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Dear friends @YazGayed @Joji varghese @eldose baby @MANOJ NAIR @salah2u @Hilal Sharafudeen @Mohamad Anwer @Rsjiv Samuel @Alfred Alinazar @Senthil Kumar what a lovely day and truly I was still bit skeptical despite all preparations to bring you in an area which is thought to be softy in sand , demanding in focus and “ handy “ in maneuvering . But I have to say after today with the meticulous selection of route , area and on top of that your adherence to the basics and effective communications I can say area 53 can be of fun even for a Newbie drive. All and all you have done very well and this is a testament to your passion to drive and learn this art as we all do in the Carnity tribe. special mention to to our support team @Veedooshee who drove flawless as a second lead as well as @Alex Raptor who spared no effort in helping , instructing , fixing and in one time rerouting very nicely. @marks it’s nice to see you after a long time and thanks for watching our back. last but not least huge thanks to my colleague and friend Doctor Chaitanya @Chaitanya D for this beautiful day. Your briefing and lead was Awesome as usual . 👍🙏 Cheers pict in gallery relive below

Post Drive Thoughts It was quite a difficult day for some today. The sand was very (very) soft. I had pre warned of this so it's no surprise and frankly, we did not have that many more refusals and stucks than expected on a drive like this. A few, toward the end took longer than ideal, which is why we ended up arriving later than planned at Inflight Dubai. In that period, we drove up down, sideways, into bowls, out and through difficult pockets. We even managed to go through some technical light [I can guarantee you will all thank me for that at a later stage in your off-road future]. Some specifics: @Pieter Potgieter excellent second lead. You did all needed. Please, on your next opportunity, stay a little closer to the lead. the distance of the 2nd from lead tends to influence the distancing in the convoy. @Joseph Sebastian I think you are improving each drive. On recoveries, you are still using too much power too soon. It's what halts what might otherwise be a drive-out. @Tom V a good drive today. You are really understanding the potential of the car. @Alexanderrr buy a bigger shovel? There are moments when you are not using the full potential of the car in power or clearance that I would like to see you develop in future drives. @Enrico Biscaro nice to meet you on the drive and great choice of car! It's clear that you too are coming to grips with the incredible potential of the SWB Pajero. Keep on practicing these skills each drive into the Fewbie level. The more you can practice at this level, the better. @Ramandbx great to see your development from Absolute Newbie to the way you drove today. More control, less power, more decisive. @Ferl Brown I guess the fact that I heard little about the black xterra is testament to the great drive you had today. Really well controlled and driven. @Muhamed Ameen You have a powerful, capable car that it feels a little like you are scared to use. I think that 90% of the challenges came today because you were not carrying enough momentum. @Mahesh Khatry thanks for stepping into the sweep role today. Great job. Really shows your experience shining through. You need, please, to brush up a bit on radio messaging. At times we both needed to hear from you a little more. @Islam Soliman you were very well employed today, and acquitted yourself with the customary levels of excellence, diligence and professionalism we all have come to expect when you're on a drive. It was an honour to have had you in support. Thanks. Looking forward to driving with you all again in the future. @Bernard Kalaani what happened? See you soon in the sand.

I hope your grand Cherokee gets better soon , you remind me of my first ever drive in sand where I nose dived getting my ( condenser/radiator) busted and the red coolant leaked. I figured it out the hard way and here we go the sand bug effect was stronger than to just let go . wish you all the best. 🙏👍

Apart from a nicely managed refusal and a pop-out you drove very well today . Well done 👍

Thank you all, it was a nice drive with lots of challenges. Thank you @Alex Raptor@Chaitanya [email protected] in drive for great support.

Thank you everyone for today. Car has been dropped at workshop and will hopefully be back soon

That was a lot of fun, thanks everyone. Everyone did amazingly well in this challenging area, and gives you a taste of things to come. Not one tug today, all self recoveries, very impressive. Hope you get the car sorted @YazGayed . Great idea to fill the air tanks with Nitrous oxide, that would be very funny, I will leave that with @M.Seidam and @Chaitanya D to requisition suitable supplies!!! Enjoy your weekends.

Hello @Abdul Rafay-S @Yawa @Jason Grima @Pierre de Maigret @Looper @Naveen Raj @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil @Danish Mohammad I hope you are all doing well. Please find attached convoy list for tomorrow's drive and we will be using Channel Number 3 (44605631). Looking forward to see you, take care.

Hi @Anish S thanks for your understanding and support today! I was loving the drive and normally my wife would be more the capable sitting as passenger but she just couldn’t shake feeling sick. I was trying to go slower but with those kind of dunes the momentum counts ! Thanks to everyone else for their patience, I hope you all had a great drive ! will be back out next weekend! best

Looks like @PaoloMaraziti (if you have a spare tire) and @Looper you've made it to the drive. Please confirm. @Darren Brooke sorry we will not see you. @Pancho will be joining us as well as a special surprise. I will rework the convoy to take these changes into account once I get confirmation on who is and is not joining.

Thank You 👍

@MANOJ NAIR well done 👍

Yes, it was great to see you self recovering from the refusals for the time you drove wih us.Well done @YazGayed Rest well, get it fixed and I hope to see you back prepped soon. Totally agree @Alex Raptor, fantastic driving for the little challenges thrown . Great convoy discipline and coordination too. Yup, we will plan some laughter drives with that monster tank filled with nitrous 😜🤣

If you coming using alain road the nearest one: ADNOC Service Station | Al Saad https://maps.app.goo.gl/Gg1ErrcJL7MJeySs9

Convoy Numbering 1. Srikumar 2. Shereen 3. Anand 4. Sibi 5. Nabeel 6. Nivin 7. Mohammed 8. Santoso 9. John 10. Josh T. 11. Mikhail See you tomorrow morning at sharp 6:00 AM

DRIVE REPORT Dear Desert Wanderers, Sweihan is one of those places where, even after driving for four consecutive hours, one would never stop.. And today's drive was no different! The meeting point was quite crowded this morning, with two other convoys gathering there as well. With that confusion, we were able to make our move to the sand by 5:45am, a bit later than planned. We warmed up on the nearby tall dunes in the twilight before the sunrise, roaming around for the first few minutes. We then started what was then meant to become the leitmotiv of the day, i.e. climbing as high as was reasonably possible, driving around as many bowls as we could find and throwing in, here and there, a bit of more peppered stuff, with some daring criss-crossing or complex passages as a proper Fewbie Plus drive demands. One one side the Dubai lot of @Carnitymembers and in particular @GauravSoni, @Arman and @Mario Cornejo, who are familiar with my spaghetti-climbing drive style in Intermediate Drives at Area 53 in Sharjah, probably today felt we were doing the same on steroids as far as the terrain was concerned, which was totally new for @Mario Cornejo and @PaoloMaraziti. On the other hand, the Abu Dhabi lot of @Carnity members got the opportunity to drive once again in a well known area but under a new lead, experimenting a different driving style. After just 25 mins in the drive, when, warmed up and with full daylight, we started a sequence of sustained slideslopes, @PaoloMaraziti had a very unfortunate pop-out on his rear right wheel, probably due to an excessive fishtailing on a right-curved long dune. Having a rear pop-out is fairly rare, but I guess it was the first time that @PaoloMaraziti faced such high dunes and a moment of hesitation caused a nasty wrapping of the tire, with a double cut on the inner side wall. After replacing the tire with the spare one, it was a wise decision by our unfortunate friend to bail out, certainly not an easy one given the efforts made to be there (PCR, drive from Dubai, early wake-up) and the amazing terrain we were in. After leading @PaoloMaraziti to the dirt track, we headed back in, fiercely climbing every dune and riding every bowl we could see around. As we proceeded east, the convoy got progressively accostumed with the pace and I felt comfortable to spice up the level with a few all-but-trivial criss-crossings, where we had a few refusals and reattempts but only three real stucks during the entire drive, two sorted out by self-recoveries by @Farouq Owdeh and @Xavier Treasurer after some team shoveling and one requiring a quick winching from a nasty crest for @Hasan Wahlan The drive was fluid, intense and high paced, which was particularly appreciated by @Ruan van den Heever and @Mus_hus78, apparently. This was possible thanks to a great convoy where every driver chewed as a pro whatever I would throw under his wheels, even at the back where the sand was constantly churned up.. Everyone did extremely well today. @Arman was an excellent 2nd lead, promptly rerouting when I asked some adjustments to my lines. Apparently he ended the drive with very low fuel.. We certainly pushed our throttles today! @PaoloMaraziti was really unlucky today. I'm glad he took the whole thing with a positive spirit and, most importantly, that, even after just 25min drive, he fell in love with Sweihan. @Hasan Wahlan certainly didn't spare his Landcruser, always pushing it as high as possible at every climb, which caused some overheating issues here and there, all well managed, though. @Farouq Owdeh's roaring engine had every chance to play its "music" throughout the drive. Impressive how his tire marks were very often the highest ones on the high climbs. @Mario Cornejo, excellent Center Forward, for sure enjoyed every minute of today's drive, discovering Sweihan dune after dune, apparently driving most of the drive in 4LO. Curious to know how was his fuel consumption. @Mus_hus78 certainly squeezed every bit of power from his Pajero today, climbing aggressively every slope and driving around every bowl. I am afraid the front bumper didn't enjoy the drive as much as the driver, but I hope it can be easily fixed. A moment of distraction costed @Ruan van den Heever his first pop-out ever, again a rear tire, but it was fixed in no-time and we were on the move in less than 10 mins. Other than that, an impeccable drive in churned up sand. @Xavier Treasurer didn't disclose until the end of the drive that he was having overheating issues to the extent that he drove most of the time with the heating on to help cooling down the engine. This costed him some power, which combined with the soft and churned sand at the back made his life all but easy. Even more deserved, therefore, a big kudos for a great ride at the far end of the convoy. Closing the convoy with sweeping elegance was @GauravSoni, a certainty at the back and great support with @Mario Cornejo in the few stucks / pop-outs of the day. Overall we drove for 4h 5', covering 82.9km of distance, even if the last 15km were on dirt track to facilitate an easier exit given the fuel consumption concerns of a couple of drivers (who was saying his fuel gauge isn't working?). Our average moving speed was 28.7km/h, but recalculated excluding the last fast stint on tracks, it was in fact 23.6km/h. We were in motion for 3h 5' with 58' of idle time. The total ascent exceeded 1600m. A great drive, a bit special for me as it was my 70th drive with @Carnity and 30th as a lead. Even more special considering that I was in Sweihan the 1st time just 11 months ago in an Intermediate Drive. Thanks to everyone for the fantastic company, congrats for the great performance. I hope everyone enjoyed as much as I did. Looking forward to the next one!

From the increasing speed approaching the “ take off “ speed shows he was pre determined ! The only thing he forgot to deploy his “ wings “ !!

Thanks @Luca Palanca Falsini for the drive...a nice exploration drive through techs dunes and crazy soft sand..very diff from signature fast paced, climb the high dunes Luca drive but very interesting ... Thanks all hope to see you all soon.

Thank you to all for getting me out of the desert this morning following my mechanical retirement from the drive. It was good fun and I learned a lot in a short space of time - my favourite being Mehmet's steering wheel wiggle. I'll be at the garage tomorrow and back on the sand inshallah 😃🙏

Dear Friends Alex Raptor @Alex Raptor Hilal Sharafudeen @Hilal Sharafudeen eldose baby @eldose baby YazGayed @YazGayed Joji varghese @Joji varghese salah2u @salah2u Mohamad Anwer @Mohamad Anwer Veedooshee @Veedooshee MANOJ NAIR @MANOJ NAIR Rsjiv Samuel @Rsjiv Samuel Senthil Kumar @Senthil Kumar Alfred Alinazar @Alfred Alinazar @M.Seidam @marks Please note your positions for tomorrow @Veedooshee, @Alex Raptor, @M.Seidam and @marks are the senior members on this drive to help with advises and recovery. Please listen to them Please bring your mandatory gears - off road flag, deflator, shovel and a programmed radio without which you will not be allowed to drive. Radio channel will be 3. Meeting point is updated as below https://goo.gl/maps/LdEjQdBufXo2Dq4q8 See you all tomorrow for some fun in a challenging area.

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 and Above When: 03 Sept 2021, Friday. Meeting time: 04:00 PM SHARP Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/ez7NkXEttoXk2CqV7 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: 07:30 PM 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. Please RSVP on below calendar

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. MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: COVID19 Precautions Ban from Carnity Off-road Club Two Way Radio Guidelines Drive Details Level: Newbie and Above When: 3 Sep 2021, Friday. Meeting time: 5:30 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/LdEjQdBufXo2Dq4q8 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: 9:00 AM, 3 Sep 2021, Friday 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 12 cars only. RSVP will close on Thursday - 3:00pm If the RSVP is full and you wish to join, please mention your name on the drive thread to add on the waiting list. Latecomers will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS. Members without RSVP will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS. Please withdraw your RSVP, if you aren't joining, so your spot can be taken by others. Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month. Please RSVP on the Calendar below

Hi @Anish S first of all I would like to thank you for trusting and giving me opportunity to support Convoy from SW, Hope I did not disappointed you 🤞 and meet your expectation. Also thanks for this nice drive, love the path you choose through beautiful dunes. & @Abdul Rafay-S thanks for SL it was good to see you on this position and a very well managed self recovery .... good improvement (keep it up👍) @Looper Appreciate the way you support and guide us, it was pleasure to have you in our convoy (Thanks for your support) @Jason Grima for early exist "don't worry bro" its a part of safety we all can understand each other... Hope everything is good with your passenger now. Thanks to @Yawa @Pierre de Maigret @Naveen Raj @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil your patience. Some beautiful pictures are available in gallery 👌 Stay safe !! See you in next drive

Hi @Javid_DXB I have removed your RSVP from this drive as you still hasn't join absolute newbie drive. As Night drive for absolute newbie is not safe and advisable.

Thank you & well noted! It was a fun day out … in the sand…

Congratulations 🎉🎊

Thanks for the great drive @Tbone , with support from @Janarthan, @Lawrence_Chehimi and @Anoop Nairin 2L..I and my son enjoyed the drive and the recoveries…and it’s a warm up to my FB+ drive tomorrow. everyone drove well as we had radio silence for long periods… couple of refusals , tugs , re-attempts etc are off course part of the game..good to see you again @Charbeland I am sure you had some learning opportunities today at self recovering.. I was driving behind our raptor man @Will Seivewright who did a great job in taming his powerful ride….It’s time to get some new stuff…for instance - a new radio 😃 see you all!! Some photos in the gallery

This video must be here for sure https://www.instagram.com/reel/CTSEZNCBZOP/?utm_medium=copy_link

I am in 👍

Congratulations to all the hot shop photographers, keep it up...

thanks everybody for the lovely drive. sorry i made you use your shovels today 😀. and @Janarthanhad to use all his offroad recovery gear today to help us 😀 safe travels @Tboneand huge congratulations on your new baby ! see you again in the sands.

Hi @Rishi Serai welcome to carnity. As a first time with carnity, everyone joins the absolute newbie drive first. One is scheduled today almost after 2 hours from now, if you can catch or you can join one on next Friday morning.

Hi there, I'd like to join and I'm a complete newbie, to carnity as well.

Hi Gaurav, unfortunately I will have to skip this one due to some other commitment which has just came in. Apologies as I had not planned it in this manner. Hope someone in waiting list will be replacing me.

@Gaurav I do apologise, but my wife had other plan for us and me showing up at this drive is not a good idea anymore. I hope I have not taken anyone's place. Thanks

Thanks for the understanding

Please find your convoy numbering below. In case of emergency you can reach me at 050 5258706. UPDATE: Radio channel will be 1 - 446.006-25 @Ahmed Wagdy @Javid_DXB @Santoso Marjuki @Shehzada Umer Naseer @hasan hamadeh @Yousef Alimadadi @Bernard Kalaani @Enrico Biscaro @Daniel Yang @Arshad Roojee @munkybizness @Islam Soliman 1 Gaurav Crew Silver Pajero 2 Ahmed Wagdy Fewbie 2012, Toyota, FJ curser Extreme, Black 3 Javid_DXB Newbie Nisan patrol 4 Santoso Marjuki Newbie 2020Jeep Rubicon-4 door-Blue 5 Shehzada Umer Newbie Toyota FJ Cruiser 6 hasan hamadeh Newbie 2020, ford, raptor, 4 door, grey 7 Yousef Alimadadi Advisor Pajero 3.8L 2010 8 Bernard Kalaani Newbie 2021 Wrangler, 4 door grey 9 Enrico Biscaro Newbie 2014 Mitsubishi Pajero SWB GLS Silver 10 Daniel Yang Fewbie Modified Nissan Patrol Y62-White 11 Arshad Roojee Fewbie 2009 Jeep Wrangler - 2 door - Yellow 12 munkybizness Fewbie 2021 Y61 Nissan Patrol SS - LWB - White 13 Islam Expert Yukon

As I can see @Charbel withdrew his RSVP, @S Jacob i will add you to the drive, please confirm your attendance.

Confirmed from my side too

Lol, u got it.

If you mean that Daler would play second fiddle to Gaurav, then yes 😎

I don’t think you can enjoy your Daler mehndi when Gaurav is leading 😃

Hello @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil & @Naveen Raj, You have been added to the drive, please confirm your attendance. The updated waitlist priority is as follows: 1. @S Jacob 2nd drive

Confirmed from my side, will be there in the morning

You lead the way, Daler Mehndi will pump up my cabin, and together ho jayegi balle balle 🤣

Confirmed from my end.

Hi Gaurav, due to unforseen circumstances I will have to drop out. I have removed myself. Hopefully someone else waitlisted can join in. See you next week. Have a great drive.

excellent will come !

The waitlist priority is as follows 1. @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil 2nd drive 2. @Naveen Raj 2nd drive 3. @S Jacob 2nd drive

Dear friends Alex Raptor @Alex Raptor Hilal Sharafudeen @Hilal Sharafudeen eldose baby @eldose baby YazGayed @YazGayed Joji varghese @Joji varghese salah2u @salah2u Mohamad Anwer @Mohamad Anwer Veedooshee @Veedooshee MANOJ NAIR @MANOJ NAIR Rsjiv Samuel @Rsjiv Samuel Senthil Kumar @Senthil Kumar Alfred Alinazar @Alfred Alinazar @Mahesh Khatry ( Waitlist 1) Thanks for signing up on this drive, which was planned since long . A bit of a challenge to take a newbie convoy in an area famous among offraoders and generally kept for Fewbie or above levels. Do not get intimidated by the sheer sight of big dunes, tall slopes, bowls and super soft sand. Not to forget some crazy drivers/convoys zipping past. Considering the fantastic sign ups - as listed above, with support from @M.Seidam and @marks (good to see you after a long time) we will be hoping to have a fantastic time. We will wait till Thursday as to how everything will shape up in terms of drop outs / adjustments to balance all the drives at Carnity. Please prep your cars and make sure they are in the best of their conditions for this challenging terrain. Come prepared with a good nights sleep, lot of patience as I/we expect to have a good share of recoveries /rerouting/ redirecting happening. Please do review the newbie video and remember stick to the basics. @Veedooshee @Alex Raptorand @Senthil Kumar bring in a lot of experience too on this drive and I hope to involve them in a way which will be helpful to all. Enjoy your week at work!