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We are truly blessed with having another trip lead. @Islam Soliman you bring again another flavor to our members, and it’s a flavor we all love: the route from Tawi Nazwa to BR has lots of existing tracks. To my surprise and delight you took us into areas none of the other marshals have taken so far, and with a perfect pace you gave us time to make our way to Big Red. From there you scaled it up and created excellent challenges for all and the ability to rev up our engines in order to try to follow that mighty black Yukon of yours. As a second lead one of the tasks is to correct the lines where needed, but I hardly had to do that, which says a lot about your drive skills you have built through your numerous drives with us. I carried a massive smile all morning from following your throughout the dunes. Many more drives will follow !

Quick Drive Debrief: Thanks @Frederic @Darren Brooke @Rawad Bahsas @Nithin Vaidir @Hisham Masaad @Chris Wing @JeromeFJ @Mehmet Volga @Adhir Saxena @Sinol @Ranjan Das @Thomas Varghese @Nabil Bishara for a great drive today.. special thanks to @Frederic @Mehmet Volga and @Nabil Bishara for supporting the drive today and helping with the minor stucks and refusals faced. We were blessed with almost virgin dunes after last week’s strong winds altering the terrain and at the same time boosted the challenge with some unstable dunes and very soft spots.. Warming up from the Nazwa farms till we arrived at big red was flawless with almost no refusals which encouraged me to raise the bar and try to take the convoy up through the big red bowls .. turned out to be a challenge and refusal screams started to come up through the radio one after the other so decided to tune it down and go around big red to the play area after the team dealt with the only pop out of the day on @Chris Wing’s FJ. At BR everyone took turns and enjoyed climbing safely to the top .. I believe this helped boost the convoy’s confidence so on our way to Pink Rock I was encouraged to go through some of the big bowls on our route and everyone did pretty well. Moving to the next challenge through a lite taste of the technical dunes, everyone did well with minor stucks & refusals all of which were quickly sorted out with the great help of @Mehmet Volga@Nabil Bisharaand @Hisham Masaad. Surprisingly by the time we exited to the sabkha the radio was overwhelming screaming for more technical dunes 😂 but it was already past 9:00am!. As the convoy OKed to extend the drive by another 30mins, we made our way as planned to Pink Rock where everyone played to their satisfaction and was happy that some drivers kept trying more than once until they managed to learn more about their cars and get the right technique to make it to the top coming down with a big smile on their face. Finally we made our way to 2nd of Dec Caf to inflate at 10:00am. Hats off to all drivers today, I hope you enjoyed the drive as much as I did.. till we meet 🌿 P.S. don’t keep the drive pictures for yourselves and share 😂😂 specially the beautiful one Abdulghani took for the convoy @Hisham Masaad

Momentum was too slow to go that high unlike FJC speed of attack (more linear). Fought gravity without momentum (BIG NO). Left gas just before the flip. Inexperience hand to not to control fishtailing in time. He kept steering full right without having enough momentum when caught up in deep soft sand patch (0:35). Even FJC before had close call, but controlled well by marginally fighting the gravity and then steering it down just in time. Attacking soft sand slip face for the second car has to be done with greater momentum as sand is already broken now. Such super soft sand sideys should be avoided for the second or third car or announce the caution so that second or third car is aware of such higher risk and factor greater use to momentum and/or exit in time. LC is far heavier and underpower than FJC to try similar sidey without factoring the car limitation. Guess: FJC has better off-road AT tires to control the fishtail precisely and LC seems on HT (road) tire.

Thank you @Islam Solimanfor the exciting day. You gave us a great mixture of challenges in different areas as we went from slopes to climbing, technical, Sabkhas, and eventually the play areas and am sure each one of us went home fulfilled with a big smile Special thanks to all the seniors @Frederic@Mehmet Volgaand @Nabil Bisharafor all the support @Darren Brookeyou have a beast man, keep roaring 😉 @Hisham Masaadits always a pleasure seeing you and Abdelghani See you all soon

My first Fewbie drive and first drive with @Islam Soliman and definitely not my last (i hope) Great to have up front the Tahoe's sister car showing what American 💪 can do (as well as @Rawad BahsasY62 ) and as a result i was confident to push the Tahoe harder and further than i had done previously. And LOVED it. Thanks to @Frederic @Mehmet Volga and @Nabil Bishara for all their support Finally one more thanks to @Frederic for the loan of his spare radio half way through when mine died - you are right the charging unit on the Baofeng can be a bit temperamental it appears. Time to get myself a spare 😃 Until next time

@varunmehndiratta @Danish Mohammad @JeromeFJ @Ehab @Stav @Yousef Alimadadi @Abdul Rahman AK We had an amazing convoy, that allowed us to tick every every thing as per the action plan. Initially, we set out to Lisaili, we were able to find plenty of dunes for ridge riding. Rigde riding at night was a different experience. We were also able to find some mighty dunes for sides. Then we head out to Solar park. We were faced with several big dunes, which we had to criss-cross. Eventually, we were able to find a nice track and drive at high pace. We had some refusals, Crested and stuck situation needing recovery and a pop out at the last minute, which was quickly sorted out to add to the fun. I am grateful to have had @Yousef Alimadadi as support, who handled the recoveries and saved the day from a collision with his split-second maneuvering skills. Thank you Yousef. @varunmehndiratta & @Abdul Rahman AK did a brilliant job at SL and SW position. It was a great team effort and good radio communication everyone ( @Danish Mohammad & @JeromeFJ's coordination was the best) Looking at the stats:

This tutorial is aimed at providing you a basic understanding of your winch and the proper way of using it, with an emphasis on safety. As every winch recovery is different, it is impossible to describe every possible scenario. But with providing you the basic techniques you will be able to understand how to operate your winch, and in the case of an assistant/buddy , know what to do when assisting during the recovery process. The main important aspect of winching is to THINK through each situation BEFORE jumping into action. Applying a bit of common sense goes a long way and remaining calm is ESSENTIAL. WHICH ACCESSORIES SHOULD I HAVE Hook Strap The Hook Strap is used to hold the hook and keep fingers away from the fairlead as the rope is being spooled in. Snatch Block The multi-purpose snatch block allows you to: (1) increase your winch’s pulling power. A double line rope pull will halven the load on your winch. (2) change your pulling direction without damaging the rope. Rope gloves Having proper gloves is essential to perform winching. On a steel rope you can easily cut yourself, while with a synthetic rope there is risk of burning your hands if you hold on to the rope. D-Shackles or Soft Shackles Will be used to connect your winch to the object that need to be winched. If your winch has a hook, then you can use the hook directly. WORDS OF CAUTION -Never attach a recovery/kinetic rope or strap to the winch hook to increase the length of a pull. Use a Winch Extension Strap. -Never operate winch with less than 5 wraps of rope around the drum. Rope could come loose from the drum, as the rope attachment to the drum is not designed to hold a load. -STAY CLEAR FROM THE ROPE AT ALL TIMES WHEN IT IS UNDER LOAD. STRETCHING YOUR WINCH ROPE FOR THE FIRST USE The life of a wire rope is directly related to the use and care it receives. Tensioning the wire rope is critical to ensure a long product life. Tensioning the wire rope will prevent outer layers of wire rope from pinching and deforming the inner layers. During its first use, a new wire rope must be spooled onto its drum under a load of at least 500 lbs. (227kgs). Use the following instructions toproperly stretch the wire rope onto the winch drum: BEFORE YOU PULL Practice using your winch before you get stuck. A real situation is no time to be learning how to use your winch. Whether you’re recovering another vehicle or pulling a stump from the ground, knowing the proper winching techniques can help keep you and others around you safe. And perhaps the most important part of the winching process, regardless of the situation, is what you do BEFORE you pull. 1. Always take your time to assess your situation and plan your pull carefully. 2. Always take your time when using a winch. 3. Use the right equipment for your situation. 4. Always wear gloves and do not allow the rope to slide through your hands. 5. You and only you should handle the rope and operate the remote control switch. 6. Think safety at all times. 7. Practice. Practice and practice the steps. RIGGING FOR THE PULL The following steps describe how to recover your vehicle with rigging a single line pull. Double or multiple line rigging techniques follow the same basic steps,but use a snatch block to assist the process. Step 1: PUT ON GLOVES. Step 2: DISENGAGE CLUTCH. To allow free spooling of the winch drum, rotate the clutch lever on the winch to Disengage. Freespooling conserves battery power. Step 3: FREE THE WINCH HOOK AND ATTACH HOOK STRAP. Free the winch hook from its anchor point. Attach hook strap to the hook (if not attached). Step 4: PULL ROPE TO THE STUCK VEHICLE Pull out enough rope. Be sure to keep certain amount of tension in the wire as it can become twisted and overwrap when slackened, leading to rope damage. To prevent loosing the end, hold the winch hook in the hook strap while you work. Step 5: SECURE TO THE STUCK VEHICLE. Use Soft Shackles or a rated D-Shackle. Step 6: LOCK THE CLUTCH. Lock the winch drum by rotating the clutch lever on the winch to Engage. Step7 : CONNECT THE REMOTE CONTROL. Be careful not to let the remote control cord dangle in front of the winch. Always disconnect the remote control when not in use. Step 8: PUT ROPE UNDER TENSION. Using the winch switch, slowly wind the rope until no slack remains. Once the rope is under tension, stand well clear, and never step over it. Step 9: CHECK THE VEHICLE THAT WILL BE PULLED. Communicate with the vehicle owner about your course of action, and ask him to put the vehicle in 4LO. Do a last inspection of the connection before starting the pull. Step 10: CHECK ROPE. The ropeshould be neatly wound around the spooling drum. Improper winding can cause damage to the rope. Step 12: LAY SOMETHING OVER THE ROPE, if you decide it is necessary, midway between the winch and the anchor point to absorb energy should the rope snap loose. A winch dampener can be used, or a heavy jacket might also do the trick. Step 13: MAKE YOUR INTENTIONS CLEAR. Be sure that everyone in the immediate vicinity surrounding the winching operation is completely aware of your intentions before you pull. Declare where the spectators should not stand — never behind or in front of the vehicle and never near the rope or snatch block. Your situation may have other “no people” zones. Step 14: BEGIN WINCHING. With the winching vehicle’s engine on and light tension already on the rope, begin winching slowly and steadily. Be sure that the rope is winding evenly and tightly around the spooling drum. The vehicle may be steered while winching but not driven. Driving vehicle causes rope to become slack and entangled. It is advisable to winch in "blips" by pushing the button for 2-3 seconds, followed by a pause of 5-10 seconds. This helps to keep the winch motor cool and during this time you can keep inspecting if the rope loops well on the winch or if no damage is occuring to the stuck vehicle. The stuck vehicle can also give gently blips of throttle to help the recovery process. During recovery of another vehicle, it is not advisable to keep the winching vehicle in (P) Park, as this causes a huge load on the transmission and might even damage the transmission. Use your handbrake, stay inside the vehicle, and keep your brake pedal pressed in hard. Use the remote to control the winching process, and have a buddy standing on a safe distance to act as a spotter. Use your radio to communicate with the stuck vehicle and your spotter. SOME LAST HINTS: A winch is very powerful, yet you should ALWAYS try to reduce the stress of the recovery, by deflating the stuck vehicle further down, and shoveling/creating a path where the vehicle can drive out with assistance of the winch. So make sure the wheels are free and can freely rotate. A winch recovery should always be done straight, and not under an angle as this will severely increase the risk of damage to the rope or stuck vehicle. If you need to pull from an angle you can use a snatch block. When you have finished the recovery, make sure to spool the rope back to the winch properly, by having 1 person to keep the rope under tension with his body weight, and another person to guide the rope back into the winch by guiding It from left to right, so the winch is rolled up evenly along the surface of the drum.

DRIVE REPORT Dear Desert Wanderers, Today's drive was one of those drives you'd never want to end. Everyone made it to the meeting point fairly on time, so we were able to start moving by 5:43am, making our entry in the desert from the sabkha on the south east side of the pylon track where we met. The entry point in the actual desert is always tricky here: small technical dunes, with very irregular patterns, sharp crests and deep pockets. I believe I never led a drive here without someone getting stuck, and again it was the case today, with @Lakshmi Narasimhanwho got crested but was very effective in self recovering. As we moved more inside, we started enjoying the magnificent view of these bright sand dunes in the morning sunlight. After a few stucks and refusals we reached the first area of long range dunes, when the fun started. I personally love this area as the ridges here are extremely long and oriented east-west, ie with perfect light conditions when riding towards the sun, even though, due to the frequent rock formations, it can be dangerous and should never be underestimated. With a short and very capable convoy the ridge riding was pure fun and the rocks were a nice addition to the landscape rather then a concern, to the extent that we really indulged in the area for quite a while, as can be seen from the screenshot below (red areas are rocks, FYI): As the convoy was doing extremely well, the level of the drive could be increased a bit more, both in pace and in technical difficulty. We started adding more criss-crossing and more ascents from the slip face, which resulted in more challenges and some more refusals and reattempts. @Batuhan Kulac as my 2nd lead did an excellent job with his G63. I keep on being surprised how he gets through all situations despite his very low profile tires. @Lakshmi Narasimhan had a hard time today, having to re-learn how to drive his car after the addition of 40+ kg of extra load on the front due to the installation of the new winch. As the drive progressed, however, I had the clear impression his confidence increased. Well done. @Gok Krish handled his capable Jeep Wrangler in a very clean swift way. It took a nasty hidden pocket combined with a moment of distraction to get him stuck and in need for a quick winching out. @Shaaz Sha was an eccellent Center Forward, very generous in instructing and assisting any of the cars who had refusals or stucks around him. He got tricked by a crest and needed a tug at some point, but in return he shoveled everyone else out, great generosity. Kudos! @Ranjan Das today probably tested his Jeep Wrangler and his driving skills at their best, but this resulted in a flawless drive, very well conducted from start to end, and, as I understand, in a lot of fun. @Watteau (Alex) led his monster truck nice and easy in all situations. The level of the drive was quite high and some passages on crests or tight dunes were not at all trivial for such a long wheel base vehicle but he dealt with them brilliantly. @Janarthan at the back impersonated the ideal sweep every lead could desire, always present and supporting whenever needed. Jana and I shared our Leaders Lead sessions, so it was a particular pleasure for me to have him in this drive and I look forward to return the favor and support one of his drives. As we bumped up the level, the drive became way more complex and demanding. It was at this point that @Lakshmi Narasimhan had a popout during an unfortunate descend while slide sloping. Thanks to the great help and experience of @Janarthanand @Shaaz Sha the poput was quickly sorted and we could move again. As we continued our drive we moved further north-east to reach another great area of large and tall dunes, where we couldn't refrain from a double round at a spectacularly large playground dune, just before meeting another off-road convoy, camels! What a view... We then started moving north to make it to the Lisaili Mighty Dunes, but on our way out to the flat area leading there I managed to get myself royally crested, which required a lot of shoveling by @Janarthan and @Shaaz Sha, to which I'm greatley thankful. By the time we made it to the Mighty Dunes, the convoy was so excited, focused and warmed up that we literally had a blast up and down the place, totally unstoppable. The Mighty Lisaili Dunes are always a great experience and I believe everyone loved the epic ascents to the top. As time was running short, we moved north to get closer to our exit point but the fun on the Lisaili Long Range Dunes was just too much to stop, and we indulged in endless ridge riding, once again until we decided it was about time to make our way out, also considering that one of @Batuhan Kulac's passenger elwas starting to feel a bit car sick. We then steered sharply West and and crossed flawlessly the short portion of technical dunes before and after the pylon track to finally reach Lisaili Fort around 9:50am. Overall we drove 68km in 3h 53', with 50' stopped for stucks and popout and an average moving speed of 22.3km/h, a very good pace, given the terrain. The ascent (+237/-230m) was also significant, meaning we did some serious climbing. It was a great drive. I had a lot of fun and I hope the whole convoy felt the same. Everyone did great and must be congratulated. The drive was smooth and safe thanks to the fantastic support by @Janarthan and @Shaaz Sha, my heroes for the day. See you in the sand soon! Beautiful shots @Lakshmi Narasimhan!!

Thanks a lot @Islam Soliman for providing yet another action packed start to the weekend. Lots of learning and fun driving combined. Thank you @Frederic, it was nice seeing and driving with you after Liwa. Thank you for the support. @Nabil Bishara, @Mehmet Volga thanks for all the support

@Wrangeld, there were several moments when I was so nervous to see the dunes and thought that I took a trip that was too advance for me. But in the end, I finally realized that if I didn't take this trip, I would not learn as much as I had yesterday. Thank you very much for your patience of guiding and helping me during the drive. Also Special thanks to @Watteau and @Gaurav Soni for assisting me on the recoveries. I learned a lot from both of you. Last but not least, I would like to thank all the team for your patience to keep waiting for me when I managed to get my car stuck many times. What a wonderful experience !

Drive Debrief: Was Madam Om Aldwuais there today protecting her dunes?! The day started with Angela’s Xterra not feeling well and refusing to go to the desert! We agreed that I will take the lead supported by @Frederic who accepted the last minute request for support.. thanks buddy. Given it’s a short convoy with all experienced IM drivers we thought it would be an easy one.. we thought wrong! Madam Om Aldwuais had another opinion ! The minute we touched the sand at the deflation point we felt her presence through strong angry winds blowing the sand into our faces. We started making our way deeper into the mighty dunes and for sure they looked different ! With almost no scars or visible tracks and 👻 👻 👻 dancing on top of the dunes by her blowing winds. Obviously she didn’t like us touching her dunes to protect them started to give us all the signs to retreat which we obviously ignored.. some refusals here and there as we climbed higher and enjoyed some 90 mins scaring newly born dunes and bowls with very soft untouched sand. The higher we climb the angrier she got and louder she screamed until she shot a deadly arrow hitting the heart of the black beast. All of a sudden while I was riding the beast up one of her large bowls the beast cried in pain and her temperature suddenly shot to the roof.. I had to put her to rest and uncover the hood to find her bleeding 🩸🩸🩸🩸massively as the arrow hit a primary vein 😢😢 The team got together and everyone pulled up their sleeves and started first aid to try to keep the beast alive..with great skillful workmanship and few basic tools we managed to stop the bleeding and the beast was again roaring to tell Om Aldwuais: it takes more than an arrow to kill the Black Beast💪💪 We safely made our way to the tarmac and with some extra fluids back home. Thanks @Arman @Goutam @Thomas Varghese @Gaurav Soni @amir amiri @Frederic for being there and for the great support to recover the beast and get her safely tarmac.. special thanks to @Fredericfor insisting to drive behind me till we got home 🙏. & my apologize we had to abruptly exit, time will come to make it up and concur Al Madam’s dunes together. Tomorrow I am taking the beast to be treated; hopefully Om Aldwuais’s arrow is not poisoned and the damage is limited to the broken nozzle.

You really cannot ask for anything more from a desert drive than what our little convoy experienced today. A special thank you to @Lorenzo Candelpergher and @Janarthan for giving my skid plate a few more dents, fixing my flag, taking care and leading the convoy in order to make this happen. Always a pleasure seeing @Lakshmi Narasimhan @Gok Krish and @Ranjan Das. I sadly did have a sick passenger near the end of the drive which held back others including myself who wanted to keep going... my passenger's condition did not improve despite hydrating, a little walk and my efforts to be more gentle. Sorry to disappoint in that regard. @Watteau I absolutely loved watching your giant beast beat down the dunes! Thanks to @Shaaz Sha for leading the back half through our churned up mess! Hope to see you guys again, all of you were awesome!

Many thanks @Islam Soliman for this beautiful drive ! excellent combination of different terrains, and perfectly tuned to challenge our capabilities and giving us opportunities to push higher Thank you @Frederic @Mehmet Volga @Nabil Bishara for the support and guidance. It helps a lot to build confidence !

Dear fellow adventurers, It is with a very heavy heart that I have to withdraw from the drive due to mechanical issues with my own car. The wonderful news is that @Islam Solimanhas agreed to lead you all through the dunes and @Fredericwill be there to support. You will be using Radio channel 2 (two) The proposed convoy is as follows: @Islam Soliman Black Yukon Lead @Arman Silver Wrangler 2nd Lead @Thomas Varghese White Xterra 3rd @Goutam Yellow Wrangler 4th @GauravSoni Pajero LWB 5th @amir amiri Dodge Ram 6th @Frederic Pajero SWB Sweep Have an amazing afternoon in this spectacular area, don't have too much fun without me hee hee hee

Thank you @Islam Soliman for leading the drive, was really good. Many thank for @Frederic @Mehmet Volgaand @Nabil Bishara for the support, and thank every one joined the drive. Yes, @Islam Soliman requested Abdelghani to release the pictures, accepted and posted few hours after the drive 😀😀

Absolutely loved the themed drive yesterday and thank you @Wrangeld and to all senior drivers for a very entertaining drive with the lyric references! You learn something new on every drive. This time round I took the LC as I had a concern that my Wrangler would stop play in the first half (as it did on more than a few occasions), this time with overheating concerns. Handling a bigger and heavier car in the sand definitely requires much more momentum and and forward looking to see the obstacles ahead. I learnt that with my first stuck today requiring shovels out (or should I have taken my sand wedge instead?) (thanks again @GauravSoni!) whereas a lighter SWB would have ducked and dived and floated over the same. @Niki super action shots! I know what you mean about reigniting the passion for photography - I now take my SLR out on every drive 😃 I'll try and post the pics up to the gallery later today. Lovely to see familiar friendly faces and to meet new people yesterday in the convoy. Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Sri and Chocolate doesn't go well together guys. Just beware.

Amazing drive @Islam Soliman. Enjoyed all the way. Looking forward to drive with you again.

It was an excellent drive, Thanks to @Kailas and yes the halftime interval you provide in your drives are really nice as it gives us the opportunity to regain our concentration and energy to enjoy the 2nd half. Brilliant 2nd lead @varunmehndirattaand Excellent CF @Yousef Alimadadi. Everyone in the convoy did amazingly well @Danish Mohammad, @JeromeFJ, @Stav and @Ehab 👏 See you all soon in the sand!

Indeed great drive @Lorenzo Candelpergher. For me, it was an all-in-one experience and exposure, learning and fun. I also appreciate the safe way the drive was lead without compromising on pace. Great show !

Drive report @Zixuan Huang @Charbel Yazbeck @Nitin S @JamesThorn @Luc Khaldoun @Simon Hope @Jamil Abou Assali @Anoop Raj @Lynel Dsouza and @Gordon Reid It was a pleasure to meet you all Friday morning. You all did a great job, after all we were able to cover almost 60km and that is a good job for an absolute newbie drive. I hope you all had fun like I had and you are now all ready for the next step. Moving forward you all will be joining the Newbie drives and not an Absolute Newbie drive. Drives are announced every Sunday at 11 am, and they go live on Sunday at 7:00 pm. Due to the high demand, these drives get full in about 10 minutes, so please be online at 7 pm to book your spot. If you miss a spot, put your name on the waitlist asap. Generally, by Thursday with dropouts everyone does get a spot if they have waitlisted. For the next drives, please bring along a deflator, pressure gauge, flag and radio as a minimum. Learn to deflate your tires and checking them precisely Learn to fix a flag on your car Learn to program and fully charge your radio Also like I mentioned during the debriefing, join the Carnity Whatsapp Drive Notification to get the latest updates on the drives, so that you can RSVP on time for the next weekend's drive. Please have a look at below topic which describes the tools needed for every level. There is a separate tutorial inside which explains which radio we recommend and how to program them: (Please do not buy the Baofeng 888S spare radio we gave you, as these cannot be programmed without a special cable and software). Please have a look at below grading structure that explains various off-road levels: See you all soon again in the sand .... Also a special thank you for my support team @marks @Kailas and @Gaurav !

Thank you @Rawad Bahsas and was glad to see you again. Hope to see you again in your black patrol 😀😀

Thanks all for a wonderful eve in sand. @Kailas it's always been fun driving with you, first time for me under your lead and it's was simply awesome. ...thanks for the same. Was my first night drive and i had concerns in mind - how diff the experience would be, how diff the terrain will behave as well as how much diff in tech challange the drive would be vis-a-vis a regular day time Fewbie. Thanks to Kailas the drive covered it all and we all come out as better drivers. From initial level Criss crossing to slide sloping we had a good mix what we usually expect in Fewbie drive. We had our fair share of refusals, cresting, shovelling, tugs and not to miss out on last min Pop-out to complete the whole nine yards. Personally for me being a second lead in my first night drive was a really good learning experience - diff between what eyes see and what car actually feels surely led to some challanges in first half an hour or so - as i struggled to maintain the right distance going at higher than required momentum. I believe (or at least what i felt) that was fixed as things settled in. Thanks to @Danish Mohammadand @Yousef Alimadadi for the support. Overall the whole team did really well, we had important lessons in importance of timely communication over radio and handling some complicated pulls. All in all it made us better Off-Roaders and the learning continues. Thanks all and looking forward to catch up with all soon.

RSA, AXA, Oman and Tokio are comparitively good insurance provider who cover offroad accidents incl. roll over deep inside the desert. But still before buying you should read that clearly in your policy. 500 meter ref, is not an actual offroad cover.

Trip Report. With summer setting in and drives starting earlier now, it was nice to see everyone at the meeting point on time and almost done with deflating too. The Khatam entry towards fossil rock is a bit tricky for newbies with really soft patches scattered around but I was pleasantly surprised that the entire convoy coped really well with absolutely no stucks and just a few refusals. Going past fossil rock towards camel rock, we entered quite a sticky area which was a bit technical and to make matters worse, the area was covered in shrubs but again the entire convoy navigated through it very well and thanks to @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil being a perfect second lead and maintaining the required distance, he was able to reroute a few times to avoid a few deep pockets. Just before we got onto the track towards Faya, unfortunately @Fiel Francis Telan mistook took a wrong turn and had a bit of a nose dive that damaged his front bumper and alignment on the fender. Hope you get that sorted out soon buddy. Just past camel rock before we took the track to Faya, we had to stop as @Fabien Monleau and @Marky Bhad a refusal and while waiting I noticed a smaller dune with a climb similar to front of pink rock but not as high and thought it would be nice for everyone to give it a shot. While the rest of the convoy waited, I went up to check if it had a decent exit as there were rocks on the other side and not enough place to just do a loop. By the time I checked, @Tbone and @Mukundan Nair sorted out the refusals at the end of the convoy and then everyone attempted the climb one at a time. This is where we had quite a few refusals but it was also a learning as most of the refusals were due to the vehicles upshifting and loosing momentum at the wrong time. A re-attempt in 1st or 2nd gear did the trick for everyone. From here on, it was a pretty smooth drive all the way to Faya. Since Faya is always covered in cross tracks, we went towards the side which had absolutely no tracks on it and made a few attempts at small sideys before attempting to climb up the Faya cheat route and then heading out. Thanks to @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil @Tbone and @Mukundan Nair for being the perfect support team. @samamara @Naim Aoun @Fiel Francis Telan @bunty_and_pops @Marky B @Fabien Monleau @Pierre de Maigret all of you managed really well and I look forward to driving with you'll again.

Thanks @Lorenzo Candelpergher for the wonderful drive with utmost safety. What else can be expected? Ultimate roller coster ride for a Fewbie morning, so fast, technical dune, long range dunes along with few refusals, popout learnt new techniques and many camel convoys on the way. Thanks to @Shaz Shah, @Janarthan for the recoveries and tips and entire convoy for being patient and providing chances to try and overcome the challenges, definitely need more of such refreshing drives. Looking forward to meet again in sands.

Many thanks @Kailas for the drive ! Another beautiful experience that makes the night drives so special. Excellent combination of dunes, crests, bowls. And thanks to taking the time to check our level of comfort to make sure that we can enjoy the drive with confidence. Thank you @Yousef Alimadadi @Abdul Rahman AK @varunmehndiratta for the support !

Hi @Lorenzo Candelpergher, what a wonderful drive you curated- full of thrills and challenges. Started with witnessing the mighty sun rising on a clear horizon and looped our way through Quadra and Lisaili; was genuinely sad to see the drive end, certainly was wanting more. Thanks a lot. Already looking forward to your next one! @Janarthan and @Shaaz Sha thank you for all the support.

It was @Islam Soliman leading and @Frederic 2nd lead yesterday. The drive was fun with more technical challenges than racing across the desert. Today also the recipe will be same or has @Islam Soliman & @Frederic cooked up something more spicy and tangy? Will let you know today evening after the drive.

Thank you @Brette I enjoyed being your 2nd lead. It was a very nice ride in a beautiful scenery. And it's always lovely to meet new people see you soon !

Beautiful pictures. Thanks @Niki

Just saw this on tiktok and thought it is worth sharing. IMG_6473.MP4

@Wrangeld what a wonderful way to spend a morning! Loved this drive (views, climate, 80s pop hits references). A little more challenging than I remember newbie drives so special kudos to the newbie members within the convoy! special mention to @Watteau … a master class for us intermediates in the CF role and general convoy leadership! Clear, calm, patient and such a great approach to motivate and compliment our newbies as they went through their respective recoveries! I tip my hat as you were an out an out winner of our competition (even with the -3000 points for the baked goods fiasco! Love riding on a convoy with you! @Foxtrot Oscar I have to say, in what was the tightest of competitions, you were a slight winner in the 80s/90s power ballads/soft rock references. By the time I had thought of a line/lyric you lot had already moved on!!! I have a lot to learn and Spotify 80s greatest hits is now my go to playlist for future rides with you! @Wade Pat2 absolutely love your ride! It’s pristine … and I hope your new shocks enjoyed the breaking in I have added (to the gallery ) shots I got from the play areas and a few nice perspectives I could catch. Carnity not only has woken up a hobbyist dune basher but has re-woken a past passion for photography… I tried shutter priority to ensure I could keep up with the movement … a few out of focus but in general I hope the pics captured all of your fine cars enjoying that bowl!! @Gaurav Soni I even caught you with 1 wheel in the air!! There were some 💙 cars in our convoy today! thank you all that made this such a fun and enjoyable trip! See you soon!

Post Drive Report Nice drive this morning with fantastic support from the senior drivers for the less experienced. I would have said 'We drove all night, to get to you...' [Ed: enough of this game] but maybe it just felt that way because the drive started early. We took the dune route to the bowls, which mercifully were not churned up like on my last visit to Margham and had a bit of fun in the bowls. Knowing what was to come, this was not too long. The characteristics of the dunes around this area is that they are small, semi technical and have a lot of soft sand - which was made more challenging by the high winds we have experienced in the last week. It makes for a drive that is challenging in that you need to keep your wits about you, but is not super technical so that it's just a struggle. As Angela said it is a long and winding road, and can be upscaled or made easier depending on the convoy response: and the response was very good. I imagine that @Alfred Alinazar might feel that he had more recoveries today than most - but you need to keep in mind that half the convoy was intermediate drivers who should not be getting stuck on a drive like this. Actually, considering the complexity of the dunes all the newbies and fewbies did extremely well to manage what this drive had to offer. That you've experienced so many self recoveries will be essential as you move on. @SP kALATH I think that you were right to self certify to Fewbie was the right move for you, but you see that as the drives we run will get more challenging it will take time to used to your car again. The crest you suffered was all down to power and momentum not quite being there. @Warren Flay You've given me real insights today about the 'small' changes that can be done to make the float of the car and the response on bumpy terrain a little easier on the vehicle. You drove really well in this new configuration and I am glad you learned a few new things on this drive. @Anoop Nair if there is one piece of essential feedback it's that you really have to think about the fact you are driving in a convoy and that has responsibilities to the other drivers. As far as your driving generally, you have a manual and that means that you have different challenges to some of the other drivers. Making sure you use the flexibility of the having a clutch and leveraging it better is something on which you need to work on future drives. @TT_Dubai my surprise at your choice of drive was matched by how well you drive that beast. I am actually a little envious that you can choose to drive either an SWB or LWB depending on how the mood takes you. And, unless you are a pro (and that's the job), the fact that you also have time to play golf just adds insult to injury. You're welcome to join the pub quiz team any time - your specialty might have to be Sport. @Ishraque Ahammed each drive is a learning experience and the good fortune for you was that you had Alex behind you helping you through every challenge that was faced. There were no serious issues at all, just a need from you to get more confidence in your ability to self recover and use the power under your foot. @Wade Pat2 everyone loves the car and the story and you really are getting to grips with the capabilities. The one towed recovery we did was very well handled as was the rest of the drive. @Lawrence_Chehimi great drive. Probably quite relaxing for you and a chance to continue to refine your control and finesse. I still believe (or perhaps like to believe) it's reassuring for the guys ahead of you in big vehicles to see the way you handle your Y62. @Gaurav Soni your enthusiasm and generosity in helping others throughout the drive is impressive. You restrained the desire to play, playing by assisting the other drivers instead. @Nikibrilliant second lead. Rerouting when needed, keeping the right distance, holding the convoy when needed ... patient. And you picked up the 80s and 90s rock ballads references, because 'Nothing Compares to You'. I'm looking forward to see if any of the action shots you took worked out. @Watteau outstanding support Alex. Listening to your calm, considered, confident support for the other drivers around you is a absolute pleasure. Your most impressive moment: asking for advice from the seniors on the one recovery that you did not feel like you had the experience. I cannot express strongly enough what an unbelievably sensible and impactful moment that was in the drive. There are so many that would simply not have had the wherewithal to stop, think and then say, 'I need your advice'. That's true leadership. @Foxtrot Oscar honoured you'd spend your first support since your promotion supporting this drive. I truly enjoyed your support and knowing that the convoy was in good hands from front to back. It was a nice easy day for you I hope with all the support we had. Thanks everyone of a great drive. I enjoyed my morning. I love the continued learning of helping drivers develop their expertise in this hobby. Thanks for letting me have that opportunity. See you soon in the sand.

Thank you very much Brette, Tbone and Mukundan for this most scenic drive. Simply splendid with a few traps to challenge us a bit. Take care, Pierre

On my insurance policy offroad coverage is there, but when going deep into the T&Cs, I found that I'm only covered up to 500m from road (that is for crossing from one side to another on unpaved road). Have you guys checked what is covered by your insurance, is there an insurance that covers roll overs when dune bashing?

@Chaitanya D @Malachy McGrogan @Kenneth Bollhardt @Larry Cadden @Probir Mukherjee @Richard Franks @Pacific @luis mantecon @Lakshmi Narasimhan @bony raphi Murquab Drive Report Thank you everyone for joining the drive and for making it to the meeting point nice and early. Yesterday’s drive was a mixture of technical area as we started in Murquab and slowly made our way to some great play areas where we enjoyed some sideys and thereafter we reached the longer range dunes where we also practiced some ridge riding and criss crossing. First and foremost i would like to extend my huge thanks to our Marshal Doctor Chaitanya @Chaitanya D for his invaluable support and amazing assistance and guidance that he provided during the drive and throughout my off-roading journey. It is always a great privilege to be driving with you. Also special thanks goes to Lakshmi @Lakshmi Narasimhan as he was a great second lead. Thank you for listening carefully to the instructions and rerouting slightly wherever needed as prompted to you. You are just taking your amazing pajero to new heights. Thanks to our flawless sweep Malachy @Malachy McGrogan for keeping an eye on the convoy and also assisting with refusals. Very well managed and done . The rest of the team, you guys rocked. Thank you guys for making it an amazing drive. Also please take the feedback given through out the drive in a positive way so that we can keep improving and learning. Again as a gentle reminder, do not fight gravity and always steer down. Fishtailing and fighting gravity is very dangerous which is the reason we keep putting lots of emphasis on and our safety is always prime. Please have a look at the video in the link shared below which is not to scare you but to take the sport seriously. https://carnity.com/uploads/monthly_2021_05/IMG_6473.MP4.9ab5457dc4889e30599efd476352e992.MP4 Last but not the least, talking about safety, it is always good to double check if you have all the required off-road gears and that your car is also ready for off roading before you arrive for the drive. Thanks again to all of you and see you soon in the sand.

All Carnity trip leads and support are fully trained to respond to such emergencies. Securing the passenger first, then car recovery along with GPS location, pics and videos for the cops and insurance. Mostly cops check the images and video, but sometime they do visit the area of accident. Once cops report is done, rest is "should be" easy and straight forward with "good" insurance company.

Heads up .. A massive traffic jam on Alain road and the entry to Emirates road was closed for construction .. I may get delayed for 5-10mins

Wow didn’t realize that was from slip side, no wonder the momentum was not enough, still managed to cross with all of your inputs🥂, must focus on that as well going forward!!!

@Wrangeld i really enjoyed the drive at the back, It was indeed relaxing. Newbie drives have their own taste, you get the chance to enjoy the views, help others and learn more on recoveries. I Will be joining more newbies drive in future.

@Alfred Alinazar if everyone on the drive was newbie, I would possibly have chosen a different route. This is why all level drives are so important and helpful. You did very well. We all get scared of dunes - absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Hi @Foxtrot Oscar unfortunately I have last minute work to be done today and won’t be able to join you. Enjoy the dunes Angela and convoy

@Anish S Thank you very much for the wonderful and flawless smooth drive. Would like to resonate @Chaitanya D about your new role and getting into the skin of it , wonderful . Congratulations. Also thank you @Chaitanya D and @Malachy McGrogan to keep centre and the tail going. Have a great day guys.

Thanks @Anish S, @Chaitanya D and @Malachy McGrogan for the wonderful drive and great support. First time I missed Friday morning drive, but well compensated with evening drive. Very good terrain, lovely sideys, ridge riding and criss cross. Couple of pop-outs fixed in no time, few refusals and mostly all self recovered, great team work. Thanks to entire convoy for the great drive. Thanks @Chaitanya D for the much needed tips in driving modes and suggestion to be part of more newbie drives.

Dear Desert Wanderers, here's the convoy numbering for tomorrow: @Batuhan Kulac, @Lakshmi Narasimhan, @Gok Krish, @Shaaz Sha, @Watteau, @Ranjan Das, @Janarthan, this drive is going to be technically demanding as it is a Fewbie+ level. It will require your full and undivided concentration at every step, so make sure you come well rested, hydrated and you don’t have any reason for being distracted. Also, please consider carefully if you We will be using Carnity Channel 1 (446.00625 Mhz). See tomorrow morning, ready to go (i.e. already deflated, flagged and briefed) by no later 5:30am (sharp), so make sure you make it to the meeting point at least by 5:15am.

That's the magic of a chocolate bar 😂

Today was a perfect day ( last one I promise), open flowing drive, not too hot, a real mixed convoy, now I see the benefit of mixed convoys, I really enjoy helping out and learning and if possible sharing some knowledge, I learnt today all about Mitsubishi relays and how to get the most out of the Pajero before resorting to external forces. Invaluable. Our good friends Momentum and Commitment were also coming out to play and by the closing stages were in full effect and performing well. We have to remember that what we do is not necessarily natural, our motto of not fighting gravity can be counter intuitive, but once grasped opens the door to improving ones skills. I for one will be signing up for lots more newbies and fewbies, its fun and rewarding. This is what we came for (sorry I lied, Rihanna I think). See you all again soon.

Wrangler in ICU after last night's stroke....luckily only a few broken plastic brackets. Picture in galery...

Good drive today @Luca Palanca Falsini Good that it was a short convoy so didnt take to long for stucks and recusal to get sorted and the convoy moving.... Good to hear the chat and advice we gave to the guys helped them enjoy the drive and their vehicles more! see you guys next time ✌🏼