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Hello ... Thank you guys for signing up and making it on time to the meeting point. It was a chilling day to start with and after the deflation and briefing we were on our way to hit the sand. It was a bit slow and difficult for us at the start with those cross tracks and churned up sand where we had few refusals , but every one did exceptionally well. Good work guys. After our share of initial refusals.. i think the convoy woke up 😜 and then we were all unstoppable.. It was a pleasure to drive with you guys and enjoyed it. Thank you @Matt.T for a well executed sweep and @Chinthaka Ruwan for all your help and support as the CF. You guys were amazing today. Though we had a very capable convoy..you guys were up to the mark when and where needed . Thank you guys. Thank you @Thomas Varghese and @Aisha Sfor your partial 2nd leads. You people managed to bring out your best as 2nd leads. well done and keep it up guys. @Aisha S..you did a great job in handling your car in those side slopes and soft sand.. good work and keep it up. @Adhir Saxena and @Gregory.. the Pajero boys of the convoy.. did really good .. You did catchup with the convoy in all the ways possible.. except a few times due to the super soft churned up sand.. 👏👏👏👍. @Bernard Kalaani, @munkybizness, @Chris Wing and @imranaasghar81...i believe you had a blast today.. didn't seem to have any issues and didn't hear much from you guys on the radio. Good work guys. Thank you all once again for a super charged drive and making it all the way to our exit point with out any issues. You guys were all amazing. see you soon guys..😃. some pics in the gallery

nominee for photo of the month? 😅

This drive was extra special as I got the chance to do two things: run through Area 53, and the second - meeting more new people at Carnity. Familiar names on the forums were unmasked (within restrictions) and it was an absolute pleasure to share this convoy with you fine folks. Area 53 unleashes a continuous ridge riding climb that makes it both challenging and insanely fun. Never a dull moment, thank you @Shaaz Shafor unraveling this area for me. In the center, @Chinthaka Ruwan, your 300k+ X is a beast that does not relent. Thank you for keeping the second half strung tightly to the forward. @imranaasghar81is so fly that he runs his lights during the day and is obsessing over the left side of the car that I don’t really think is askew. Put those eccentricities aside , and just hearing you roar up the bowls with sand flowing through your chromed wheels was a sight to behold. @Chris Wing, I am going to take a lot of lessons from how you made space, the lines you took when holding and the leisurely pace you took had me in awe. Sorry for bleeding your ears with my EDM. The drive was such a trance. @Bernard Kalaani, your topless look really suits you and following you helped me tune out and play some sick tunes, which inadvertently led to me putting a frown on my bash plate @Aisha S, you made short work of so many climbs today. Watching you and your SWB from a distance was a joy. And as @Thomas Vargheseput it, you’re the only Wrangler he’s seen not fishtail. Great control over your machine @Adhir Saxena, I look forward to driving with you soon! And @Gregory, two drives in one week with you on the same convoy is always a pleasure. @Matt.T, thank you for keeping the end tight See you all out on the sands again soon!

@John Vanderbleek I am @Chaitanya D and not chaita 🤣🤣 Vow @Russ, great feedback on everyone. The way you are progressing I would love to be supporting one of your leads soon 👍🏼

Great drive @sertac! Many thanks for choosing a nice route so that me in my new car ( @Thomas Varghese it was 422k, what’s with that huge discount my friend 🤣) got a nice workout AND my friends and I had an amazing time. They also understood why we drive in convoys now and were mightily impressed with all the helpful people around in the middle of a desert Special thanks to @Srikumarand @Warren FlayFor their assistance, it was very much appreciated especially with @PaoloMarazitirecent incident fresh in my mind 😱 PS @Fredericyou seemed a bit disappointed when you arrived on the scene mate? Not sure if it’s because you were expecting my FJ40 or because it was too late to render assistance !? hahaha Clearly it was my own fault for getting it stuck where I did but I learned to steer down quicker and use the power of the car even in the same ride a few times after this mishap, that’s what I’m looking to get out of this, fun and better driving so mission achieved and no need for apologies 🙏🏻 upwards & onwards guys !

@Chaitanya D a great Friday morning drive in superb terrain, thank you for leading us all through this area and giving opportunities for all drivers to practice going up and down dunes, side sloping and driving in technical areas. After a chilly early morning briefing we started our exploration. @John Vanderbleek showed his experience with a solid 2nd lead. @Anna Dillon did great in her first drive for a couple of months. One moment of hesitation led to a cresting but otherwise a good drive. @takeshi sobue handled his FJ very well with minimal issues. Just a small reminder to acknowledge radio messages so we know that you have received them. @Omar ElGamal After a few issues early on you drive really well. I hope your arms aren’t too sore today after the self-recovery effort 😉 @Imran Kashif Well driven, any hesitation you feel now will surely disappear soon with more drives. @Osama M grew in confidence as the drive went on and handled the big QX80 with great skill! @Bharath Rao Apart from a couple of unfortunate stucks from standing starts you drove great. The lesson with avoiding getting stuck from a stationary position is trying to avoid stopping on soft sand if possible and also on flat or a decline gradient. One blessing in disguise is that you got to practice self recovery twice which will benefit you in the future! @Salman Farooq I believe this was your first drive with Carnity so welcome to the club! You will overcome your hesitation as time goes on and avoid some of the situations you found yourself in yesterday. You did well in the self-recovery situation. Remember to follow radio instructions clearly and when a senior driver issues a left or right instruction it will always be your left and right, not theirs. It was great to meet and drive with you all. Please go to the gallery section to find some pictures of the day 📸 Hope to see you soon 🌵

Was a great drive! Slowly getting used to my truck, and dropping my tyres by an extra 2psi made a huge difference. As I said on the radio, nobody ever needs to apologise for any delays. It’s all part of the fun, and we learn together and support each other. Hope to see you all again soon!

@Shaaz Sha 3 drives in 3 weeks has been great! Thanks for another good one today - beautiful and challenging terrain in area 53.... thanks @Matt.T and @Chinthaka Ruwan for keeping us all together. Great to see familiar faces.. Appreciate everyone's patience towards the end when I didn't make that dune, and my subsequent try's - a bit disconcerting for me, as hasn't happened before - even though I know my rev limiter issue. Must now find some ways around the problem, and move forward. Have a good week everyone 👍

thank you chelsea! you did great today always a pleasure

Thank you @Shaaz Shafor an excellent drive. Thank you @Chinthaka RuwanAnd @Matt.T for executing the CF and sweep positions to perfection and all my fellow convoy mates for a good saturday morning.. until next time.

@Zedwe also need a high rated ratchet, the one I have holds up to 50 or 80kg. It will break as soon as you start inflating.

My first drive back after a year. Had a great day out, really lovely bunch of ppl on this drive. Looking forward to meeting you all again. Thanks @Brette for giving me the confidence of being in safe hands after my first drive back nerves!

I drive geo at 9 - 10 psi regularly and only popped once in last 5+ year due to unavoidable high speed bump at slip face. You can try again at 10 and avoid fighting gravity aggressively, as reported by Lawrence, by choosing higher lines. If you lose the line then little course correction is acceptable than sliding all the way through slip face, its lucky you had a pop out than a roll over. For pop out, as I mentioned to double check your rim offset compare to stock rims as that's where aftermarket rims pop out become difficult. If it's original, then Method should share the technique to use (if any) to fix these in desert. I was thinking of buying tire mounting lube after yesterday's incident, to see if tire seating for such difficult rims can be handled easily.

Thank you @Gaurav for the lovely day, master class on pop-out, the blast of a ride we had in the end and most importantly for me, the control tips - can't wait to try them out. Thank you Lawrence for all the support @Gok Krish @MMansoor@JamesThorn@Josh T.@Gilbert Khalil@Lawrence_Chehimi@Charbel@Zed@Werno@Daniel Yang - it was nice meeting and driving with you. hope to see you soon. Some snaps in the gallery.

Thank you @Ale Vallecchi for the very nice drive this morning. It was great to go back to the DTC tracks, and to see that cutting through the technical areas was totally manageable for a group of good drivers. Still it was amazing to see the big cars, Y62 for @Rawad and @Lawrence_Chehimi, and the trucks of @Amir Amiriand @Dodi Syahdar keeping the flow in the tight dunes and narrow bowls. Congratulations for the lead @Ale Vallecchi, we did a great time, and it removes nothing to the performance of Richard@Wrangeld and his team. They did it discovering the WP on the spot, they are the real champions ! The second part of the drive, was just pleasure and enjoyment to wander through the wider area between Solar Park and Qudra, with a convoy in perfect configuration, 2 Jeeps, 2 FJs, 2 Y62, 2 trucks ! @Sunil Mathew, it was nice driving with you, @Archibald Jurdi also, I hope your car can get fixed without too much troubles (great mechanical support from @Lawrence_Chehimi). Thank you all for the drive !

@Hisham Masaad great drive today really enjoyed the climbs especially the snaking climb we did towards the end. This was a challenging drive and eveyone without exception drove Exceptionally well which made the whole experience very enjoyable thanks to @KAMALIO @Naim Aoun @Mohamad Anwer @Vaibhav @Reggie Landicho @Davie Chase @Mario Cornejo @Ahmad Shaker @Trekado @Fabien Monleau @Stav @Simon Claes @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil the support team were also assume as usual thanks again for a great drive

@Shaaz Sha Thanks for the excellent drive today. Everyone did fantastic otherwise we would not be able to reach Shuwaib. Few times we tried to cover full track and couldn't do that. Excellent work. Thanks @Matt.T for the support. See you all soon. Have a great week.

Very enjoyable drive and could see the skill levels improving as drive continued. Driving behind Chaita proved to be an easy task as he managed the drive to the skill levels of all. I am still learning about “Momentum”…it can be your friend if you learn to build and control it. Each driver and their vehicle develop momentum in different methods…learn with your vehicle how to develop it as your greatest friend…especially when you are in soft sand. Looking forward to next drive!

I remember in one of the drives F+ I guess we had I situation of difficult pop out fixing and instead of rope we used a ratchet ( same idea ) and worked like magic . If I remember it was @Jeandre Bezuidenhout idea .

yes i think safer to deflate again after bead is seated to prevent the pressure from flying to someone's face 😂 the ratchet method is just to seat the bead, may need to remind this before experimenting 😁

I plan to camp overnight after the drive, if anyone is interested you are most welcome to join.

@Shaaz Sha thanks for this mornings drive, it was good fun with plenty of variety and challenges for all. Great attitude from the whole convey and most enjoyable. Thanks hopefully see you again soon.

@GauravPlease add me to waitlist

Dear @KAMALIO @Naim Aoun @Mohamad Anwer @Vaibhav @Reggie Landicho @Davie Chase @Mario Cornejo @Ahmad Shaker @Trekado @Fabien Monleau @Stav @Simon Claes @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil below the convoy order. Would appreciate the arrival about 20 minutes early to be ready to start sharp on 2 pm.

Trip Report That was an action packed drive - Fast pace sideys, criss crossing, a challenging recovery (in another convoy), technical dunes, shoveling, tugging, you name it, we had it all. I was driving with most members for the first time. So it was personally a challenge to set the right drive pace based on an unknown convoy strength. But the entire convoy was on the top of their game throughout the drive. We started off with a nice easy pacd in the long range dunes playing and circling on some nice virgin sands. That's when we got a call from @sertac's Fewbie convoy in Qudra, that had a vehicle stuck at a nasty angle. So off we went to help out in any possible way. When we reachwd the vehicle was already well secured and all it now needed was some careful manoeuvering. With some good team work from both convoy members and with Sertac behind the wheel, the car was recovered pretty quickly. From this point onwards the pace that was set was something every drive partipant should be proud off. With the convoy performing very well and us covering most of the long range dunes, I felt it's time to throw a different challenge, Technical dunes (closer to Little Sweihan). With patches of powder soft sand, the going started getting increasingly difficult. But what we didn't cover interms of distance, we compensated by some excellent teamwork. I am sure by the end of the drive every one had done their fair share of shoveling. As @Daniel Rodas mentioned I am still old school, rope is an option only after shoveling fails. An excellent SL by @Naveen Raj who still amazes me everytime with a 3.0 LWB Pajero and thanks to @Felix Obst for helping out with all the sweep duties. To the rest of the convoy members @Tom V @Alexanderrr @Daniel Rodas @Enrico Biscaro @Joji varghese @Rsjiv Samuel some brilliant driving and it was a pleasure driving with all of you. Till we meet again on the sands, take care.

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