smooth drive as always. My co pilot managed to sleep most of the time 😅.

[Vijaya Kumar Doppa]

On 5/25/2025 at 4:45 PM, Frederic said:

A nice morning out! 

Everyone made it on time, and after a short briefing we hit the dunes with a good pace over the various rolling dunes the area has to offer. With hardly any refusals and no stucks, we reached Pink Rock itself very quickly, and took our first break with the fantastic views it had to offer.

I decided to head further south towards the various bigger dunes that lay on our way towards Big Red. As my trusty Trooper had been in the shop for 5 weeks, this drive was for me a bit of a shakedown and i had to keep a close watch to the engine temperatures. Luckily everything was fine. We did various climbs, loops, and sideys, and everyone managed brilliantly.

While i was contemplating to head over to Big Red, @Vijaya Kumar Doppa his daughter was feeling unwell, probably from the rollercoaster effects passenger undergo on these kinds of drives. I hope she is feeling better now and can join us again in the future. 

We still had some time left while taking Vijaya to the exit, but i decided not to push our luck by heading towards Big Red, as i knew that area requires multiple high-powered climbs and the temperature was inching closer to 40 degrees now. We exited all together on a drive that was a bit shorter than my usual drives, but that also meant it was still doable to inflate, and perhaps some of us could go and enjoy a breakfast  

@vinayak n you were brilliant as second lead, always keeping enough distance and reacting quickly whenever i had to do little reroutes. @Ishak you had an easy job today, so you can save your energy for next week's leaders lead

@J-P L was my original sweep, and i was sure you'd been fine sweeping us, but @Imteeaz was the second sweep today and it was a great sight today to see a Jimney and a Patrol closing our ranks like brothers in arms. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

With the summer temperatures increasing we will need to be mindful of our cars, as the strain of climbing bigger dunes at +40C degrees is quite taxing on our cars. I've been in this hobby for 8 years now and learned when to push and when to let the car cool down. During both breaks we took, my engine temperature dropped from 96 quickly back to 88, and that helped a lot to tackle the last bigger dunes before we exited.  I recommend everyone to keep a close watch on your engine and transmission temperatures coming summer, and if in doubt to get it checked out. 

See you all in the dunes again soon!

Wikiloc | SHJ-Pink Rock-FB-25 May 2025 Trail

@FredericThanks again for the great drive We really enjoyed it. I’m sorry you had to cut the drive short because of us we thought you might continue, but considering how the temperature was rising, it was definitely a wise decision to exit early.

Thank you all for your patience and understanding. Ishanvi is doing well, and we truly appreciate your support.