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Hi @Janarthan can you please add me as waitlust, it will be my only drive this weekend.

@Rahimdad, have you made enough drives to join a fewbie?

Responding to the challenge - Absolute Newbie Trip Report Dear @JeromeFJ, @yunus Kazi, @Chris Wing, @Richard Franks and @Kareem El Fouly, congratulations for completing your first Carnity drive. You earned your first stripe, and are ready to tackle the next Newbie challenges. As I mentioned at the end of the day, they may be easier than last Friday's drive, when the quality of the convoy prompted me to push beyond the limits of an average introductory day in the desert. I am very proud of how each of you managed to face increasingly difficult terrains and obstacles, learning to straight-crossing low and medium dunes, side sloping on higher and higher inclines, and finally, approaching and riding smooth ridges, and finally the first rudiments of criss-crossing, on safe long and open dunes. The last two of thus skills will not be testes again until your first Fewbie drives, which is a testament to your quality of driving, and coolness under pressure. Also, well done on a few self recoveries, under the skilled guidance of @Jeepie. We all hope that @RajaSekhar Kodali, who unfortunately had to exit quite early on, due to the damage to its front bumper and radiator, is doing OK, and hopefully will get his car back soon. May this incident serve as a hard learned lesson on how to manage an approach to the crossing of dunes, that is initially with not more than 30% of the car's full power, and in complete control of the momentum, to avoid jumping off the crest, and landing on your nose. Well done everybody for completing quite a long drive, lasted 4:07 hours, of which 2:37 moving, covering 59.2 Km, at an average speed of 14 Km/h, and 23 Km/h while moving. I hope to see you soon again in the sand. In the meantime, I wish you a good week.

Done Rahim bhai, thanks for joining us

This drive is organized in full compliance with the COVID19 guidelines. We expect every member that joins this drive to go through below information and and strictly follow these guidelines in order not to jeopardize someone's health, and to ensure we can keep organizing these drives safely. MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: COVID19 Precautions MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: BAN POST Two Way Radio Guidelines Every Offroader brings his own radio, programmed to the frequencies described in below advice topic. We will not share spare radios or program your radio on the drive. If you need assistance in programming the radio, post a topic on the Carnity website with your questions and we will help you out. Make sure your radio is fully charged. It will be your only way of communication while driving. Before buying, please carefully read below advice so you are informed properly on which model / cost / shops... No radio = No drive. It is an essential tool and you should make sure you bring it on every drive and learn/practice how to use it. MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING Drive Details Level: Intermediate and above When: 26th March 2021, Friday Meeting time: 6:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions). Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/jtZXG4XXN56exRBU6 Action Plan: Faqa is without doubt one of the most scenic areas that we can venture off road. It has everything, stunning dunes, beautiful greenery and of course, sunsets to die for. But don’t pay too much attention to that as this area also has difficult terrain that will test your off-road skills. We have great technical dunes and the other side of Faqa offers razor sharp long rage dunes that scream out for us to bash them down with our skid plates as we ride atop of them. How far we go and how fast we see it will, as always, depends on you and the convoy. Are you with me? Yalla!! 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), smiles, face mask, rubber gloves, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Approximate finish time: 10:00 AM P.S. Only join if you have a compressor to inflate your tires after the drive. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE: Limited to 10 cars only. RSVP will close on Thursday - 3:00pm 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 below Calendar

Thanks @Ale Vallecchi for having given us the opportunity to experience more of the thrills of dune driving ! Definitely not the average introductory drive. Your expert guidance gave us the confidence to tackle the obstacles

16 hours after the first jab, I was on a IM convoy..... depends.... as prescribed by @Mohamed Seidam. I have completed my 2nd Jab a couple of weeks back with no symptoms... thankfully.

I have already taken both my vaccination shots. I did not feel anything on the first shot, but second shot I had some pain in the arm along with slight fever and tiredness. However, these symptoms lasted just 1 day and since I took my vaccine on Sunday I was able to drive on Friday without any issues. I suggest you observe yourself after taking the vaccine and determine if you can or cannot come for the drive. There is no rule in Carnity that you cannot come for a drive if you've taken your vaccine. Being Covid19 positive is another story which is well covered already.

Dear Rahimdad you are the spice of Carnity which has a special unique flavour of humour politeness and humbleness 🙏 bless you and all the desert lovers .

I don't think so. All the drives he has done is only as the lead.

Waitlist for 2nd drive of the week 1, @varunmehndiratta 2. @Thomas Varghese 3. @Ashok chaturvedi 4, @AlexPol 5, @Mohamed Seidam

Ah ok. I was starting to wonder why im being removed even from the newbie drive. I understand it is my first time with carnity so I have to start somewhere. Thank you for the welcome! I shall work my way up Cant wait to meet you all see you on the sand!

Unstoppable - Ganthoot Blitz (The Sequel) Report At the time of my writing, the news of the eventful day has already become public, and everybody in the Club knows two facts: 1) even very skilled drivers as @Ilya Golubinsky may incur in a chain of events (missing the line to the ridge, and instinctively steer against gravity to regain that line) that can eventually lead to the unexpected (a flip, with the car ending on its side, just across the ridge); 2) perhaps the incident was well studied (considering it left the car unharmed and the passengers just a little shaken) to discourage Ilya's In-Laws from visiting Dubai too often 😈 🤪😜 Jokes aside, it truly was a thrill filled drive: an early departure, driving into the sunrise, quite a fast pace across technical areas and long range dunes, criss-crossings, ridge-riding, high speeds on sabkhas, small and big groups of oryx, and beautiful palm-trees half buried in the sand. The great team effort and coordination during the recovery, with each driver contributing knowledge, ideas, or simply encouragement, was the living proof of Carnity's commitment to its members safety and well-being. Everybody came together, calmly and cool headed, to assist the upended passengers first, assess the situation, providing ropes, shackles, and all the other necessary tools to sort out the flip, and the consequent pop-out. @Ahab Shamaa was the winch-man, @Islam Soliman the anchor (not only of the convoy), @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ, @Mohamed Seidam, @Ashok chaturvedi, @Tero Vallas and @Gregory Perkin provided their tools and ideas, @Archibald Jurdi and @Junaid120120, the more junior drivers, assisted and learned the handling of one of the most challenging recoveries they will ever encounter. Many thanks also to @Foxtrot Oscar Angela for supporting my own assessments, and providing her guidance with the recovery of the flipped car from the crest. The "flip' itself, was very much textbook of what NOT TO DO, so in a way (thanks to the fact that nobody was hurt, and all ended well) it provided a great learning moment for the whole convoy. As seen from my rearview mirror, I can say that Ilya's approach to the crest was a bit too low, just below the ridge line. When the crest was about to end, he tried to climb to the ridge, fishtailing his Jeep to the right. The car turned sideways until it was perpendicular to the slope, and almost in slow motion it slowly rolled to its right flank, and stopped, elegantly balanced on the ridge. The Second Lead's tracks were visible, both just short of the ridge, which in hindsight should have called for an exit to the right, and for a second attempt at the criss-crossing. The momentum the Jeep had gained and kept on the slope was probably enough to make it through, but the line was not. As soon as the car tried to steer up the dune to reach the ridge it visibly lost speed (hence momentum, slowed by the sand building up against its right side's tires), and started to fishtail decisively toward the lower part of the dune (gravity pulling it down). Prolonging the steering up, while not choosing immediately to exit down, led finally to the flip. Having said this, I commend Ilya for keeping a cool head, listening to instructions and turning the car's engine off as soon as advised to do so, and for his clear presence of mind during the recovery, as well as for continuing, unaffected, the drive until the end. With a final thanks to all the drivers for joining this drive, I am very proud of all of them for managing to conclude a very long and taxing trek, which lasted 5:22 hours (but only 2:56 moving), and covered 77.5KM, at an average moving speed of 26 Km/h (a little slower than the usual 30 Km/h of an Intermediate drive, due to the slower driving of the half an hour following the flip's recovery, to allow everybody to readjust to the drive, with confidence). See you all soon in the sand for more adventures, and safe fun.

HUMMER TIME!!!!!!!

There's no protocol in place re the vaccine @Thomas Varghese each individual has a unique reaction and you won't know until you've had it. My advice is to see how it goes and let us know if you feel under the weather and can't make a drive.

As far as I know being vaccinated doesn’t imply leave from work it’s different than being COVID positive . however some ppl do develop side effects from vaccine such as headache, fever 🤒 or generalised weakness . So ppl get off work simply because of such down feeling for a day or so depends on severity. however I am not aware of any internal policy in Carnity regarding off drive post vaccine . Our legends can clarify more

Getting vaccinated is not contraindications to work or drive as long as you are symptomatic , meaning no side symptoms from the vaccine , it’s different than being COVID 19 positive . I took the vaccine my self and after half hour observation I jumped back to operate 😉

Hi @Fabien Monleau thanks for signing up to the drive ; however I understand you are still at Newbie level. This drive is for Fewbie drives with 5 or more fewbie drives therefore I will have to remove you. I hope to drive with you soon 😊

@Foxtrot Oscar I have signed off from this drive and planning to join a Friday afternoon drive.

Yes of course

Thank you very much @Gaurav, thanks indeed to the whole Carnity Team and Community. Since December I have learn a lot of new things for me - how to drive in a desert. But more important - I have met a lot of new friends. Really enjoying these drives, love to help others. Looking forward to see you all in the dunes.

congratulations! Enjoy driving at the new level, look forward to meeting you in the dunes soon!

Congrats @Snappy

@Batuhan Kulac as both @Emmanuel and @Foxtrot Oscar have given feedback, no matter your prior experience off-road, we require all drivers to complete an Absolute Newbie drive before they can self certify to a higher level and we will happily welcome you to all drives at the level to which you are certified. As I am leading the AN this Friday, I will be more than happy for you to join the drive and introduce you to the Carnity Club. I am sure you will understand that this is a safety precaution we take for the benefit of all members.

Hi Angela @Foxtrot Oscar can you wait list me please FIRST DRIVE .thanks 🙏

Congrats @Larry Cadden

Congrats @Snappy

I would also like to join this drive in case of any space.

I have another drive so no need to be added to this drive thanks.

I have a connected (but slightly different!) issue with my X. The kill switch worked like a charm, but over the last 2 or 3 drives, while the lights are on to say ABS and traction control has been disabled, it is clear that both are still very active - and resulted in my having zero power / no down-gearing in tricky situations (on an extreme drive!!). Does anybody have any clue what can be wrong? I need to replace my clock spring as well - and was wondering whether this is confusing the TC? @Emmanuel @Foxtrot Oscar @Chaitanya D @Mohamed Seidam @Frederic

Thank you @Frederic @Mohamed Seidam. I agree and thank you for the clarification. my point is who ever wants to use this trick should not engage rear diff lock (if its equipped in their vehicles). i am big fan of rear diff lock, its been piece of cake for all self recoveries. but will give a try next time to use this trick 😃

I want to say a huge thank you to the whole team for their help today! @Islam Soliman, @Mohamed Seidam, @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ, @Ashok chaturvedi, @Ahab Shamaa, @Foxtrot Oscar and everyone who kept the ropes! Today was a great reminder that off-roading even in Al Qudra is associated with risks if you don't follow the technique and overestimate the capabilities of the car. @Ale Vallecchi thank you so much for your leadership and coordinating the whole operation, only because of this the car got off so easily As luck would have it, the only visible damage is a broken mirror. The police arrived in 15 minutes after I called them, and were clearly surprised by the lack of serious damages (only pictures helped me to prove that the incident really happened how I described it) Since I have several filmed moments of similar cases in the past, including my 360, I will make a video with the analysis of this case. It is, as always, not follwong the technique (MUST be no exceptions), fighting with the gravity and ignoring the vehicle's momentum Hope to see everyone soon in my new side mirror