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Post Drive Thoughts I think that today was my 70th Carnity drive lead and in some ways the development of the club to what it is now is reflected in the way that I feel after what was a great drive by everyone that came along. From @Werno as an excellent 2nd lead to @Ale Vallecchi in sweep, this was a convoy that showed maturity, developing skills and determination. Carnity has been a bit like that. The club has matured from a small intimate club to the 800+ membership we value. We are developing driver and leader skills in a process that was unimaginable 70 drives ago and we have a crop of drivers determined to push themselves on drives to improve their capabilities and enjoy what the Carnity experience provides them. I have had the pleasure, due to my quite large number of drives of seeing the development of pretty much all the drivers on the convoy today. I can still remember when @Looper was Gautam! I've watched @Humayun Ghias go from literally sideways in his car to the excellent controlled drive today. @Sunil Mathew I saw you as an absolute newbie and newbie and now your my 2nd lead on drives. @Chinthaka Ruwanit took until an early fewbie plus drive until we finally drove together. @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil came on a Masterclass and has been demonstrating incredible class ever since. Apparently I shouted at @Hisham Masaad on his Absolute Newbie. @darren thompson you're almost a regular on my drives now. @PaoloMaraziti I've seen you grow and become more and more adventurous. And @Zixuan Huang - Charlie you have the accolade of being the only driver on this convoy with whom I never drove before (as far as I can remember). My point is that there's nothing more rewarding than seeing what an incredible breed of drivers we are helping to develop in the club. Marshals like @Ale Vallecchi who is very often seen coaching drivers to develop their skills and all the other crew, marshals and experts give up their free time because we see the joy that this hobby brings and the added value that our drivers gain. I enjoyed this drive because all these values shone through. Perfect convoy discipline, great team work, accepting that we don't get is right all the time and most of all, an incredible impressive performance from the whole convoy through the technical sections. 69 drives ago, it too me 6 hours to get through that technical section in Lisaili - today it took 20 minutes. That just about says it all. See you soon in the sand.

I always loved your briefings (specially the old version) @Wrangeld and all your detailed trip reports.. but I love this one the most as it summed what @Carnity is all about.. it’s not about off-roading, adrenaline rush, escaping stress, etc.. it’s about humans, relationships, standing by and grooming each other and leadership which you put beautifully in this amazing story of @Carnity

Great drive @Wrangeld, all “technical” promises delivered as per pre-drive posts and briefings 😀! Yes, looking back at the period from my absolute newbie drive with you, up until today, it has been a very satisfying journey with @Carnity and the amazing leads and marshals .. I still remember the ABN drive where at the very first small side slope , when my car tilted to 45 deg, I totally blanked out and just went over the dune instead of taking a curve and coming down. I could hear the concerned voice of @Shamil on the radio asking me whether I was OK 😅. Btw..not seeing much of Shamil these days Thanks to @Ale Vallecchifor the sweep support, another marshal who has had a pivotal role in shaping up my off-road journey , with Carnity…indebted!! and @Hisham Masaad our Mr. Q springing into action with his heavily gadgetised FJ, and winching out @Wrangeld from a tight spot. Good to drive with all familiar faces @Zixuan Huang - Charlie following me, hope I did not make life difficult for you, me following 3 SWB cars , the lines in front of me were pretty deceiving 😀 @Chinthaka Ruwan on his way to IM shortly, @Alain Canivet-Abikhalilalso following suit… @Humayun Ghias thanks for the help in airing up, …I have one of the slowest compressors in town 😀 @PaoloMaraziti, @Looper @darren thompson we meet again. the new faces for me were @Werno our 2L and @Pancho who I understand was an active part of Carnity some time back, I remember seeing a drive posted as a sent off to him, while rummaging through the records on the forum… hope to see you both also soon in future drives… looking forward and coming back for more!!!

A big thanks to @Lorenzo Candelpergher for hosting and leading us all during the drive, kudos to @Arman as 2nd lead and @GauravSoni for supporting and keeping the convoy moving from his sweep position. Also a pleasure to meet and drive with all of you @PaoloMaraziti, @Hasan Wahlan, @Farouq Owdeh, @Mus_hus78, @Ruan van den Heever, and @Xavier Treasurer. @PaoloMaraziti, it was an unfortunate situation the pop-out and tyre wall rupture, hope to see you soon in the sand! This was one of the drives with highest adrenaline rush I've been to. It also was my first visit to Sweihan and what a great area it is! it required me to be alert and focused whilst taking those bowls, steep slopes and not to mention the maneuvers to criss-cross certain points. We also managed to sustain continuous driving for long periods, which kept us all concentrated and with the right momentum to take up those challenges @Lorenzo Candelpergher was throwing at us. There were a few refusals and pop-outs, all were dealt safely and diligently, either with help of other members (the morning shoveling workout! 😅) or through self-recovery. As an experiment, this time I drove in 4L/tiptronic and deflated tires down to 9 PSI, the hypothesis was to try improve climbing capability and also maintain a lower engine coolant temperature. The engine coolant temperature reached 105C at its highest point, compared to 110C / 113C observed in a previous drives, notably in Dubai's Area 53, whilst driving in 4H. My perception was that, in spite of the soft and churned sand in some areas, the climbing performance was slightly better than driving in 4H, however driving 4L compromises speed and, as I am no car expert, don't know what impact it might have in the mechanics of the car (short, mid or long term). In terms of fuel consumption: by the time it was announced we were exiting the fuel gauge was about to reach half tank (capacity is 95L), I reached inflation point exactly with half tank, I also had to stop a few seconds on the way back to engage 4H as we were already on the dirt track. Here are a few videos, mostly chasing @Farouq Owdeh whose 5.7L Hemi engine can be heard roaring: Clip 1: Clip 2: Check at 0:05 what I think was a Super Safari Gazelle 🤩 climbing from the right of the video frame Clip 3: Wish you all a great week ahead!

With two drives in one day - both with @Gaurav - on two ends of town, this trip report needed some sleep before it could be hashed out. @Gaurav - from riding the Iftar Bowl in the AM to sidesloping long dunes in Qudra, thank you for a fun weekend. The pace in last night's drive was excellent. With a total drive time of 3.5 hours with just 50minutes of stoppages dealing with minor stucks, we had lovely pace and rhythm which travelled through the length of the convoy. @Ahmed Wagdy - being SL requires so much attention. And at night that becomes even more challenging. From all the radio comms of acknowledgements, you played this role with perfection. @Yousef Alimadadi - this was my first convoy with you and I think I heard you said that you're back after two months. No rust there at all Thank you for always being there at the sight of the refusals & stucks with your input and guidance. Also, I caught all the lights bouncing off your Pajero - that two-tone paint scheme is stunning! @Santoso Marjuki - for your first night drive, this was a great drive. On my first night newbie drive, I was constantly afraid and worried about what was on the other side. You have a beautiful Rubi in what my passenger and I talked about - a shimmering blue. Refusals and stucks are part of the offroading experience. You'll get more comfortable with night driving the more you come out. And we'll see your Rubi make magic on the dunes To the second half of the convoy, thank you for the pace! I had an amazing time following you gents. @Daniel Yang - always a pleasure to see you on a night drive with your Y62. Can't wait to meet the Y61 though!! From how you've described it, It's going to be epic. Great drive@Arshad Roojee! Following you, I had to adjust my line a few times because your "topless" SWB just rides slopes with such ease. Lastly, a great pleasure to finally meet you @Islam Soliman. Having you in sweep giving me all that additional light was a godsend. I hope to be in a drive you lead soon. I didn't catch much of that Denali action in the night Thank you all for a beautiful night drive. And see you all out on the sands - and maybe that "yoga center" soon 😛

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

Drive Report: Great to see all members signed up arriving ahead of time, deflating and prepping ready to go . We had a quick briefing, very interactive one and off we headed into an area - Area 53 which is generally explored by more experienced members. I had the blessing of some excellent support by @Veedooshee (2nd lead to perfection), @Alex Raptor, @M.Seidam and @marks who were fantastic in advising and assisting the refusals and a pop out fixed in record time. Always great to catch up with few of them whom I met after a really long time. Thank you for your support friends!🙏 We at Carnity never encourage any businesses or garages , and especially on drives at the meeting, during the drive or exit points. Please bear in mind that at public places when someone approaches you for this, take it with caution as it is beyond my or support members control at times to avoid this. We had a slow start into some areas which warmed you all up, probably a bit too much for your car @YazGayed. Really sad to see that leak from your radiator , due to which you had to exit early. Till then you drove and did some wonderful self recoveries. We would like to see you back on sands soon. @MANOJ NAIR recovered his Pajero from a tricky side stuck situation beautifully under the able guidance of @M.SeidamOnce back with the convoy after exit, we explored heading towards the bigger dunes and bowls to get a feel of what was about to come as you progress in your drive levels. We had more refusals there and at one point @Alex Raptor presence of mind to hold back the convoy immediately was fantastic as I had to loop back coming down from a soft churned up dune . After @Veedooshee cleared these , the 3rd @Joji varghese and 4th @eldose babyhad refusals there . Great to see you both recovering well from that soft patches by some quick steering maneuvers and gear changes . @Joji varghese you bought back memories of another friend @Jolly Abraham who drives a 4 cylinder 2.7 Fortuner beautifully. We all did some practice in a small , not so steep bowl to get a feel of what you will be doing more often in future . Keeping the pace and using the momentum is the key. The three patrols (Y62 monsters) stacked up showed hardly any issues , wonderful to see how you all managed so well @salah2u, @Hilal Sharafudeen and @Mohamad Anwer. @Rsjiv Samuel, @Alfred Alinazar and @Senthil Kumar driving at the back managed well considering the fact they were on churned up sands. @marks ably guided cars in front of him who needed some assistance in self recovery. All the situations - softer sand, bowls , refusals, stucks , self recoveries, size of dunes , bowls and everything we did on this drive increase tremendously in proportions , effort, concentration needed and the intensity for you and your car as you progress through the levels ahead of Newbie for more adventures and thrilling drives with Carnity. We encourage you all to enjoy the journey learning slowly , improvising and progressing in your levels. This is a hobby and we all want you to learn it in the safest possible manner. Some fantastic pictures are uploaded in the Drive Gallery- thanks to @Veedooshee, @M.Seidam, @Mohamad Anwer. Newbie - Area 53 - Sharjah - 03 Sep 2021 - Carnity.com Members who have completed the required number of drives can apply for promotion on line to Fewbie level Off road Club Grading Structure V.2.0 - Discussions - Carnity.com Enjoy your week at work and see you all sometime soon.

Technical -> long dunes -> Technical, great combination and really enjoyed it. Thank you @Wrangeld leading through, as well as the flawless support from @Hisham Masaad and @Ale Vallecchi. we have driven together in one of Mehmet's fewbie, where @PaoloMarazitihad his popout feasta 🙃

Thank you @Wrangeldfor such a nice drive and captivating drive report. I have come a long way since my early days and I learn new things on each drive. I still go sideways sometimes haha This was reminded to me by the calm yet assertive feedback today from @Ale VallecchiwhenVallecchi when I was countersteering. Am I correct to observe that we need a higher speed on a slope especially for heavier y62s in order not to side slip? Today was my tenth Fewbie plus and I look forward to my intermediate promotion. Thank you @Hisham Masaadfor all your help and thank you to the rest of the convoy. Some people I met for the first time.

Taqi Nizwa is Anish’s playground, he rocks and keeps us also challenged and attentive. Amazing and challenging drive. Splendid performance by everyone and special call out to @Danish Mohammad @Abdul Rafay-S @Looper.

Thanks for the reminder. It was such an eventful drive ...

Thanks a lot @Gaurav, @Islam Soliman@Yousef Alimadadi for making my first night ride a very enjoyable and pleasant one, i thought i would be stressing out given the new experience, yet i enjoyed every minute of it, looking for more night drives now. For everyone in the convoy, it has been great riding with you, guess we were just blessed to have the right collection of drivers constructing the convoy, in alignment to the sighting of the shooting star by @Gaurav and @Islam Soliman at the beginning made this a very smooth ride 😀

That shout @Wrangeld was the reason for getting crested since then 😅😅 many thanks for that. Wonderful drive today, technical but felt easy with the performance of all. Thank you Richard for the drive , thank you @Ale Vallecchi for watching us and guidance. Nice to meet you guys, and look forward to meet you in sand

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!

I've got a friend in a jeep club I'm in that exclusively drives in 4L (except he's got a manual), he's been doing it for years now and has had no issues but believes that some of that may be due to the manual gear box as he seldom shifts below 3rd gear when in 4L ( lower gears in TJ are geared super low and you'd have to shift very early in 4L). You lose top speed in 4L because you're doing a severe gear reduction (in a tj it's something like 11:1) so you're getting 11x more torque for 11x less speed approximately...... (correction to this number here, in first gear and 4L the Auto TJs are geared 6:1 and the Manuals are geared 10:1) I may try this with my TJ on an upcoming climb focused drive, not sure how she'll deal with speed though as the 4 speed auto gearbox is limited at the top end.

Hi we had an awesome drive in the absolute newbie and both Our Marshal and Mehmet were helpful, provided good knowledge and also had the patience. I specially enjoy the Mother Nature in its true form and loved the Dunes. It was like a dream of myself driving in the dunes. Understood the capability of machine Pajero abs happy to have bought it. thank you Carnity for this wonderful experience. Looking forward for many more such rides.

Will add more videos.

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

@Abdul Rafay-S @Yawa @Jason Grima @Pierre de Maigret @Looper @Naveen Raj @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil @Danish Mohammad Tawi's Fewbie drive report First of all, i would to thank you all for joining and for coming early and ready to rock the sand. It is always a pleasure to see the enthusiasm and dedication that you also show at the drives. We actually started the drive nice and slow to get warmed up for the some more intense actions later in our route. It was great to see that you all were doing great and so the drive could be scaled up accordingly. As we moved up to some taller dunes, @Jason Grima had the first refusal due to the tyre pressure that was reduced further to lower PSI so that he could give a successful attempt to that bowl since there was not much space for trials. Unfortunately, @Jason Grima had to be exited to the 2nd December cafetaria because his passenger was not feeling too well which can happen to anybody and we completely understand that. I would like to thank the whole convoy for your understanding and cooperation as safety and health safety are paramount. We then continued our way enjoying the bowls towards the play areas of the pink rock whereby @Pierre de Maigret had a few refusals and which he cleared under the guidance of @Looper. Once we reached the play areas, we found that it was a bit churned up but we could actually find our track to do some nice loops. Everybody had their chance and they all did very well. In the second half of the drive, we enjoyed some great bowls and climbs with the dunes towards the big red. A few refusals encountered which were very handled and successfully cleared at another attempt. There was lots of traffic around that area especially buggies and safari guys which we had to be mindful of; it was safer to stop few ties to let the traffic clear the vicinity. I hope that all of guys enjoyed the drive. As it was getting dark, we started to head towards the exit and i thought would be great idea to have a go at a last play area which i attempted first to check if it was doable in the dark. And it was actually turned out to be fun though it was churned up, it was fantastic to see you guys at that last play area. Well done to the team and you guys rock. I would like to extend my special thanks to @Abdul Rafay-S for being an excellent second lead and to @Looper and @Danish Mohammad for their support to the drive and assist with recoveries. Take care and see you soon in the sand...

I would be hesitant to drive the Jeep in 4L on a drive like yesterday however, I dont have a manual box. I do however mostly on climbs shift manually to force the Jeep inside its torque band and keep it there. The gearbox oil on the (well on my) Jeep is circulated through its own oil cooler which is situated infront of the radiator. Apart from that there is also the condensor of the airconditioner. All of which is situated infront of the Jeep's radiator, quite a warm business all in one spot. So the air reaching the radiator is already being heated before even getting there. I noticed over time, and this is one of those small things which one at first notices and then say...."maybe Im seeing things that aren't there" .....but in summer when I drive the Jeep hard in a convoy my engine water temperature reaches a warmer temperature than what I expect. Now I know the Jeep runs hot. And when I say hot, the V6 likes to operate between 95 and 105 degree celcius. I mean the thermostat only starts to open at 95 and fully opens at 105. The thermostatic fan only comes on at around 95 on its slow speed and the fastest PWM control only kicks in at 120 degrees celcius. Ive driven with the ODB2 scanner in the Jeep a few times during a drive with Carnity and I average between 100 and 110 degree celcius on a good day whilst we push through the sand. I decided a while back to import an offroad 8 core full aluminium radiator for the Jeep, installed it (which was a "lady dog" to do as it is 25mm thicker than stock) and alas, I now am able to continuously push in the sand whilst being able to handle all the hot air through the transmission oil cooler and aircon condensor infront of the radiator and keep the water temp below 105 degrees at all times. But believe me....it is still pretty warm in that nose!

Luckily it was not, job was completed during the week in time for my drive in Sweihan, and am glad to report that there was no Patrol No 5 this time 🤣

Congratulations to the top 10 HOT SHOT Photographers, based on Facebook reach. @Chaitanya D @Josh T. @Niki @topgear @Lakshmi Narasimhan @Sunil Mathew @Veedooshee @Mohamad Anwer @TT_Dubai @Tareck

congratulations to all 👍 and I am honored to be named with all these illustrious photographers 😁

@Mario Cornejo - howdy, just curious, was it part of an experiment? I have been thinking of trying it in some areas (especially on steep climbs), just been too concern about effect it could have on car especially when we maintain a good continuous pace. ...plz do share the experience.

I don't believe it's just a coincidence that Lorenzo has a name sounding similar to Enzo Ferrari 😄

Yes this is my friend 👍

Nice video and amazing driving 👍@Farouq Owdeh I hope that too as can’t miss that long @Lorenzo Candelpergher’s action packed drives 😎

First of all....a thousand shout outs to @Lorenzo Candelpergher for a flawless lead, exciting and excellently executed. @Srikumar.....you have a serious challange picking up the pase. (Internal joke amongst the AD boys). Seriously, whether a F+ drive is supposed to touch on intermediate driving without sustaining it on a permanent basis or not..... @Lorenzo Candelpergher did not only pick up the pase during certain instances today, he redefined the entire damn meaning. Momentum of the convoy was key to keeping every driver concentrated and on the edge of their seats. Further, I have to correct myself. I did have a popout before. It was on a night drive with @Srikumar. The same evening that my front left swaybar linkage broke and I was left with limited steering due to a flipped swaybar. It was a @Tbone assisted fix. Thank you for assisting with the fix today @Lorenzo Candelpergher and @Gaurav Soni. Today was fun and most of all a teaching school. I love driving at the back of the convoy, it challanges car and driver. Untill next time. Safe driving!

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

Thank you @Vanessa8580 and @Mehmet Volga was a great ride today. Thank you for your support and patience! Was a Great team today looking forward to the next drives. See you all in the sand! Have a great weekend!!!

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

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 👍

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

Hi @Neil Jarman, really sad that you’ve been stopped by a technical defect! Hope it will be fixed soon! Have a great weekend!!!

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 😃🙏

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

Pre Drive Thoughts Faced with the challenge of the heavyweight (literally) convoy signed up for the drive on Saturday got me looking again at proposed routes for the drive. At Fewbie Plus, it's safe for me to assume that all drivers know their way round their vehicles, understand how to get the best from them and have some experience of more advanced techniques such as ridge riding and criss-crossing. Keep in mind that when you are promoted to IM you'll be expected to be able to self recover, and assist in recoveries of your convoy (where requested) and be able to follow the drive without much assistance. So what's the point of Fewbie Plus? As the logic implies, it's that place where you are getting more and more drive experience, you've learned the skills and need to practice them and you're ready to push yourself even further outside your comfort level than before so that at IM level you can feel confident and focused. Where is all this preamble leading? Most people know that my signature is technical dunes: The small, closely-packed, technically challenging dunes where driving skill is more important than power and finesse the keyword. Bluntly, this is not the ideal territory for the large number of leviathans joining the drive. Winter time, this would be less of a worry, but at the end of this hot, dry summer, the sanity of driving a convoy with at least 4 big V8s into this type of terrain can be a questioned - after all, we want to be out of the desert on time, not the following day. So, I am giving serious thought to where we go, and as a result where we start our drive with the dilemma of where I think we should all be able and capable to drive against the risks and outcome if things do not go to plan. Please watch out as a result for the start point of the drive that I will publish tomorrow. I guess you all better hope that I sleep well. See you soon in the sand.

Copy that Emmanuel, as you have this area still fresh in your mind Will adjust it !

Sorry for the late notice but need to drop. Am not feeling well. Glad everyone in wl got in already Have fun guys🤙🤙

Hi not scared off i promise but got car back but not fixed so back with mechanic and wont get it back till tomorrow afternoon Hopefully @PaoloMarazitior @Loopercan join in my place Enjoy and see you next weeek