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Congratulations @Shaaz Sha for reaching the Advisor Level with Carnity Offroad Club. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Please make sure your Carnity user profile is always updated with all the latest Emergency contact details. ADVISOR This level is the cornerstone of Team Carnity Structure as you will always remain an "Advisor" first even when you attain a Marshal rank. As an advisor, you will, constructively help, support, and advise other advisors with "respect" being part of this big multi-cultural family. You will be learning the basics of leading the convoy in the desert in three Leaders Lead Sessions: Advance sand reading, planning your lead, terrain, level, and emergency exits. Lead with navigational software to systematically scale the lead for all the cars in the convoy. Ability to lead, recover and manage the convoy in the most extreme desert available in the UAE. Carnity Contribution Committed to driving with Carnity off-road club only Lead/Support: 3 drives per month at least Forum contribution to earn Carnity points Skills required Meticulous planning and preparation Ready for new challenges or unexpected situations Leadership skills to always put the team before yourself Car Worthiness Capable 4x4 vehicle with a low range gearing Suitable approach and departure angle High profile tires Off-road gear required Safety flag, tire deflator, tire pressure gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio (walkie-talkie), air compressor, tool kit, rated recovery rope and 2 rated shackles, GPS, Floor jack and jack board, tire repair kit, toolbox, tie-down straps, fluids. Drive Joining All Levels Forum participation Active participation on the forum Share drive experience + feedback Share drive pictures in the gallery Post trip report after the drive

Congratulations @M.Seidam for reaching the Advisor Level with Carnity Offroad Club. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Please make sure your Carnity user profile is always updated with all the latest Emergency contact details. ADVISOR This level is the cornerstone of Team Carnity Structure as you will always remain an "Advisor" first even when you attain a Marshal rank. As an advisor, you will, constructively help, support, and advise other advisors with "respect" being part of this big multi-cultural family. You will be learning the basics of leading the convoy in the desert in three Leaders Lead Sessions: Advance sand reading, planning your lead, terrain, level, and emergency exits. Lead with navigational software to systematically scale the lead for all the cars in the convoy. Ability to lead, recover and manage the convoy in the most extreme desert available in the UAE. Carnity Contribution Committed to driving with Carnity off-road club only Lead/Support: 3 drives per month at least Forum contribution to earn Carnity points Skills required Meticulous planning and preparation Ready for new challenges or unexpected situations Leadership skills to always put the team before yourself Car Worthiness Capable 4x4 vehicle with a low range gearing Suitable approach and departure angle High profile tires Off-road gear required Safety flag, tire deflator, tire pressure gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio (walkie-talkie), air compressor, tool kit, rated recovery rope and 2 rated shackles, GPS, Floor jack and jack board, tire repair kit, toolbox, tie-down straps, fluids. Drive Joining All Levels Forum participation Active participation on the forum Share drive experience + feedback Share drive pictures in the gallery Post trip report after the drive

Dear @Darren Brooke @Matt.T @Ranjan Das @JeromeFJ @Lawrence_Chehimi @Abdul Rahman AK @Lakshmi Narasimhan @Danish Mohammad @Russ @Hisham Masaad Pre-drive details below: 1- weather is getting hot and we want to have an early start hoping to cover majority of the track by 8:30am before heading to the exit to inflat by 9:00am before we get roasted. 2- This requires prompt presence at the meeting point by 4:30am and be ready to move max by 4:45am (deflated, flag erected, 4H on, radio on and set, airbags/traction/abs all set....) 3- Please ensure your radio is on, fully charged, and set to the right frequency: channel 2 (446,031.25) upon arrival to do a quick radio check 4. when you arrive, pls try to take your position (if possible) based on the below convoy order 5- briefing will be done on the radio as we start moving See you all on the sand 😎 Convoy order:

Al Aweer to Mahafiz (and on to Nazwa): Ridge Riding Feast - Drive Report "You are not meant for crawling. So don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and drive." - Rumi One of the most difficult things to get used to in desert off-roading is climbing the side slope of a dune, reaching the ridge, managing to get 2 wheels on the other side of the ridge, and... drive on it (before, eventually descending on either side). That moment, between when the sky is almost all you see and the car settles on the ridge, is almost like learning to fly. Daring to leave your comfort zone, and willingly launch yourself on a path which requires trials and errors, persistence and patience, and eventually will make you, literally, fly on top of the dunes. As true flight, there are many ways to fly on a dune's ridge. Like flying, sometimes it requires the power of one's wings (read engine), and others just to tweak them in one direction or another, exploiting the momentum that has carried you up, and controlling it. This ridge-riding feast aimed to build in each driver the awareness that riding ridges requires a delicate balance of power and control, that it can be achieved by alternating burst of speed (climbing and occasionally overcoming the drag of the sand underneath the car) with delicate touches of the wheel (to navigate the ridges curves, without losing control or momentum). Whether the drive delivered its promise, only the drivers can tell. I know for sure that we rode as many ridges as we could find, which is pretty much everywhere in this area, except close to the crossing of the tarmac coming from Al Aweer, and just prior to reaching the Mahafiz area, where the dunes become shorter and tighter, requiring more technical, finesse, driving. In all, from the drive's recorded track, I could count 45 ridges ridden, which should surely count as a good number of repetitions of this same exercise. The drive was well managed by all members, without major issues (stucks and refusals are supposed to happen in these kinds of drives, as are part of the learning process). Great Second Lead by@Alain Canivet-Abikhalil, extremely reliable support at the Center by a tireless @Nivin, and perfect, hard worked Sweep by @Darren Brooke. Very good performance by @Anoop Nair (you got more confident as the drive progressed), @Warren Flay (always very reliable), @Tareck (not easy to handle your big car on this terrain), @Hardik Mody, @Richard Franks, @Adhir Saxena and @Chinthaka Ruwan, all completing a very strong drive. We finally extended the itinerary to exit at Nazwa (coming back from the outskirts of Mahafiz, which we reached in very good time), and actually this extension, with mostly criss-crossing exercises rather than ridge-riding, was were fatigue and heat started to create new challenges, and made the drive more eventful. We exited after a total of 4:07 hours, of which a long 3:26 while driving (with really minimal breaks), covering 81.7 Km, at a brisk average moving pace of 24 Km/h. Thanks a lot to everyone for joining, and hope to see you soon. Have a great weekend.

Little Sweihan Blitz - Drive Report "If you finds all roads and paths blocked, He will show you a secret way that no one knows." - Rumi Blitz: from the German word "blitzkrieg", meaning lightning. The drive aimed to embody the meaning of this word. A fast move onto the area of Little Sweihan, south-west of Solar Park, beyond the area I call "the Middle Earth" (a set of tall, long range dunes, very bushy and bumpy) and protected to the west by a tall fence enclosing a military practice zone. We reached it quickly, through a dirt tracks, the outer perimeter of the Middle Earth dunes, and the sand track next to the military fence. Then, across a sabkha, into the first set of dunes, moving along the length of Little Sweihan's triangle, from its base next to the military fence, to its tip, toward the north-east. Once almost at the tip, we turned around, to descend toward the triangle's base, moving toward its center. The goal was to continue this zig-zagging along and across the dunes, up and down the length of the area, to finally reach the southern limit of Little Sweihan's triangular base. There were times when the blitz had to take a much more sedated pace. In particular, toward the middle of the second iteration, when we suddenly started driving in a very tight set of tall dunes, coming from their slip face, which forced the convoy to make a few stops, and following the Poet's advise, to improvise and "be shown a secret way that no one yet knew". The so-called "Little Sweihan" is a very unpredictable area. Enclosed by very tight dunes on both its sides (only the base is open and accessible), once across this first challenge, its core is often changing shape, due probably to the high and constant winds that blow from north to south, redesigning the dunes angles, filling bowls with soft sand, and sharpening the ridges. Therefore, there are times when it's possible to easily drive its length through an endless string of open bowls, and other times, more often, when the convoy has to struggle through high and sharp criss-crossings, deep bowl descents and climbs, and especially with patiently finding a way around blocked paths, retracing one's steps until an opening appears, and the going gets miraculously easier, again. Hence, the fact that we only had a pop-out (the combination of soft sand, tight turns, and lower deflation is sometimes lethal for heavy cars such as Patrols< so this things happen), and two stucks requiring tugs, was an indication that the convoy behaved greatly on such difficult terrain, made perhaps more unpredictable by the heat of the day (measuring 46 degrees at departure) and soft sand. As the sun started to set, we moved north. across the Middle Earth (leaving the sand track next to the fence for the weak at heart), and ridge-rode our way toward the exit, at Solar Park, with only a minor interruption on a sharp and tall crest, where we executed our last tug of the day, with the sunset at our back. As for the convoy, as mentioned, it rose to the challenge, and behaved like a pack of veterans. Clean and safe Second Lead by @Lakshmi Narasimhan, and a very well executed "tutoring" session by each higher ranked member (@Ashok chaturvedi, @Gok Krish, @GauravSoni and @Shaaz Sha, in the order of driving) leading the more junior drivers (respectively @Humayun Ghias, @Russ, @Darren Brooke and @Ranjan Das, who also moonlighted as Sweep). The drive ended after 3:22 hours (of which 2:46 while moving, with only 36 minutes of pauses, including all recoveries), covering 71.2 Km, at a pace of 26 Km/h while moving (and 21 Km/h overall). Thanks to all for joining, and hope to see you soon again. Have a great weekend ahead.

@Brette @Chris Wing @Rjducos @Marwan Haddad @Sunil Mathew @Zixuan Huang - Charlie @Nithin Vaidir @Arshad Roojee @darren thompson @Chinthaka Ruwan @jodha singh shekhawat Good Evening Everyone, I hope you had a nice week and looking forward for the weekend. Please find the convoy list below and we will be using the Channel Number 1 ( 44600625). Looking forward to see all of you tomorrow morning, take care.

Good afternoon @Hasan Wahlan @Warren Flay @Xavier Treasurer @Zed @Karthikeyan Govindarajan @Mus_hus78 @Farouq Owdeh @Kamal Fayad @Goutam @Gok Krish You are all confirmed for the drive. Please let me know if there are any changes in your plan. The meeting point is now updated. The plan is to set out and explore the highlighted area below. The topographic maps shows this area is 300+ m from sea level. We may face several hurdles on the way as some of the areas might be fenced, so we might have to venture through some technical areas. Please make sure your vehicles are in good condition as we will be attempting some tall climbs. Make sure your vehicle fluid levels are okay. I will be shortly updating the convoy list. See you all soon!!

Thank you @Ale Vallecchi for another wonderful drive. Thanks a lot for the terrain and drive experience offered to us and belive everyone had a wonderful evening offroading. The sand being super soft, it was a great experience manuvering through and as always we all had some thing or the other to learn from this drive too. Thanks to @Lakshmi Narasimhan for a well executed 2nd lead. @Ashok chaturvedi, @Humayun Ghias, @Gok Krish, @Russ and @Darren Brooke, guys did really well and it was a pleasure driving with you. @Gaurav Soni, thank you buddy for the tug and as always enjoyed being with you and finally @Ranjan Das, our real time sweep, man you did amazing making it through the most churned up sand. well done bro. Thank you guys and see you soon

Hello gaurav, Many thanks for the promotion, I will try to make the club proud. I look forward to many future drives with the rest of the gang. @Lakshmi Narasimhan thank you very much

Dear Desernauts, Clay Neddo @Clay Neddo Yogesh Kumar @Yogesh Kumar rajeshkumar rathod @rajeshkumar rathod Lakshmi Narasimhan @Lakshmi Narasimhan hasan hamadeh @hasan hamadeh GauravSoni @GauravSoni As, unfortunately @Chaitanya D cannot lead this drive tomorrow evening, I will lead instead. Apologies if you had been looking forward to his unique lead style in this wonderful drive area - I will do my utmost to be an adequate replacement for him. So far we have a relatively short convoy, blessed with a lot of experience to support what is a group of relatively inexperienced newbie drivers. Here's the plan. We will leave from the Lisaili post office and make our way carefully through the wide dunes and Sabkahs that take us in the direction of Margham. We will need to cross some areas of tighter, technical dunes along the way, which can be tricky for those who have not yet mastered all the drive skills needed for criss-cross or ridge riding. The sand will be very, very soft because it is so late in the day. We will need to take care navigating through here, because there is not always an easy route through the dunes. As night falls, we will stop and rebrief on the challenges of night driving, and then continue on our way making use of the night to experience a completely different style of drive. Looking forward to the drive and seeing you all on Friday evening.

Dear Desernauts Here is the planned convoy for tomorrow morning. @Gaurav Soni @PaoloMaraziti @Adhir Saxena @Watteau @Serafino @Nihal17 @Anand Nataraj @Christopher Assal @Tareck @varunmehndiratta @Janarthan We are lucky, as ever to have a high proportion of intermediates to guide the fewbies and assist with any stucks and recoveries along the way. As you will all see from the starting point, I want to get inside the dunes as quickly as possible so we will deflate as close to the entry point as we can. [Anyone concerned about or wanting to put a km count on the drive, feel free to start your navigation from the start of the sabkah] From here we are straight into some nice wide long range dunes which will lead us to a technical section and then some lovely rolling dunes where we will spaghetti our way back to the Solar Park complex and eventually find out direction to Last Exit. What do I think are the key risk areas for the drive? Pop outs - no doubt a few of you are already thinking that you would like to lower your PSI to accommodate for the lower power. Great idea, but that increases the risks of pop outs. Insufficient power to get out of stucks - maybe. Staying at 2500 reduces the adrenalin to a trickle - we will have to address that as it comes. Looking forward to seeing you all in the morning. See you soon in the sand. Radio Channel 3

Such a detailed and well written drive report! Always a pleasure reading your drive reports. 🙏

@Alain Canivet-Abikhalil @Ben84 @Anoop Nair @Marwan Haddad @Sunil Mathew @Gaurav Soni Thank you @Sunil Mathew @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil @Anoop Nair for a very descriptive drive report and the video. Very well done guys, you covered most. The only thing that i will like to add is that there is no similar stuck, each stuck is unique and is managed differently. Some recoveries need more time and hard work than others depending on situations and circumstances. Referring to the lengthy recovery we performed on Anoop's car which was stuck on super soft slip side of the dune where self recovery and shoveling did not work. And also it was not in an ideal position to give a regular tug that we normally do. Last week, i had a stuck of similar nature however within 15 minutes it was recovered just because we had the privilege of having a winch that gives you more control over the recovery and can be carried out on more challenging surfaces. In our drive, we had to do similar kind of recovery but using rope instead of winch. First, We had to find a flat surface to be able to give the required tugs which was little far so that was the reason we used 2 ropes to avoid the car giving the tug getting stuck together. Secondly, it was on an acute angle from the car giving the tug. Our objective was to correct the angle of the car firstly by giving numerous soft tugs prior giving a proper tug to get the car out. At the same time, in between each tugs we had to shovel out the sand causing resistance. As you witnessed, we had to do many cycles of soft tugs and shoveling which took almost 1 hour. I am really grateful to all of you for taking turns for shoveling and showing such a great team spirit that is vital to this sports. The recovery was very well coordinated and executed patiently and calmly by both @Gaurav Soni and @Anoop Nair. Kudos to you guys. Why a hard tug was not appropriate? (During the recovery, i over heard few of you saying that why we are not giving a hard tug and just get the car out) - Hard tug can cause damage to the tow points and can also break the tow points. If you break a tow point by giving hard tug, it will project like a bullet and it can cause further damage to the vehicle and serious injuries. Now let's say with all precaution taken there is no damage or injury, now imagine how would you recover a car without a tow point in that situation. - The car was in an acute angle, giving a hard tug would easily cause the car to flip. I am sure none of us wants their car to flip and roll. Neither anyone would like to manage a flipped car instead of a recovery that may take long. - The car was trapped in super soft sand. I am sure all of you saw it as you all helped in shoveling and saw how the sand kept falling. Giving a hard tug to a car trapped in soft sand will cause the car to jump and again cause the car to flip due to the angle or else damage to tow point. Lastly, i would like to say that each stuck and refusal we encounter is an opportunity to learn and improve ourselves in different ways. See you in the sand on another drive. Till then, take care.

Congratulations @Shaaz Sha, A very well deserved promotion that rewards your great positive attitude and your constant willingness to help. I won't forget our night drive at Pink Rock / Big Red where you were literally running on foot on the sand to help. Also glad to have you with me in your first Advisor Drive tomorrow morning, even it this one will be more a treat than a support effort, I hope!

Congrats.. Well done👏👏

Well Done @Shaaz Sha, Congratulations 👏

Congratulations @Shaaz Sha 👏🏼👏🏼

Congrats @Shaaz Sha!

Congrats @Shaaz Sha

Congratulations @Shaaz Sha!

Good afternoon fellow adventurers, Tomorrow afternoon's drive will see us venture into the deep red sands of Mahafiz where we shall scout around and find play area after play area after play area as we make our way to Fossil Rock. It promises so much! But what we do and where we get to all depends on the convoy so , we shall see. It's gonna be hot! The temperature will hit 45degsC but fear not, as we make our way into the sands it will drop to around 41 and continue to drop as the drive progresses. That said, it is imperative that you keep an eye on your dials and bring plenty of fluids to sustain you. Y'all ready for this? Yalla! We shall use Carnity Channel 2 (two) 446.031 My proposed convoy is as follows: Driver Car Rank Position @Foxtrot Oscar Black Xterra Marshal Lead @Ammar Naji Black Expedition Fewbie 2nd Lead @FARAZ MOHAMMED Prado Newbie 3rd @Super Safari Girl Patrol SS Newbie 4th @Savio Fernandes Patrol Newbie 5th @Simon Ducos Fortuner Newbie 6th @Jason Grima Rubicon Newbie 7th @Veedooshee Pajero White Intermediate CF @Paolo Pellegrini Pajero Gold Newbie 9th @Charbel Pajero Silver Newbie 10th @Alfred Alinazar Pajero Black Newbie 11th @Farook Veettil LC White Newbie 12th @Anoop Nair Wrangler Fewbie 13th @Abdul Rafay-S Wrangler yellow Newbie 14th @Pierre de Maigret Fj Fewbie 15th @Vanessa8580 Pajero Blue Marshal Sweep

Get well soon!!

Thanks @Ale Vallecchi for the mid-week drive (they break the week up so well!), the area you chose (my first time there and hopefully not the last) and the great post-trip write-up. Thanks to @Shaaz Shafor the tug (sometimes even gravity can overcome a Raptor 😉) and the rest of the support team and drivers for a very enjoyable afternoon. See you all soon.

I am glad to be spending another Friday in Abu Dhabi, which gets me hooked every time i go there. There is really no end to the variety this Emirate has to offer ! Khatim, with its white sand, and nice combination of medium sized dunes and technical area, offers a perfect learning experience to all. I noticed all signups are Newbies coming weekend (No absolute Newbies). So please bring your Offroad gear as per your level (flag, radio, shovel, pressure gauge/deflator). Myself and @Kalahari (thanks for stepping in with your support) will be helping you out on the drive whenever needed. You can find the convoy setup below: 1) Frederic - Pajero Blue - Crew @Frederic 2) Keyvan Yasini Chevy Tahoe - Newbie @keyvan yasini 3) Naveen Raj - Mitsubishi Pajero LWB - Newbie @Naveen Raj 4) Aravind Sidhardan - Fortuner - Newbie @Aravind Sidhardhan 5) Ahmed Matar - Mitsubishi Pajero SWB - Newbie @Ahmed MATAR 6) Karl Dela Cruz - Toyota FJ Cruiser - Newbie @Karl Dela Cruz 7)Luc Khaldoun - Nissan Patrol - Newbie @Luc Khaldoun 8( Kalahari - Maroon Xterra - Advance @Kalahari We will be using Channel 2: 446.03125 Mhz I am keeping the RSVP open till later this afternoon, we might have some more people joining us. See you guys tomorrow !

Feels great to be back @Frederic, looking forward to a drive!

Another 2nd Gen Carnity member! Awesome! Good to have you back buddy 😃

@Islam Soliman to the rescue!!! Let’s go!!!!

I am in @Lorenzo Candelpergher

Congratulations @Hasan Wahlan for reaching the Fewbie Plus Level with Carnity Offroad Club. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Please make sure your Carnity user profile is always updated with all the latest Emergency contact details. P.S. Trip lead might deny your participation if you don't have required off-road gear. FEWBIE PLUS Drives Attended (Indicative) Minimum 10 Fewbie drives are required within last 6 months for Fewbie Plus promotion. What you'll learn Advance dune and sand reading Advance recovery techniques Rocking and crawling to make path Learn to flatten/compact soft sand patch Self recovery from crest Advance side sloping and long hill climb Advance ridge riding and criss crossing Advance control over technical dunes Slightly faster pace desert driving FULLY control and avoid fishtailing Never fight or challenge gravity Skills required Enthusiastic and positive attitude Willingness to learn and help others Extremely attentive and focused while driving Car Worthiness Any 4x4 vehicle with low range gearing Suitable approach and departure angle Bash plate and skid plate protected Off-road gear required Safety flag, tire deflator, tire pressure gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio (walkie-talkie), air compressor. Drive teamwork Manage second lead and sweep positions upon request Intuitive and proactive to support Trip Lead Observe recoveries and offer help, when needed Drive Joining Join Newbie, Fewbie and Fewbie Plus drives Forum participation Active participation on the forum Share drive experience + feedback Share drive pictures in the gallery Post trip report after the drive

Congratulations @Luc Khaldoun for reaching the Fewbie Level with Carnity Offroad Club. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Please make sure your Carnity user profile is always updated with all the latest Emergency contact details. P.S. Trip lead might deny your participation if you don't have required off-road gear. FEWBIE Drives Attended (Indicative) Minimum 5 Newbie drives are required within last 3 months for Fewbie promotion. What you'll learn Basic dune and sand reading Self-recovery techniques Shoveling at right place Crawling out of difficult situations Blip Blip - Coordinate steering and gas control Basic side sloping and hill climb Basic ridge riding and criss crossing Basic control over technical dunes Slightly faster pace desert driving Ability to manage stuck/refusals with radio Learn to control and avoid fishtailing Never fight or challenge gravity Skills required Enthusiastic and positive attitude Willingness to learn and help others Presence of mind and attention to detail Car Worthiness Any 4x4 vehicle with low range gearing Suitable approach and departure angle Off-road gear required Safety flag, tire deflator, tire pressure gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio (walkie-talkie), air compressor. Drive teamwork Manage second lead and sweep positions upon request Intuitive and proactive to support Trip Lead Observe recoveries and offer help, when needed Drive Joining Join Newbie and Fewbie drives Forum participation Active participation on the forum Share drive experience + feedback Share drive pictures in the gallery Post trip report after the drive

Congrats @Shaaz Sha, well deserved!

Congratulations @Shaaz Sha

Many many congratulations to u @Shaaz Sha...👍

Heartiest congratulations Mohamed @M.Seidam

Congratulations!! @Shaaz Sha

Congratulations @Luc Khaldoun.

Congratulations @Hasan Wahlan

Wonderful @Shaaz Sha, heartiest congratulations

Oh very sorry I could not find my name on his drive.. I will wait Anish drive...

Congratulations Shaaz!

Congratulations!

congrats @Shaaz Sha. Well deserved.

Congratulations @Hasan Wahlan well done

Dear Desert Wanderers, this RSVP is now closed. Please find below the convoy order for our drive: @Jorge Stepniak Felippe, @Ahab Shamaa@Shaaz Sha, @Francois Germishuys, this drive is going to be very demanding from a technical point of view, more mentally for the drivers than mechanically for the cars: we will drive across a variety of terrains, at constantly high pace, often going through technically challenging passages. It will require your full and undivided concentration at every step, so make sure you come well rested and hydrated and that and you don’t have any reason for being distracted. Also, Extreme Drives are meant to be no-passengers ones. We will be using Carnity Channel 4 (446.08125Mhz). The meeting point is confirmed at Maleha Roundabout - https://goo.gl/maps/5KQtn9NpsBLDEjCk9 See you tomorrow morning, ready to go (i.e. already caffeinated, deflated, flagged and briefed) by no later 5:00am (sharp), so make sure you make it to the meeting point at least by 4:45am.

@Anish S you are a legend, much appreciated 😃 See you on the dunes in the morning

Hello @darren thompson, I do understand the situation you are in. Because your drive got cancelled, I will make an exception for you and I will add you to the drive. See you tomorrow...

Welcome back @Damiru Dharmadasa !

My plans changed for the weekend - left the event, so next in line on the waitlist please have fun instead of me

Thank you @Ale Vallecchifor this challenging drive. Even before the drive began, I had this feeling it would be a different one. The variety of things that we got to do kept me on my toes and I remembered how Ale had mentioned prior to the drive that it would require our constant concentration. I was bummed and embarrassed with my pop out early in the drive but I was reassured by @Lakshmi Narasimhan''s encouraging words over the radio. Thank you Lakshmi, Ale and everyone with your patience and help with the pop out. It was a pleasure driving behind @Ashok chaturvedi and seeing @Gok Krishin the rear view mirror. @Darren Brookeglad to hear the new axle is working fine. Good to see you all on the drive and see you soon!

@Ale Vallecchi it was wonderful mid week drive in the “Little Sweihan”. Hot and dusty weather and white sand made it really challenging today. What ever it was following your tracks made it easy and very interesting. Mix of technical area, nice ride riding and criss cross and long range dunes were highlights of todays drive. I enjoyed the drive every minute following you. @Ashok chaturvedi, @Humayun Ghias, @Gok Krish, @Russ, @Gaurav Soni, @Darren Brooke, @Shaaz Sha and @Ranjan Das hope all of you enjoyed the drive and thanks for joining the drive. See you soon!!!