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After over 13 years in Dubai, it was only in early 2020 that I eventually discovered off-roading. Having been a hopeless workaholic for most of my adult life, until then I had never had a hobby nor any free time to practice one. I even used to say my work was my hobby.. If I think of it now I can hardly believe it. In February 2020 I had just bought a new Nissan Patrol, the Platinum City model, definitely not meant for off-roading and definitely meant to be a quiet Business / Family car. Then, a newly met acquaintance, who then became a dear and close friend, @Luca Palanca Falsini, persuaded me to join him on a family drive organized by one of the famous off-road garages in Dubai. I joined the drive with wife, children and even mother-in-law (no I wasn't planning to drop her in the middle of the desert.. 😂😂). I didn't know what to expect, I had made no preparations and nobody had given me any briefing.. I just drove into the desert and returned home with crashed front and back bumpers. Luca was afraid I'd never talk to him again, but quite on the opposite, I walked out of the car smiling from ear to ear and thanked him for the opportunity. That was the start of what was meant to become the very first and only real hobby that I consistently practiced in my life. More than I hobby, I'd say it became a passion. After driving a few times with other clubs, my engineering mindset urged me to seek for a more structured approach and, in my search, I discovered @Carnity. I was intrigued by almost everything about it and decided to give it a try. My first drive with @Carnity was on 20.03.2020, at Pink Rock, with @Rahimdad leading and @Wrangeld in support. I loved that drive, which I still remember as incredibly inspiring and exciting as we first approached and then climbed the Rock. With Covid-19 pushing stress levels through the roof, off-roading became not only a passion, but also a powerful stress reliever, allowing a weekly mind reset that kept me functioning across one of the most difficult times of my entrepreneurial career. Drive after drive, stuck after stuck and pop-out after pop-out (many, many pop-outs 😂😂) I learned how to handle my Y62. From Newbie to Fewbie to Intermediate, it was a great learning process, in a great environment, where I felt welcomed, supported, challenged to go a bit beyond my comfort zone, but always safe in doing so. I received precious feedback before, during and after every drive, I was congratulated on my achievements and cheered up on my mistakes, I was always overwhelmed with help whenever needed and felt compelled to help back, in a contagious, addictive team spirit, whenever others were in trouble. For months I've had my alarm set at 6:59 pm on Sundays to make sure I'd be able to respond to the RSVP of my favorite drive, feeling as excited as a child, for the first time in my life taking some time for myself and with a new goal to achieve: I wanted to master my off-roading driving skills. Moving to the Advisors team was a great amplifier of the whole experience, making me aware of the great deal of work that goes on behind the scenes to make @Carnity function as a Swiss clock and growing even more my appreciation for this great club and the wonderful people who come together in it. I kept on polishing my driving skills, but also learned about recoveries, and progressively shifted my focus from my own driving to that of all the others around me, as the whole purpose was, at that point, enabling others to live the same wonderful experience as I was experimenting. A whole new world of opportunities came with the Leaders Lead course brilliantly delivered by @Gaurav to @Luca Palanca Falsini, @Janarthan and myself and with the subsequent possibility to lead convoys. To my surprise, I discovered that the pleasure of leading and, in so doing, making people enjoying themselves while following my lines, by far exceeds the pleasure of driving for the sake of driving... The possibility to choose where to go, when to go, which level to drive, the fine line between pushing the convoy to do a bit more without doing anything unsafe, the challenge to set the level so that everyone has fun but the weakest driver can make it through, the pleasure of planning a route to unveil a scenic sunrise driving east in the morning or west in a burning sunset in the afternoon, the satisfaction to see your convoy conquering a mighty dune, a giant bowl, or tricky technical terrain, the sense of adventure exploring new territories... are pure magic. I felt blessed and honored in every drive I led and enthralled by the feedback from those who followed my tail. In less than one year I made it to Expert level in my Y62 until, in February this year, a distraction reminded me the hard way how still inexperienced I was in reality.. I paid my toll, grounded for six endless weeks with an outlook to have my Y62 back only after 6 months 😭😭). As a real desert addict, I couldn't bear the waiting, so I finally came back on a new Jeep Wrangler, with my glorious Patrol returning to more important family duties just a few weeks ago. I know I disappointed many, including @Islam Soliman, opting to leave on the tarmac my white whale for an easier off-road ride... but those 12 months on a Y62 made all the difference of the world and I'm glad Marshals and Crew never discouraged me despite my heavyweight Nissan. Thanks to the Crew, @Gaurav, @Srikumar, @Frederic, who believed in me and gave me the chance to grow at my own pace and in my own way, coming to terms, from time to time, with my impatience to do always more, to count, to measure and to ALWAYS speak my mind (😂😂).. Thanks to the Marshals and Experts, @Ale Vallecchi, @Brette, @Chaitanya D, @Vanessa8580, @Jeepie, @sertac, @Anish S, @Luca Palanca Falsini and especially @Wrangeld, my off-roading mentor, who all took me on their convoys and later entrusted me in supporting roles setting the example of what a convoy leader should be. I regret I never had the chance to join @Emmanuel in a drive, but who knows what the future may reserve for us... Thanks to the Advisors, @Hisham Masaad, @M.Seidam, @marks, @Yousef Alimadadi, @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ, @Alexander Alcala, @Nivin, @Rizwanm2, @Shaaz Sha and the Support Team, @Alex Raptor, @Dodi Syahdar, @GauravSoni, @Veedooshee who joined my drives in support making my leads always easy and relaxed. Thanks to all those who joined my drives, too many to name one by one, except for @Danish Mohammad, who, this last summer, gifted me with the best present a lead could ever receive, i.e. the chance to watch an off-roader blossom in confidence and skills drive after drive, following my lines. And thanks to all those others who patiently tolerated my endless early pop-outs and stucks, to those who drove in the churned up sand left behind by my Y62, who shoveled under my belly, who tugged me out.. What a fantastic experience all this has been and what a fantastic experience it is going to be! I'm proud and honored to have, even more so now as a Marshal, the chance to give back what I have received from this wonderful team sport and within this amazing club. I guess I'll never give back as much as I really received, but I'll do my best, of that you can be sure.. as much as you can be sure about my fast pace in the next drive!!

Drive Report Well that was a whole ball of fabulous! Fewbie? Really? As we arrived at the meet point we could see that the rains had visited the area. We started out in the nice playful dunes that allowed us to ready ourselves for what lay ahead. We meandered through without issues, finally arriving at Pink Rock. The entire convoy coped wonderfully. The sand was so forgiving, it was hard and compact from the rains, and having watched the convoy execute criss-crossing and handling the steep ascent to the top of Pink Rock it was clear that I could increase the level and the pace. The route from Pink Rock to Big Red is a dream area for a Fewbie level drive, those dunes allow us to practice manoeuvring around sweeping bowls and crossing into others, they’re low, and wide so they’re more forgiving. But they didn’t need to be as for the first two hours of the drive we didn’t have a single refusal. We pushed on at a really good pace and entered the steeper dunes just before Big Red, we climbed and swept over and the refusals came, one by one. To be honest it was only to be expected as the sand churned at the back and we encountered the Kamikaze Tour Jeeps. These were the only other vehicles we saw until I saw the round lights of @jeepie winking at me from across the dune. We moved on to Big Red and attacked it from the back end, our ascent to the top halted by a ‘gram’ thirsty lady having a photo shoot. I think she distracted a couple in the convoy as we had another couple of refusals. I wanted to see the Sunset from the top , so we descended and swept around to climb the beast from the ‘road side’. Again. the steep climb in the churned up sand proved too much for some but we all got there in the end and enjoyed the setting sun from the top of Big Red. I pointed out the end point and famously said that we wouldn’t have any difficulties getting back down, that was until I decided to drive into a deep , sticky pocket. It was a bit of a pickle but I was soon out. @Desert Dweller re routed the convoy to a more suitable descent and we all ended up on the tarmac at exactly 6:30pm. I can’t begin to say how impressed I was with everyone on the drive. I mentioned that the sand was forgiving, but the dunes still had to be navigated. @Bernard Kalaani – you had a great drive, kept with the pace and had zero issues. Likewise @Naim Aoun and when you consider you had only has 2 or 3 Fewbie drives prior to this then you did incredibly well. @JamesThorn @Kenneth Bollhardt@Stav, all had the task of climbing up dunes in the churned sand, you had one or two refusals but nothing major and to be expected on these dunes. Great drives, well done. Many thanks to my support team today, @PaoloMaraziti for a great 2nd lead, always leaving enough distance and communicating well. @Lawrence_Chehimi who anchored everything for me in the middle, and @Desert Dweller for sweeping up at the back, That we only had to get the shovel out once for the entire drive speaks volumes re the high standard of driving. Thank you all so much for listening to instructions and communicating well. It makes leading a convoy so much easier. Lastly, thanks for indulging me, I asked you to step it up and by goodness did you deliver, Until our next adventure

It's my one of my greatest pleasures to see this promotion of @Lorenzo Candelpergher a driver who has become a good friend since joining and excelling (as he does in everything in life) as an off roader. For anyone reading these posts in detail, I implore you - look at how this person has demonstrated his capabilities, leadership, humanity and personal development through the vehicle of off roading. He is an example to us all, and I for one am delighted to warmly welcome him to where he belongs in the marshal level of this great club. I only hope that over the months he has learned from me some small degree of what I have learned from him.

Fantastic drive indeed @Foxtrot Oscar. My poor guest got more than what he signed up for; but he truly enjoyed it.. The last climb took us by surprise; we thought we were done when we saw the tarmac and suddenly we found ourselves climbing like crazy; this is where we got a bucket load of sand go throw the windows as we were literally over a ridge, I had to maneuver it almost blindly. Thanks Miss @Lawrence_Chehimi for the water; needed for the eye rinse... I was one of the drivers distracted by the photo shoot; well how couldn't you? My co-pilot was saying, she is scantily dressed; so shy from being the pope, I had to look My fewbie drives are getting more and more exciting as if the organizer is stepping them up for me on purpose.. See you in 2 weekends inchallah.. Till then; keep bashing...

GRANDE @Lorenzo Candelpergher!! To each drive, at each level, you have always brought a degree of competence, enthusiasm, leadership, and creativity which has rightly culminated in Marshaldom. The flavor of your drives is a great addition to Carnity's bouquet, and I can't wait to taste more.

It's never 'just another drive' and yesterday's was no exception. Thanks Islam @Islam Soliman for yet another eventful one - great lead, super teamwork and excellent driving. thanks also for updating on @Amir Amiri - so heartening and reassuring to know the kind of support the leads and team Carnity provide irrespective of the circumstances out there in the dunes. Appreciate the gesture. @Amir Amiri, hope all is well with your ride; look forward to seeing you soon.

@Felix Obst thanks buddy for asking yeah got it fixed. Missed the ride however Tq @Islam Soliman @Frederic @Alex Raptor for helping me out of the situation. A new learning for me and also the safety spirit of Carnity spoken was witnessed. Happy to be part of the team. @Islam Soliman congratulations on your achievement. looking forward for more drives.

Dear @Jeepie thank you so much for this nice drive and we all really appreciate your support in accepting this second convoy from @Foxtrot Oscar Our second lead @Pacific a good listener and well driving by keeping safe distance @Enrico Biscaro driving in sand is a fun and refusals are a part of learning and you did a good job man by doing all self recoveries @Santoso Marjuki a little to work on angle of approach to avoid fish tail and more active on radio. @munkybizness nicely keeping an eye on front car activity and taking correct action to do slight change if required @Rawad nice driving, good to see a great change. AND finally at our sweep @Janarthan its our pleasure to have you in our Convoy and keeping eye on all of us to be safe and enjoy. Appreciate the help, support and patience got from every member. Thanks to everyone for joining this Convoy. Stay Safe ... See you in next drive

Firstly big congratulations to @Lorenzo Candelpergher on your promotion to Marshal, fantastic to hear your story and how quickly you have achieved this rank in the @Carnity group, a great example to others on what can be achieved. Very enjoyable drive yesterday, great to see all the Newbies driving so well through the dunes, this is the first (and I suspect maybe the only) drive I have completed so far which has not had a single refusal, so well done to all the drivers yesterday for this and for keeping the momentum of the drive up. Good to see familiar faces on the drive yesterday and thanks to @Wrangeld and @Alex Raptor for the dad jokes, drive support and opportunity to join the support team. Rita

Congrats @Lorenzo Candelpergher on your promotion and privileged to be on this drive..Eventhough i have done close to 40 drives with Carnity, our stars did not align until yesterday, combined with some magnanimity from Richard @Wrangeldto extend the convoy, to be on one of your drives. It was a great drive with low swooping bowls and some nice crossings, probably touching the higher end of newbie drives, in terms of difficulty, but the compacted sand, the route chosen and the convoy strength all combined, made it an absolute breeze. My 11 yo son's only complaint was that he was missing some action and there were no recoveries to see 😄👍! Going by other "Lorenzo" trip reports, his drive trademarks are pace and high climbs , and i believe @Lorenzo Candelpergher did a very good job in restraining himself and not letting the horses lose !!! Driving at the second last position, it was great to see the newbies do so well, although we tail enders had to negotiate some churned up (or was it "caked" up) sand. The drive was also a good opportunity to meet and greet some newbies, and i look forward to having more interactions with all. Thanks for the exemplary support @Alex Raptor and @darren thompson a.k.a "Rita" it is , after yesterdays christening ceremony ..penning it down here for posterity, lest we forget, and for a morning smile on our faces !!! Last but not least, a big thanks to @Wrangeld for his watchful eye during the drive , and his pre and post drive briefs, inspiring us!

@Islam Soliman I remember the first drive I did with you way back. I think it was the Sky Dive loop. It stood out for me as I watched you perform a brilliant self recovery under the instruction of the drive lead @Chaitanya D and @Ale Vallecchi. You listened to everything that you were asked to do and followed the instruction perfectly. Of course you then progressed rapidly, and soon became a permanent member of support on any drives I led. That you made it to Marshal is no surprise given how well you executed those roles. I've yet to support one of your drives, that is something we need to change soon! Congratulations on a thoroughly well deserved promotion to Marshal!

Congratulations @Mehmet Volga for reaching the Expert 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. EXPERT - Carnity Exclusivity Carnity Benefits Off-road Certification with rank and skills achieved Full access to Carnity without any paid subscription Join any drive in “Manage” tab even when drive is full Carnity Contribution Committed to drive with Carnity off-road club only Lead/Support: 3 drives or more per month at least Forum contribution to earn Carnity points Drives Attended (Indicative) Minimum 10 drives are required for Expert promotion along with mandatory attendance to leaders lead drives. (Promotion will be based on Marshal / Crew feedback.) What you'll learn Navigating with or without GPS on the fly Trip planning, safety exits and recce skills Basic firefighting and first aid techniques Basic knowledge of car and overheating issues Minimal response to vehicle breakdown and accidents Skills required Resilient, calculative and rational thinker Self-reliance, positive attitude and forward thinking Kind, selfless and considerate to other’s concerns Car Worthiness Capable 4x4 vehicle with 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, tool box, tie-down straps, fluids. Drive teamwork Lead Fewbie or Intermediate drive with Marshal permission Inspect vehicle for safety before the off-road drive Support Marshal to learn 1:1 Desert Driving Course 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

Hi @BHANU PRAKASH VISHWANATH, Hope you are doing well and your car has been fixed already! @Islam Soliman once again; congrats on your achievement and after thinking about last Friday - thank you so much for the great tour. Lots of new stories to tell about an awesome newbie team! To the group on Friday: I liked the spirit. Was a great team performance, helping hands and words everywhere. It was my third drive with carnity so probably it is always like that! (For me it felt special) Looking forward to all the drives which are upcoming and meeting you again! @Alex Raptor thank for shadowing me and your „critical“ feedback this is exactly what I need to improve! @Frederic thank you for being a legend!!! have great week ahead, guys!

Congratulations @Sunil Mathew

Congrats @Mehmet Volga

Congratulations @Sunil Mathew, see you soon! 🌵

Congratulations @Mehmet Volga👏🏼

Many congrats @Sunil Mathew 🎉🎉

Hi Islam @Islam Soliman, heartiest congratulations. Absolutely love your drives, the spirit of adventure, safety and learning in every one of them. Wish you many more recognitions. Congrats!

Heartiest congratulations Lorenzo @Lorenzo Candelpergher! Have always appreciated how well lead the convoy constantly challenging yourself as well as the rest in a very safe manner. Looking forward to soon joining one of your drives.

Congrats @Islam Soliman .. so happy for you and knew this was coming. Cant wait to drive with you soon!

@Pacific @Enrico Biscaro @Santoso Marjuki @Danish Mohammad @munkybizness @Rawad @Janarthan Beautiful hard sand today, and that made for good and relatively easy practicing of ridge riding and criss crossing. Especially in the virgin dunes we found before crossing Pink Rock and even climbing Pink Rock was a piece of cake. A nice small convoy also meant that we could start moving quickly again after the odd refusals and reattempts. It was nice to be able to see most of you most of the time, After Pink Rock we found some more fun, but there were quite a few tracks around making it a little softer and a bit more challenging. Lots of other vehicles also meant finding an alternative track sometimes, but we slowly made our way to the big dune next to Big Red. To my surprise it was really busy and after an overheating car and daylight slowly disappearing, I decided it was better to start making our way to Big Red and play there a little (close to the exit) So we could exit at any time. Great teamwork from everyone, good convoy discipline and great support from @Danish Mohammad and @Janarthanmeant that @munkybizness pop out was dealt with very quickly. @Pacific you were handling the second lead position perfectly and you redirected well whenever needed. @Enrico Biscaro I love that you keep trying and you must have learnt the most today. You were doing fine and it is perfectly normal to have a few refusals. (No digging or rope needed, in fact the only time a rope came out was for a senior😉) So you recovered yourself , and that means you got the most out of today. @Santoso Marjuki you were doing fine. The only thing I would like to ask you, is to acknowledge on the radio that you understood what the lead or support are saying to you. @munkybizness driving very nicely as far as I could see and apart from the pop out no other issues that I can think of. @Rawad keeping cool (finding shade in the desert😃) and very calm. You did a perfect (supervised) rope recovery. Well done! @Janarthan always good to know you are keeping us safe and together. I thoroughly enjoyed myself today and I hope you did too. Pictures posted in the gallery @Gilbert Khalil we missed you

Now I understand why Raptors are usually at the second half of the convoy. there is no better sand churner than a Raptor (especially the grey ones). The trenches left by 2 Raptors front of me were deep enough to burry my little Pathfinder... Once again, congrats @Lorenzo Candelpergher for your promotion, this is my first time driving with you. Even tho it may be a newbie drive, but definitely one of the most wonderful drive I have had in the area. Look forward to more drives with you! And thank you @Wrangeld @Alex Raptorand @darren thompson for the flawless support. Till next time.

Thanks a lot @Gaurav for the nice words and all Team Carnity for this trust you have placed in me. I still remember my AN drive with @Srikumar in July last year just after the lockdown started to ease out and I never though this will take me here.. countless number of stucks and refusals and car parts that were flying left and right on the sand and we just kept piling them up in the trunk 😂 it’s only due to the leadership and coaching of every leads and support teams in these drives, the patience from all fellow drivers, and the friendships made on the sand that I got here and didn’t give up. I had my first pop out with @Srikumar on my 3rd NB drive and I still remember my feeling then.. once he told me you have a pop out! , I thought I am dead.. had no clue what that means and what happens now.. then I stood their mouth opened astonished watching him and @Vanessa8580 getting on their knees and working it out to fix it. I remember my first drive with @Gaurav.. I think was my 4th.. and I was 3rd place next to a Duster and I saw how he carefully picked the path to match the tiny underpowered Duster and the behemoth Yukon behind it until he had to step him self into the Duster to bring it up on top of Fossil rock. I remember my fewbie drives with Richard @Wrangeld who got me hooked into technical drivers and how patient he was to help me out through these tiny pockets.. I miss these briefings of yours Richie. @Emmanuel who was the first to take me on top of Faya. I think this was the time when together with @Chaitanya D we spent an hour trying to fix a pop out on an X (not sure who was it).. and then in Dec was also my first time to Liwa with him. my first night drive led by @Frederic and then the first drive I led and my first NB drive led was also with @Frederic. i remember @Ale Vallecchi’s look at my car and I can see all the question marks in his head wondering what this car is doing here 😂 but never said a word other than encouragement and fully embraced the challenges I brought to his drives. @Chaitanya D I can’t count how many drives I had with you 😂 I definitely won’t forget the one in Sweihan. Can’t forget my first driver behind Angela @Foxtrot Oscar and I became a permanent RSVP on every drive afterwords to Area 53 and Faqaa which were both dominated by her black X and Yalla Yalla. @Lorenzo Candelpergher whom I loved how he managed fast paced drives with his mighty Y62 (sorry still prefer it over your Rubicon).. @Brette whom I never had the pleasure of joining his drives yet but still remember when he was supporting my 2nd NB drive where I kept trying for 30mins to get out of a bowl and he never gave up on helping me with advise and directions. @Kailas @Mehmet Volga @Anish S @Janarthan @Tbone @marksWhom I always loved being on drives or being together in the same drive. I can go on and on and will never have enough words to thank everyone in Team Carnity and all club members for the wonderful experience I had over the past year and how much change this brought to my life.. The journey continues and looking forward for more fun and more friends in the Carnity Family..

@Frederic@Islam Soliman@Alex RaptorThank you for a fun packed amazing drive and experience... Lucky to be in the presence of 3 experienced members who were so helpful and patient...congrats to soliman and hoping to drive again soon with you guys.. Sharing the only pic I managed to take..

Congratulations @Islam Soliman for reaching the Marshal level with Carnity Offroad Club. Islam has Joined Carnity a year back with a very high spirit and calm approach with his GMC Yukon. With regular off-road drives and exceptional enthusiasm toward off-roading he soon found his peace in his newly discovered passion. His dedication for off-road drives, skillful contributions and commanding support on drives were always been highly appreciated. Islam has been well-known to tame the Yukon size beast successfully and then master it on the most rigorous terrain in the UAE. His persistent approach and keen observation to solve any problem during the drive, car, or the planning stage has been very instrumental. Islam specializes in utilizing and optimizing the team effort with great maturity and a level-headed approach at difficult times. His exceptional patient and tolerant approach towards new offroaders and tricky situations with a humble attitude is a cornerstone of this achievement. MARSHAL is one of the most prestigious and sought-after titles that comes after a lot of hard work, patience, tolerance, and dedication. Just like all the levels in Carnity offroad club is "NOT" only based on driving skills but instead based on the combination of your personality + intelligence + team spirit + adventure. This Marshal title is an epitome for all levels in the offroad grading structure. So if anyone wants to grow, they can set any of Carnity Offroad Club Marshal as a PERFECT example for not only following the driving skills and style but also observing their behavior, teamwork, presence of mind, calculative approach, patience and tolerance to teach and support new offroaders. Carnity Benefits Earn reward and recognition from 1:1 Desert Driving Course Off-road Certification with rank and skills achieved Full access to Carnity without any paid subscription Join any drive in the “Manage” tab even when the drive is full Carnity Contribution Committed to driving with Carnity off-road club only Lead/Support drives as per Carnity drive planning Carnity off-road club betterment and advancement Drives Attended (Indicative) Minimum 20 drives are required for Marshal promotion along with mandatory attendance to leaders lead drives. (Promotion will be based on Marshal / Crew feedback.) What you'll learn Trip route planning as per convoy’s response Drive topic and calendar posting and management Deal with different cultures, mindsets and nationalities Explore new areas and conduct recce trips independently Basic car technical and electronic management skills Skills required A humble, approachable and social person Matured, pro-active, calm and composed Mentor-ship skills to train off-roaders at all levels 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 teamwork Lead ALL LEVEL drives independently Assign and manage second lead, center forward and sweep Support and supervise senior offroaders at all levels 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 @Sunil Mathew for reaching the Intermediate 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. INTERMEDIATE Drives Attended (Indicative) Minimum 10 Fewbie Plus drives are required within last 6 months for Intermediate promotion. What you'll learn Basic GPS and navigational skills Basic tow rope and winch recoveries Extreme side sloping and long hill climb Tall dunes ridge riding and criss crossing Precise control over technical dunes Fast pace desert driving Clear radio communication skills Advance recovery skills Self recover from dune crest Soft sand recovery Pop-out fixing Skills required Adventurous and thrill seeker but in a safe manner Level headed under stressful situations Responsible, dependable and accountable Car Worthiness Capable 4x4 vehicle with 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. Drive teamwork Manage center forward position with Trip Lead’s permission Learn/assist recoveries under Trip Lead’s supervision Re-route convoy and coordination, when needed Learn to lead small portion of Intermediate drive under Marshal supervision Drive Joining Join Newbie, Fewbie, Intermediate and Exploration drives only Forum participation Active participation on the forum Share drive experience + feedback Share drive pictures in the gallery Post trip report after the drive

Beautiful description of your off-road journey you've shared @Lorenzo Candelpergher for others to learn, excite and motivate. Very nicely crafted with chronological challenges, incidents, experiences and learnings that really highlight it's all about the journey and your perseverance when you really want to achieve something in life, work, relations or in off-roading. I must admit here, that in the last session of leaders lead I was expecting quite a lot of stuck from that Y62 in such a nasty technical terrain. And the way you've managed it really surprised me that it's not only you crossed without any stuck, but you also made sure that the entire convoy made thru without any stuck under your lead. And that's what really differentiates "True Leader" from just a good off-roader.

Thank you @Hisham Masaad @Danish Mohammad, @Niki, @Russ , @Chinthaka Ruwan and @Rawad See you soon Thanks @Islam Soliman.. for your guidance and support

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congratulations, @Mehmet Volga

There's one open slot left. You can join! (if you haven't RSVP-ed for another drive yet)

@Sunil Mathew Congratulations Bro. See you soon

Many congrats @Rawad 🎉🎉

Congratulations @Rawad

Congratulations @Sunil Mathew

Well done Mehmet !!

Drive changed to Fewbie from Fewbie Plus. Thanks.

Its most likely Fewbie as per the notification sent, but will wait for Luca to confirm for sure.

That was refreshing, enjoying and a wonderful trips with a great weather and nice hard sand after it was raining. Had a great time during crushing, bushing and riding on ridges. Thank so much for @Jeepie, as Leader to bring safe and great fun adventures @Danish Mohammad for keeping eyes and secure, most important all great inputs and feedbacks appreciated. Would be happy to see everyone and thank to @Janarthan& @PacificWill meet another day's on sand.

Congrats and Mabrook @Islam Soliman! Memorable drives and a great hands on way of teaching and training!

Congrats @Lorenzo Candelpergher!

Very sincere congratulations @Lorenzo Candelpergher ! You are always pushing the convoy to more challenges with no concessions to safety, and I remember your calm voice guiding me in difficult situations. It allows us to progress in confidence for a maximum fun and enjoyment ! Looking forward to more drives under your lead !

@Sunil Mathew I promise you, on our next drive to bring back the dad jokes… just remember you asked for this!!! That said, a guy at the ENOC car wash asked me how I make my car so shiny after off-roading and I replied, "Polish." He then said, "Sorry. Jak sprawić, by Twój samochód był tak lśniący?"

@Bernard Kalaani

congratulations... @Islam Soliman you are great inspiration for all of us... Hope to join with you for many drives soon.

Congratulations Marshal LWB!😉 @Islam Soliman

@Lorenzo Candelpergher i had very wonderful experience with new terrain and i should thank all member & support team @Alex Raptor, @darren thompson, @Wrangeld. Everyday, i am learning new experience, from you all. Some people want it to happen, Some wish it would happen @Lorenzo Candelpergher you made it, Congratulations for your achievement.