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looking forward to it, early start, my trucks favourite meal of the day is brake fast!!!

A nice and engaging mid week drive, and perfect for my debut FB+ !!! Thanks to @Ale Vallecchi, mid week drives are back at @Carnity. I was missing these drives for the past couple of weeks!! and here comes a fully signed up drive, with no drop outs!! We rode lot of low ridges which gave lot of opportunities to practice and correct my approach and exit lines and angles, boosting my confidence in ridge riding. Thanks to all the IM drivers who joined us @Lakshmi Narasimhan as SL, @Ashok chaturvedi for the recoveries and radio guidances, @Craig Finlayson for the anchoring position, @Ranjan Das who was driving in front of me making life easy- to follow his lines as a fellow wranglerino, and @GauravSoni for the words of encouragement. Kudos to fellow FB+ debutante - @Zixuan Huang - Charlie and other fellow FB+ drivers @Chinthaka Ruwan, @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil - who loves being tugged , and @Russ for the prefect sweep and recovery.

Thanks @Ale Vallecchi for the excellent drive yesterday. It was challenging but we made it to the destination as planned. Thanks @Lakshmi Narasimhan @Craig Finlayson and @Russ for the support. @Sunil Mathew @Ranjan Das @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil @Ashok chaturvedi @Zixuan Huang - Charlie @Gaurav Soni always happy to drive with you guys. See you all soon.

Thank you @Ale Vallecchi Beautiful Tuesday drive ! We're lucky to have those, especially that you took us again on a new path. I really felt it was a challenging drive but enjoyed every part of it. And when we lost focus, you made sure to put us back on track (pun intended). Felt way more confident by the end of the drive - which made me get crested right after sunset as I was trying too follow @Craig Finlayson's lead ( I did get tugged twice during this drive @Sunil Mathew 😅 ). @Russ please be more gentle with your tugs (no pun intended 🤣 ). Thank you @Lakshmi Narasimhan for SL and @Ashok chaturvedi for being so helpful with everyone, @Russ for sweep and @Craig Finlayson as I said, really enjoyed following your lines. @Zixuan Huang - Charlie @Sunil Mathew very well done for a first FB+ @Chinthaka Ruwan @Ranjan Das @Gaurav Soni pleasure to see you as always PS : @Russ didn't get your number right, here is mine +971 55 145 2816

Marathon Runners darren thompson @darren thompson Russ @Russ Sunil Mathew @Sunil Mathew GauravSoni @Gaurav Soni Nithin Vaidir @Nithin Vaidir Niki @Niki Watteau @Watteau Matt.T @Matt.T Ahab Shamaa @Ahab Shamaa MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ Here's the plan. We are moving our start point to Lehbab. From there our route should take us to Lisaili, Murquab and form there into the Solar Park complex and eventually in the direction of Last Exit. At the end of the day, we will see how far we get and what the differing terrain has to offer. It simply proved impossible, with Adu Dhabi closed, to find a reasonable way through that did not involve kilometers on tarmac making a detour. I will add the start point coordinates to the drive post later in the day. It is going to be very varied terrain. There will be some sections that are realtively high in vegetation but not as bad as on the last drive [famous last words], there will be some technical dunes that will challenge the agility of the trucks in the convoy and there will be some opportunities for climbs and slip face descents as we make our way through some narrow corridors avoiding high pressure gas lines, palaces and deadly dunes that could trap us to longer than anyone wants to be out in the sand on a hot Summer's day. At the end of the day, however,we all go out to these drives to have a good time, so please bring with you your good humour and your best dad jokes as that's going to be the theme of the drive. All being well, we will reach Last Exit with big smiles on our faces and not just because we have had a great drive. See you soon in the sand.

@Lorenzo Candelpergher, I am super excited to be on your drive to take my 50th drive, I thank all the @Carnity management, leads and fellow drivers for carrying me this long and specially my family in allowing/supporting me to take on drive after drive. Looking forward to see you all on sand on my first small milestone.

Thanks @Ale Vallecchifor yet another wonderful mid week drive. Mix of technical, criss cross, ridge riding, side slopes. Drive was well supported by @Craig Finlayson and @Russ. Every one in the convoy performed very well. Thanks @Ashok chaturvedifor the perfect tug out of the struck. Special thanks for extended ridge riding @Ale Vallecchi which is been a highlight on most of your drives!!! Few pics posted in gallery. Nice meeting you all and see you all soon!!!

Hi Everyone, was an absolute pleasure, as always, driving with you guys again. Thanks to @Ale Vallecchi, didn't have to wait for the whole week to return to the desert; guess the mid-week drives may be more sought after since they not only bring a good break to the work week but also make it seem shorter. the drive was fascinating, requiring our complete focus. thanks Ale once again. Thanks are also due to @Lakshmi Narasimhan, @Craig Finlayson and @Russ for the support. Hope you see you during the weekend drives.

@Alain Canivet-Abikhalil @Ranjan Das @Darren Brooke - I understand that you are on the waitlist for the drive [and probably more anxious than ever to be included] after all, as my dad used to say 'that car's nice but the muffler seems exhausted'. If we have dropouts, I will let you know.

Dear Desert Wanderers, this RSVP is now closed. Please find below the convoy order for our drive: @Danish Mohammad, @Naveen Raj, @Aisha S, @Gregory, @Lakshmi Narasimhan, @Ehab, @Nithin Vaidir, @Rjducos, @GauravSoni, this drive is going to be a new experience for several participants who will be exploring the desert at night for the first time and more in general it will be more demanding than a daytime Fewbie drive. 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, in order to avoid problems during the drive, please consider having your last meal sufficiently earlier than the drive starting time or plan it after the drive (but in this case pls carry a snack with you) and don't forget to wear closed shoes and long trousers as at night scorpions and snakes may be occasionally around. Should you plan to bring any passengers, these recommendations apply to them as well. We will be using Carnity Channel 4 (446.08125Mhz). The meeting point is confirmed at Al Badayer Interchange, Dubai-Hatta Road - https://maps.app.goo.gl/FXsEjCSTTQh5oCnx9 See you tomorrow evening, ready to go (i.e. already deflated, flagged and briefed) by no later 7:00pm (sharp), so make sure you make it to the meeting point at least by 6:45pm.

@Wrangeld dad jokes you said!!!!! what kind of car does a jedi-drive? a Toy-Yoda!!!! (like it or not more of these will be brought to the drive)

Hi @Lorenzo Candelpergher I did not receive the notification for this drive and post, I checked my settings and all are ok, anyway I am confirmed and will see you there but would like to inform you that I have a 4 door wrangle and not a 2 door.

Mitsubishi Pajero GLS SWB. This will be my 4th drive 1. 1:1 Desert Master Class in Al Qudra 2. 1:1 Recovery Master Class Fossil Rock 3. Absolute Newbie Al Qudra Looking forward to some "Dark Side" Experience Big fan of the first 3 Star Wars movies. Cheers

It's really a good start of fewbie + for me, and wonderful week breaker. Thank you so much @Ale Vallecchi for the drive. I haven't been this focused in a drive for a while already (Maybe because of the 2-3 hrs quality sleep on Thursday night 😎), as a great portion of the drive was challenging my limits. Got stuck twice, thanks to help from @Ashok chaturvedi @Lakshmi Narasimhan and @Chinthaka Ruwan and ofc the guidance from @Ale Vallecchi, I could get back on track. I should have considered more on my car's steering radius before taking the attempts really. I did pray to God for safety specifically to my debut fewbie+ drive, and God has answered surely: I actually had my front left tire flatted out during the second tug given by Lakshmi, after getting back on track, I felt a little bumpy but didnt think the tire would be flat. Untill at the end of the drive when @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil had too much fun on the ridge, I had the chance to stop and immediately @Ashok chaturvedi found out that flat tire. Inflated it up, and the HT tire was all good all the way home, with no visible damage nor bubble. Thank you all the seniors and support team for supporting this drive @Craig Finlayson @GauravSoni @Ranjan Das @Russ, especially @Lakshmi Narasimhan and @Ashok chaturvedi for covering my front and back. didnt hear much from @Sunil Mathew I guess you did better than I did, and nice to see and drive with @Chinthaka Ruwan @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil. See you all soon!

Desert Highway 66: Lisaili to Faqa - Drive Report "Veni, vidi, vici" - Julius Cesar We came, We saw, We conquered. Indeed, we drove swiftly, accomplishing the goal of reaching Faqa through almost uncharted terrain, mainly enjoying the silence, with minimal "casualties" (i.e. refusals and stucks), especially in the first segment (Lisaili to Murqab). It was then necessary to find again the concentration and focus, lost probably due to a longer break than necessary, in order to face the second stretch of the drive. This presented a variety of terrains, requiring to drive skillfully, mixing multiple criss-crossing with careful navigation of some soft crests and bowls. We reached the intended exit point with uncanny precision, exactly 3 minutes before the setting of the sun. The beautiful light at dusk, infusing the yellow sand with a warm reddish glow, allowed us to continue for a few extra minutes, to complete some long ridge-riding of the low but sharp and soft dunes, that border the northern side of Faqa'a sabkha, just before reaching the tarmac. I was very happy with the performance of the whole convoy, where especially the new Fewbie Pluses drove without flinching, and everybody came to the rescue of whoever was in need of support, showing great readiness, competence and care for each other. Following up the drive, my only reminder, and recommendation, is to never break convoy order, unless strictly necessary for safety purposes, and always announce it, if the need arises. Even though nothing serious happened, I issued a couple of warnings during the drive, which I am sure will be remembered and will come useful in the future. Special thanks go to @Lakshmi Narasimhan for his great Second Lead, @Craig Finlayson for a commanding anchoring role, @Russ for his first, clean Sweep, and to @Ashok chaturvedi and @GauravSoni for their readiness and availability to assist at the front and back of the convoy, with suggestions and recoveries. Extremely well driven drive also by the debuting Fewbie Pluses - @Zixuan Huang - Charlie and @Sunil Mathew. Very good driving also by @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil (your stucks happened at the beginning and the end of the second part, and may have been caused by loss of concentration), as well as a very silent, hence perfect drive, by @Chinthaka Ruwan and @Ranjan Das. The drive ended after 2:26 hours of driving (plus 1:10 min of breaks, for a total of 3:36 hours), covering 67.4 Km, driven at a fast average moving speed of 28 Km/h (19 Km/h total). Well done to all of you, and see you soon again out there.

Thanks @Russ .. hopefully we have another opportunity to drive together soon Dear @Sunil Mathew@darren thompson @Matt.T you are all confirmed and added to the drive.

Are you carrying 20 socks, but not the shoes???

Hi @Lorenzo Candelpergher waitlist me for 1st drive thanks

Hello, I forgot to bring shoes with me and it’s too late for me to drive back to get them. @Arman will be my passenger. Is it okay if i let him do my (out of car) business while i stay in the car? 🥺 or else wear his shoes with 20 socks?

Confirmed 🙏

@GauravSoni and @munkybizness you both have been added to this night drive. Please confirm.

Hey @Niki, what kind of car does an egg drive? A Yolkswagen!

Hi @Ehab, I guess you didn't get the notification because I had hidden the post while publishing it, so this may have prevented notifications out, even when later I hit un-hide. I'll update your car details, my mistake.

Hi@Wrangeld, sounds too exiting to miss - any chance of increasing the number marathon runners in the convoy?

Many thanks @Lorenzo Candelpergher for listing the above. This is stopping me thinking to have a drone, better to be as close as possible to the ground 😂, will be using the longest camera stick, should be more than enough 👍

Hi @Islam Soliman, please remove my name from the WL, unfortunately I wouldn’t be able to make it now. @Matt.T hopefully this helps your cause!

I will not be able to join this drive kindly remove me from waitlist, will join on another drive!!! Have a fun drive!!!

Don’t worry @Matt.T there are 3 open slots on the drive

General Info 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 Ban from Carnity Off-road Club Two Way Radio Guidelines Drive details Level: Fewbie Plus and Above When: 06 Aug 2021, Friday. Meeting time: 05 AM SHARP Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/ZHuJzZ1j3phEZsy36 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), face mask, rubber gloves, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Approximate finish time: 09:30 AM End Point: THIS IS A COMPRESSOR ONLY DRIVE. WE WILL ENDING THE DRIVE A POINT, WHICH IS NOT CLOSE TO AN AIR LINE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A COMPRESSOR, PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS DRIVE. IF YOU ARRIVE AND HAVE NO COMPRESSOR YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO JOIN 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. RSVP Below:

Thanks @Islam Soliman confirmed see you Saturday

awesome!!! see you there

Both options work!

@Kailas I will have to pull out from this one as my car is still at garage and they are working on the gear box (same issue I had when I was in your drive in al Qudra. Was expecting the car today but they advised now that it will be only ready next week due to the delayed ETA on some parts 😒. Hope to catch up with you soon.

Congratulations @Faraz Mohammad 👍

Ooh 4th waitlist that doesn't look good !!!

Well made video, and he is using the same steps we teach as well: 1) Step out of the vehicle and assess your situation to see in which direction you could get out easily (fwd or reverse) . Stop applying more gas. 2) Switch over to Low Gear. Activate Rear Difflock if you have. 3) Keep turning the steering wheel full left - full right while applying small amount of throttle (+/- 1500rpm). If there is no movement/improvement at all, take out your shovel and clear the wheels and underbody where needed. Then try again.

That is a very good point you are bringing. Personally i used to copy/paste the browser hyperlinks into a Word file called "Carnity Articles". But it would indeed be interesting to have a kind of bookmarks configuration. The Search function also works pretty well, and most of the time i use to trace back old articles.

Nice video @Enrico Biscaro. I am a licenced commercial drone pilot and use drone aerial shootings for work mostly for progress monitoring and aerial surveys at construction sites. I must say this is a professional activity but I do it more as a diversion from the real work, which is running a construction project management company I occasionally do shoots for other commercial purposes as well, but I must say in recent times I haven't been piloting much, as I've been very busy with other stuff and for quite some time my video editing laptop was under repair (I edit with Da Vinci Resolve). I have currently use a DJI Mavic 2 Pro, a DJI Phantom 4 and a DJI Inspire 2 (the last used only for professional shootings). It will be a pleasure to exchange views and ideas about drones.

Seems like Fewbie, will confirm soon. @Rjducos you don't need additional lights, your car high beam is fine to drive.

Hi @Lorenzo Candelpergher if it is for Fewbies, I would like to join too. Do I need to have special lights (I only have the stock ones)

I would be careful using the "additional weight" argument with your SO 😉

I tried to explain this to her that she may get motion sickness since this will be quite different and will be my first night drive, but she's still game. I'm quite concerned that she may get hooked as well and sell her current car! Hopefully the additional weight will benefit me this time Thanks!