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The Ultimate Test of Off-road Skills, Recovery and Teamwork. Carnity Desert Champions Trophy will bring the best out of each off-roader in the most grueling terrain to rely on each team member for aim to secure this most prestigious title. Following Carnity ethos that off-roading is open to all stock and modified cars, new and old, powerful and underpowered cars, strongest and the weakest cars, this Desert Champions Trophy will be open to all Carnity off-road club members exclusively. WHEN: 19 November 2021 WHERE: Somewhere in Dubai Desert Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/SCJYQgPb6VH2iSqq6 To make everything more exciting, challenging and fair there will be a good mix of these key elements: Car: Any 4X4 with low range gearing and 8 - 10 Inches of ground clearance. Drivers: Fewbie, Fewbie Plus, Intermediate, Extreme, Support Team and Advisor. Lead: Expert, Marshal and Crew. Luck: Raffle draws will be held to decide the team lead, team names and members (at assigned levels). The first raffle draw - decides who has first pick, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and so on. The second raffle draw - decides the team names as picked up by the Team lead. The third raffle draw- decides the team members as picked up by the Team Lead. TEAM FORMATION Lead: Any Expert, Marshal / Crew Second Lead: Any Extreme / Advisor Third: Fewbie Fourth: Fewbie / Fewbie Plus Fifth: Fewbie Plus / Intermediate Sixth: Any Intermediate / Support Team TEAM NAMES (MAX 10 TEAMS) Arabian Camel Arabian Falcon Arabian Horse Arabian Leopard Arabian Oryx Arabian Red Fox Arabian Saluki Arabian Sand Cat Arabian Sand Gazelle Arabian Wolf TIMINGS Pre-opening: 25 Oct 2021, Monday Registration opening: 1 Nov 2021, Monday - 9:00 AM Registration closing: 14 Nov 2021, Sunday - 9:00 PM OR once we reach the limit of 10 Participants at each level. A maximum of 10 teams will be allowed. Team Formation: On or before 15 Nov 2021, Monday. Event Date: 19 Nov 2021, Friday. Meet-up: 6:00 AM Waypoints Distribution: 6:30 AM First Team Dispatch: 7:00 AM REGISTRATION CRITERIA Express your interest by filling Registration form - CLOSED NOW You will receive the pre-qualification response within 1-2 days. Selection will be based on the trip lead feedback you've driven in the past. The newbie can also express their interest, but they have to become Fewbie before 13 Nov 2021. Once you are selected, you will receive the link to Pay and confirm your participation. Upon completion of payment, you will be added to the events calendar. WEATHER 19 - 30 Degrees 😊 64% Cloud Cover - ☁️ No rain - 🌂 PARTICIPATION CHARGES AND CONDITIONS All Participating Members: 500 AED (Non-Refundable). Team Lead: Only for Carnity Expert, Marshal & Crew. Expert, Marshal & Crew: Not allowed to join as support. Open to all Carnity off-road club members ONLY. The newbie should become Fewbie before 13 Nov 2021. Experienced Newbie can transfer their off-road experience. RULES AND REGULATIONS All teams will receive the set waypoints on the day of the event. Each team member needs to store those waypoints prior to the start line. All team members should use a GPS app/device to record track and waypoints. One person per car - no passengers allowed. Everything in your car should be securely fastened. GAME ON Each team will require to cross through the desert consisting of small, medium and tall dunes. All waypoints will be placed in an area, which will be completely doable by stock cars. So instead of focusing on maximizing power and modifications, you really need to focus hard on your off-roading skills, creativity and wisdom - which makes the REAL DESERT CHAMPIONS - and not just the cars. Moderate GPS navigation skills are required to choose the fastest or the easiest path through the sabka, tall dunes or technical patches to get the whole team moving. You will not require any additional fuel, as a standard fuel tank will be sufficient for the whole event. Each team member needs to make a small circle at every waypoint to mark on its GPS track. All teams will start with 5-10 minute intervals to avoid crowding near the first few waypoints. The same duration will be subtracted from their total track time in the end. The team to cover all required waypoints and finish first in a minimum amount of time will have the honor to lift the Trophy with the most distinguished title of The Desert Champions for the next full year. In case of a tie, the team with the least kilometer clocked will win and lift the Trophy. SECRET Real off-roading is a lot more than just a full-throttle blast. And the off-roaders who know this secret will win this prestigious title. Keep the fluid momentum to get going with minimal disruptions. As a lead you need to find a track to accommodate all levels of cars and drivers. As a second lead, you need to fix the pitfalls and make it more smooth and doable for everyone behind. As a fewbie, you need to follow the track as close as possible to avoid getting stuck and refusals. As a fewbie plus and Intermediate, get ready to guide, dig and recover stuck cars as fast as you can. Go as slow as possible, and as fast as necessary. Have fun and drive safe. KEEP IT SIMPLE This is not a straight-line solo race or a challenge. It is a team sport to test your off-road skills, recovery skills and teamwork. The faster you will go, the slower you might get with continuous stucks and refusal. So instead, take it easy, be creative to think outside the box and maze of dunes with your complete team while having fun, taking pictures and making new friends. VEHICLE AND GEARS As you don't need any special vehicle to participate, your 4X4 should be in desert drive-worthy condition. Any 4X4 with Low range gearing. With a minimum of 8 - 10 inches of ground clearance. Front and rear tow hooks / eyelets / bolt-on hooks. Off-road gear as per Carnity off-road Structure. Same size spare tire in working condition. Bash plate and AT tires (Recommended). CONDITIONS APPLY Any vehicle breakdown will require immediate reporting to the control team. Once the control team arrives on the site, based on their fair evaluation you can leave the broken down car and driver to be rescued out by the support team to the nearest exit. As the control team may arrive within 15 min - 2 hours, so you will lose that time without any consideration of the vehicle breakdown. Including trip lead vehicle breakdown will be replaced with backup leads within 15 min - 2 hours, without any consideration of the vehicle breakdown. Tire pop-out, minor bumper damage, will not be counted as part of vehicle breakdown. Any accident requiring a police report will disqualify the whole team. Any tampering with GPS recording and data will disqualify the whole team. Any minor to moderate damage to any vehicle will give chance to the second or third team with no damage (if any). If all first 3 team comes with minor to moderate damage then the trophy will go back to the first team. WINNING TEAM PRIZES Desert Champions Trophy - Pride for life. 500 AED - Carnity Account Credit for each participant. Carnity's Winning Certificate for each team member. Social Media campaign for winning team with pictures. Part of "Desert Champions" User group on the site. Entitle to use: Winner of Desert Champions Trophy 2021 in signature. Carnity Weatherproof Safety Flag Carnity Metallic Weatherproof Sticker Carnity Cap Carnity T-Shirt So now, let's get started by expressing your interest to participate by filling this Registration form - CLOSED NOW. Based on trip lead, Marshal and Crew feedback, if you are selected, you will receive the web link to pay 500 AED to secure your participation. Once you complete the payment process you will be added to the events calendar.

Yes! And that’s what makes this a true off road challenge - Teams are randomly selected ! Then we’ll see who really are champions of the sand . so excited !

Thank you @M.Seidam for the brief. Leader Lead was really informative, covering all aspects of off-road, and really helped us to learn more of how to handle driving in desert and lead others. Huge effort by @Gaurav bhai, and patience never seen before, with always "take your time" is always there. Thank you very much @Gaurav. @Wrangeld@Jeepie was an amazing support and advisors as well, pointing out all comments on our driving, which again helped us a lot. Happy and proud to hear we have completed LL III in a short time, which means all has done a good job, crossing one of the most technical areas in desert. Pleasure to meet you @M.Seidamand @Shaaz Sha . Look forward to meet again in sand.

Discover Al Hayer - Newbie Drive Report "Some nights stay up till dawn. as the moon sometimes does for the sun." - Rumi Beautiful start of a festive day: after a rapid deflation and a short drive along a pylon track, the sun peaked above the red dunes to the east, while the moon was still up just, watching it rise from the west. We entered a very interesting area of tall dunes, close to each other yet separated by open corridors, at times dotted with low shrubs. Al Hayer's farms kept showing on the horizon to the south, until we managed to move north, zig-zagging our way through canyons of very clean sand, with the whole convoy managing to side slope and straight crossing the opening between the cordons, with very few hic-ups. This is a very enjoyable area, especially the section between Al Hayer and a dirt track separating it halfway from the northern village of Al Jabib. The sand is red and firm, the dunes long and wavy, with plenty of room to side-slope them (even though they would be ideal for fast criss-crossings), and plenty of vegetation, amply spaced so that it doesn't represent an impediment to maintaining a good speed. Beyond the dirt track, in the direction of Al Jabib, the landscape changes a bit, with closer dunes (forming almost a small plateau), a few more tricky situations, such as old tracks left by the Oil & Gas exploration machinery which is currently scarring most of Sweihan (evidently they had already come this way), some old and fallen wood pylons, abandoned plastic pipes, which forced the convoy to redirect, occasionally, or to pay special attention when crossing. As the Al Jabib camel farms started to loom on the horizon, grazing camels also begun to appear. All drivers did very well, in a little travelled terrain, thus potentially hiding tricky situations. Well done to @Derius Olivier, @Alexanderrr, @Morshedi @kiranshinde, all of whom managed greatly, with minimal refusals, and a couple of stucks in a couple of unavoidable soft bowls. Welcome back to the sand to @andy_macdxb. Thanks to @Josh T. for your availability to work the ropes, as well as thanks to @Trekado for assisting from the center of the convoy, and of course to @Foxtrot Oscar Angela for sweeping and providing guidance to the convoy. The drive ended after 60 km, covered in 2:43 hours of driving (3:52 hours total), at an average moving speed of 22 Km/h. Thanks to all for the enjoyable drive. Have a great week, and see you soon.

NO, Participant LUCK chooses the team, team lead, team name and fellow participants.

I am looking forward to supporting a drive led by you in the desert soon.

Excellent idea - @Carnity

Bravo!!!!! @Carnity for organising this!!

Since I joined @Carnity last year in July I learned a lot from every one . Honestly the leaders lead sessions lead by @Gaurav and supported by @Wrangeld and @Jeepie , sincere huge thank you to them , came to open a new door for us in off-roading . I needed to hear and see and to be involved in many and few things that are extremely essential to what we are coming for. From my side I will do the best what I can to maintain and develop this club SAFELY . thank you @Shaaz Shaand @Hisham Masaad for being together and I was honoured 🙏 I am looking forward to lead in the desert soon. Mohamed

Congratulations @GauravSoni 👍

Congratulations @GauravSoni

Dear @GauravSoni, congratulations for your deserved promotion. It is always a great pleasure to be in your company in a desert drive and if one thing is sure about you is that, should anything happen, you'll be there to help. Looking forward to the next drive toghether!

Congratulations @Gaurav Soni well done.

Excellent news, well done @GauravSoni

Congratulations @Gaurav Soni

Congrats Soni dear... Keep it up

Time to find out the best combination of "4X4 + Driver" With the weather being nice now, it's soon gonna be time to have full-day drives. Number one in my wish list is to show the real off-roaders ULTIMATE testing ground, we have seen in the UAE. We have discovered this place by chance during Al Quaa and Wagan Drive back in 2018. I was deceived by a tire track on the top perimeter of this monstrous bowl. Went inside to try the same and failed within a few meters and sucked inside that humongous bowl that I have never seen before in my life. I tried my level best and failed several times to get out. Finally, we used my winch line (30 meters) and 2 or 3 tow ropes to pull me uphill. So we named it a "Pajero Bowl". A nice memory of defeat. Recently, we have seen some Insta videos of a few cars conquering that Pajero bowl, maybe by power (which my Pajero lacked) or some topography changes (we don't know), I wish to re-visit this area again with a full-day drive plan. So that all you Intermediate, extreme and above drivers with powerful 4x4 have a chance to test your "ride + skills". Trust me it's no joke, and only for serious, brave-heart YET sensible off-roaders - STRICTLY. Running a poll here before posting a drive, to see how many of you are actually up for experiencing such a place in UAE sand. Tentative Date: 26 Nov 2021. Due to technical difficulty in reaching this area plus limited space to park cars at the top, only spectators with a winch will be allowed. As we need all the winch power we have in the club to help people exit out safely. @Lawrence_Chehimi @Niki @Shaaz Sha @Ahab Shamaa @Hisham Masaad @Ilya @Christian Andras @Lorenzo Candelpergher Tag others who you might think would be interested in this. Bowl.mp4 Pajero Bowl Recovery.mp4 Thank you @Asif Hussain for digging this modified FJC climbing out that bowl. Hope this video gives better dimensions of what is really needed to get out. Mod FJC climb.mp4

Hello I'm Claire I will be attending this friday - here are my responses to the questions below: Do you have any off road experience? No - only a brief intro on half desert road Does your car have tow points front and back? yes What is your car? Jeep Wrangler 2021 Grey Why are you joining the Absolute Newbie? I am new to offroading and new the the wrangler (or any 4x4 in general) I want to learn how to use the car correctly and develop confidence and techniques to progress ability to move ahead

Just to share, I got a pedal commander installed. Woah! amazing how this tiny tool can make such big impact on the throttle response of the Wrangler.

Bravo @GauravSoni, well deserved 👏👏 ! Whatever the drive, you are always supportive and enthusiastic !!

Congratulations @Gaurav Soni

Congratulations @Gaurav Soniwell done. Should have been happening long time. You were always an advisor 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

That’s wonderful dear Gaurav @Gaurav Soni very well deserved you have earned it truly . Congratulations bro 🎉👍

Congrats @GauravSoni, New suspension for the new rank, I see 😁

Great news!! Congrats @GauravSoni

Congrats @GauravSoni….. hope do see you bashing more dunes as a lead …..

Congrats @GauravSoni!

@GauravSoni Congratulations. Great news

Congrats @GauravSoni and well deserved

Welcome @GauravSoni, congratulations and well done

congrats @Gaurav Soni

Yay, congrats bro @GauravSoni, soon you’ll be leading our Sweihan drives 😁👍🏻

Congrats @GauravSoni very well deserved👏👏

Great news Gaurav @GauravSoni Well deserved . Good recognition along with your 100 drives 👏👏👏

Many Many congrats @GauravSoni 🍻

Wow..! Congratulations @Gaurav Soni 👏👏👏

Congratulations @GauravSoni 👏👏👏👏

Congratulations @GauravSoni

Congratulations @Gaurav Soni

well done bro...well deserved @Gaurav Soni .👍👏👏

Well done @GauravSoni !

Get ready for exciting winter off-road drives with outdoor fun. We have used the Summer to create, plan prepare an exciting, new and challenging program of drives for everyone to enjoy through the Winter season. Make sure to look out for the callouts (below) in the drive calendar and posts to let you know the drive is different, when deciding to sign up. Take a good read and decide if these are made ‘just for you’. We can promise, each of these drives delivers something special, out of the ordinary, and designed to meet your demands. Lookalike - make, shape, colour or region specific vehicles Nature-lover – discover, fauna, flora, wadis and wildlife Passion play – join like-minded hobbyists R&R – family and fun times Skill Development (SDD) – crests, criss-cross, technical, climbs, recoveries Team Sport – drive hard, play harder Pet Drives – Fun for all the family Fitness – drive & thrive (run, ride, hike, stretch)

Excellent @Gaurav! Definitelly signing up for it.

Congratulations @Prakash Anoop 👍🏼

@Rawad great news and I hope you did not have to wait too long for the recovery truck. The drive continued, we headed back close to where we paused. @Ale Vallecchi offered to extend the drive for a while. We managed to complete close to 80 Km over an interesting terrain of red sands, variety of flora and groves of ghaf trees. Everyone drove very well, there were just a few refusals and other obstacles that were sorted out with diligence. Thank you @Ale Vallecchi for having us in the drive today, thanks to @GauravSoni for his support as CF, @Jorge Stepniak Felippe for the first part as sweep, and to @Rob H for his help with Rawad's car. It was a pleasure driving today with all of you, have a nice week ahead.