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QUDRA QUADRANGLE - DONE Very nice drive yesterday, exploring the whole Qudra basin above of Solar Park. Started punctually after a few minutes of deflation and briefing, from the mysterious "beehive" like structure on the border with the Qudra Lakes, and proceeded westward with a few side sloping opportunities, toward the large farm visible from the road to Bab al Shams. From here we turned south, entering the long range dunes, where side sloping was accompanied by criss-crossing and some ridge riding. After reaching the border with the Solar Park section, marked by the electricity pylons, we maneuvered along the southern border of the quadrangle, in a mix of longer range and technical dunes, interspersed with nice clay-rock formations. Almost at the tarmac road we then turned north to weave our way back to the starting point (the beehive structure that in the meantime had become super animated with people strolling and enjoing the sunset). Learning from other Leaders' reports, I'll briefly cite each great driver's performance, hoping to provide useful tips for future trips: @Nivin you did extremely well as Second Lead, especially considering his recent promotion to Fewbie. Kept good distance and redirected promptly when requested. Your greatest take-away from this drive should be about ridge riding and crossing. Approach the ridge more parallel, and less perpendicular to it. If the car starts to fishtail during the approach, do not attempt to still reach the ridge and cross it, but rather steer down the slope from, circle back and reattempt. @E.C. TAN well driven, smoothly following the tracks. One observations I made on one of your dune crossings was to use more finesse and control of the line, and a little less speed. @Anish S, as usual very calm and collected. Great at communicating and progressing well through the drive. Only had one moment of difficulty, due to a bit of hesitancy while riding a ridge (when you feel the car is being slowed down by the ridge itself, keep as much momentum as you can to exit the ridge on the safest side (where the car is being pulled toward, but do not break or stop, to avoid being crested). @Salarios managed your beast very well, with no stucks and perhaps some refusals (which may always happen). As your confidence in your car grows, without relying too much on its undeniable power, you will be able to cope perfectly in all kinds of terrain. Lastly, great thanks to @Wrangeld, who swept the convoy and guided all self-recoveries and the few stucks with his usual calm and clarity of instructions. I am sure all drivers learned the recovering process as best as they could during the drive. Thank you all again, for driving 52.7 Km in 3 h and 2 min., at an average speed of 17 Km/h (24 Km/h while driving).

@Frederic thank you for all the instructions and help during the drive today!! You were great 👏👏👏. It was a fantastic morning drive and hope to have more with @Carnity. After the deflation I didn’t have any issues and the jeep just float on the sand !!! Attaching some photos that I took 🤩

Nice drive and well driven everyone. Few first tugs by me and shovelling ...I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks @Srikumar and @Vanessa8580. Some pictures uploaded in gallery. Drive stats below 45593752001_relive-tracker_1596259313087.mp4

Hi Great drive again, thank you @Vanessa8580 and @Srikumar for hosting and teaching us. It was rewarding to get out from refusal ! Few photos attached. Have great EID...

Desert drive video footage

Big Thanks to both @Frederic and @Wrangeld... appreciate the patience! Looking forward to the next drive

Thank you @Wrangeld... hmm kind of... but I don’t mind this sweet problem☺️

Congrats @Veedooshee this is great news but now you have the same problem as @Jeepie and me ... new car as a reward @Anish S

Hey this is awesome news..congrats on the promotion buddy @J J Looking forward to some fun drives

Congratulations @J J. Well done

Thank you @Salarios.....I really appreciated the support, help and patience from you and Richard @Wrangeld during the recovery and reattempt. It was very obvious to see how nicely you drive and manage the huge patrol, you did an amazing job. Other than your offroading skills, i can see you are very talented as well, i loved the videos you made. The Refusals and Recoveries Video is even more fascinating because it shows how stucks actually happened and how the recovery is managed... It is very beneficial to our community since we can review, reflect and also learn how different recoveries are executed. These types of videos matters a lot to us especially during this current situation of Covid 19 where not everybody have the opportunity to see all the recoveries... Keep it up @Salarios, well done. I would love to see more videos from you in future...Again thank you so much for your contribution.

@Janarthan Thanks! Good to have you in front! You and me were alone quite many minutes while @Gaurav was away digging somebody else out :-). I don't know about the distance - I find it the most difficult part - you loose your concentration just one second, and you either are too close >need to brake>get stuck (this happened to me when I crested), or you keep better distance>loose the track... But I guess more practice will fix that... I have some nice GoPro video, mostly of your car...

Hi guys, thank you for this drive, great way to start a day. We had tons of fun at the back and I think it’s safe to say everyone had fun too. @Srikumar always great drives and tracks, thanks 🙏🏽 @Vanessa8580 thank you so much for the tips I cannot wait for the next one to put them in practice, it’s always nice for me to learn as we learn something new on every drive, specially from someone with so much experience 🙏🏽 I’ll add some videos of the back having fun 😍

Congrats @Veedooshee !!!

Congrats @Veedooshee. I really look forward to seeing you behind the wheel in one of the next drives. Enjoy the new rank.

Congratulations. Well deserved.

Same as us ... and that's half the fun. Doing this together makes it 2x as much fun.

Congrats @J J great news. Looking forward to you growing more and more in this hobby and you showing us all yourvfull potential.

Congratulations @Veedooshee!

Dear @Ale Vallecchi and @Wrangeld thank you for the exceptional management of today’s drive. Ale thank you for your laser focus on ensuring everyone stays safe. There were a few moments where this approach prevented some potential head aches. Richard thank you for your calm and patient demeanor, and constant guidance on encouraging everyone in the convoy to think and problem solve on their own, before you step in to resolve the issue. @Anish S it was incredible to witness your improvements in real time, from the beginning of the drive towards the end of the drive. Since you were in front of me I was closely following your every move, and so I could see how your skills are evolving and you’re becoming more comfortable as the drive went on. Everyone thank you for the great day. It was a lot of fun and very educational. By the way, I posted some pictures in the Gallery. And a couple of videos of the day: Highlights: Recoveries: Happy Eid everyone.

Congrats @J J

Thank you so much @Srikumar I also have heard and learnt about your tips on fishtailing from @Anish S on his first drive with you.. About the Fewbie drives, we will split the car😂

Congratulations @Veedooshee for reaching the Fewbie Level with Carnity Offroad Club. Based on your last newbie drive you have demonstrated skills required deserving this new offroad rank. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Once you have all the required off-road gear, you are most welcome to join the Fewbie Level Drives with Carnity Off-road Club. P.S. Trip lead might deny your participation if you don't have required off-road gear. Fewbie: Number of drives 10 (16 Newbie + Fewbie drives) Level of drives Willingness to learn + Enthusiasm + Basic dune reading Off-road gear Flag, deflator, tire gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio, compressor. Drive teamwork Observe recovery from a safe distance and offer help when needed Drive posting/joining Join newbie and fewbie level of drives only Forum participation Active participation on forum. Share drive experience + feedback on forum and pictures in gallery Forum participation and helping with community spirit is recommended for faster upgrades at all levels. Please make sure your Carnity user profile is always updated with all the Emergency contact details.

Thank you @Srikumar @Vanessa8580 @Chaitanya D for making the drive a great one. My first solar park drive great fun today and I have never done so much side sloping and definitely good opportunity to practice. Especially when @Vanessa8580 told me to steer down when I lose power and to my surprise I actually gain momentum to continue with the side sloping when I steer down slightly.

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Congratulations @VipinShetty!

Congrats @Christian Andras. Hope you enjoyed your first fewbie ride today morning. It was great having you at the back. Perfect distance maintained all the time.

Congrats @VipinShetty. Well done !!!

Thanks all for the great time today. Loved it and @Frederic - I was the blue 2dr wrangler that wouldn't take left when you told him indeed, dropping the pressure to 8 psi changed the way the car was behaving quite a lot. I would love to join future drives so please keep us posted of the next ones you organize. here are some photos from me as well

Hey @E.C. TAN, i uploaded the pictures in the gallery today👍

Congrats @Biju Abdul!!!

Congrats @J J !!!

Congratulations

Well done @J J. Always very cool and in control. You'll do great.

Hi @Ashok chaturvedi It was good to see your radio worked for now. If i am correct this will be your channel numbering: MOTOROLA TLKR Channel 1 = CARNITY CHANNEL 1 (446.00625) MOTOROLA TLKR Channel 3 = CARNITY CHANNEL 2 (446.03125) MOTOROLA TLKR Channel 5= CARNITY CHANNEL 3 (446.05625) MOTOROLA TLKR Channel 7 = CARNITY CHANNEL 4 (446.08125) You won't be able to use our Carnity Channel 5, as this is on 462.8875 Mhz and your radio does not have this channel. The good thing is that we usually do not use Channel 5 (is our backup frequency). So for now you can keep that radio without issues. If you decide to buy another radio, we recommend either the Crony/Motorola MT777 or the Baofeng UV5R. Both are available in Dragon Mart.

Hi Frederic, thank you so much. Learned the basics of desert driving and of course it was a wonderful experience. Will try to be part of all forthcoming events. Richard was amazing in cruising the dunes with ease.

Congrats @Biju Abdul

Thank you so much @Nivin...

Congrats @Biju Abdul

Yup as Fred said it's perfectly normal whole inflating. I just use to note what pressure my gauge is at while pumping when it's 35. I remember my ARB pump the gauge would show 45-50 ish meant it's almost done. So do it once see what pressure the gauge is at when pumping when your have reached the required pressure. This way you can carry on withoit stopping every now and then to check.

Thank you so much @J J...oh...☺️... yes definitely my copilot @Anish S is very supportive... Am happy that my trip reports convey the feel of it..

Well done!!

Congrats @Veedooshee , Chief Detective, heard about that story and I still remember your very first drive . Fantastic that you have grown , of course there is Anish the sidekick too .. I actually enjoy reading your trip reports, quite extensive and its as if I am live on that drive and it definitely saves the writing off the leads haha.

Thank you @Veedooshee. Stay blessed and keep safe. Congratulations on your well deserved new rank. Enjoy continuing to learn new tips and tricks at this level.

Congratulations @Veedooshee. I love a good detective from Colombo, to Kojak to Remington Steele to Monk. You quickly became my favourite after the number plate incident. Maybe we can start a new rank for you, Chief Detective.

Congratulations @Veedooshee👍🏼

Thank you so much @Gaurav for so much compliment...very encouraging... we are both happy that we bring so much positivity and good vibes to the Carnity family...cheers👍

Congrats @Veedooshee heard lots of good things about you and and Anish, like team spirit, contribution and thinking abilities. Hope you enjoy this new rank. Now, the question among the two of you is, who would now do the Fewbie drive?

Highly appreciated words... very kind of you... both of us feel really proud to be part of Carnity family! Thank you @Frederic..

Super deserved @Veedooshee ! Now the fun starts ! And no doubt @Anish S will be there to give you full support. You both have become club residents and show up at every drive with enthusiasm, eagerness to learn and are such lovely people to be around with !