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Wonderful drive on the weekend. Absolute stunner. Everybody showed up on time and drove very well. Definitely an IM drive. The fun with IM drives are there are rare refusals and stucks. @Shaaz Sha made up for this by giving breaks in between for catching our breath. As @Charbel commented I felt I was in a motocross. Completely exhausted my built up extra energy for the weekend fun. It was nice catching up with old friends and having a chit chat in between, especially @Ahab Shamaa. Long time I didn't drive with him and it was fun watching him race the dunes from behind. Some pictures posted in the gallery. thanks @Ranjan Das for a perfect second lead and @Matt.T & @Alexander Alcala for the excellent support.

@Shaaz Shayou never fail us to pull out exciting and challenging drives. at some point i felt like racing in autodrome 🚘 😀

IT WAS AN AWESOME DRIVE!👋 Thank you @Wrangeld for an amazing lead as always and being the 3rd car in the convoy, it's nice to see how you do your magic even in 2WD! 😁 Excellent support at the back with @Alex Raptor and @Niki at the middle as well as lending your extra radio. And to the rest of the team, thank you for your understanding as we cut short the fun. My rig is ready as I'm writing this.🙏 Until next time...

Thanks @topgear for your nice feedback ( oh didn’t know that there was a motion sickness pill 💊😄, thanks to @munkybizness ). Actually theses pills work perfect when given one hour before the intended event . Nevertheless ( possibly it was the combination of the pill , advice and the jet lag 😉 ) I am glad that he was fine 🙏 thanks for the nice capture of my” trap stuck “ 🤣 actually it didn’t look bad as the reality may seemed .😅 See you my friend soon .🙏

Trip Report Dear friends @munkybizness @Zixuan Huang - Charlie @topgear@Gregory @Warren Flay@Bernard Kalaani@Daniel Yang@Gilbert Khalil what a pleasant morning to start by meeting some friends @Rizwanm2 and @Daniel Yang at the first gas station along the way to lisaili. Still I had to stope one more time again as I realized that the tank was just at three quarter full ! Apparently the guy didn’t make it full.still there in the next one I met @Gaurav fueling up his Pagero. Real pleasure . … I said to my self it’s our day today and it was . At the meeting point every one was on time. Flagging up and deflating after which an inside radio check and brief was done and we started our trip warming up slowly slowly till we got to the northern long range dunes of lisaili where we encountered the first stuck which was the only one for the whole trip . Please guys if any one got a pict of the nose of my Xterra kissing the ground in almost 60 degree up/ down have it in the gallery 😀 . I knew it was coming so I immediately gave the instruction to my second lead to reroute as appropriate and @Zixuan Huang - Charlie just perfectly did it. It didn’t take of much time to clear the path in front of the front of the car and the rest was just a piece of cake. Thank you guys for the shoveling exercise .🙏 Moving again slightly faster in pace after this physical warming and here it’s worth mentioning that the ridges and hardness of the ground precluded “formal” ridge riding and crisscrossing . I took it just easy and when ever it gets better we had some of that. .. our first break was at the Sabkha for about 10 min for a streach and I could have my sec cup of my home made espresso ☕️ Containing south crossing dunes one after the other till we joined the Baja track for a short while to re enter the dunes again before it’s end south again and keeping the Chimney as to my left as possible 😀 Now I felt the sand more softer and having more cushioning feel on descent so we enjoined in and out bowling in slightly faster and safer till we had to stop for a while to check Charley’s rising coolant temperature which it turned to be of no apparent major cause and transient . The other reason Topgear passenger felt unwell slightly . Being rested and comfortable I took an easier course toward the exit and by the time we were near the tarmac at solar park it was only 10:40 almost . Topgear , Gelbert Khalil and warren flay preferred to exit at that point and after checking that all ok and thanking them the remaining convoy and in agreement continued for anther almost one hour and that was in Qudra where we found the sand quality in between of lisaili and solar park. We played till the content of our heart to have our last break at my favorite crescent moon lake after which we exited at Bab shams where it was pointing to 11:50 on my watch . I have to say that I enjoyed my day today with you guys and every one of you did more than great and really drove very well. Thanks for being there enjoying supporting and sharing the passion . till we meet next time take care drive safe and have a good week ahead cheers P.S some pictures in Gallery and 👇 a relive

Thanks @Shaaz Sha for wonderful drive, all guys did great job. Good to see all familiar faces. Have a great shining Sunday. Missed @Gok Krish.

Great morning drive @Ale Vallecchi the weather was indeed a perfect occasion to practice on technical dunes and you led us though a beautiful, long, challenging and rewarding path ! Thank you and good to see friends and new friends in the sand

Thanks a lot everyone, it was indeed a nice drive.! Grateful to @Frederic and Rizwan for their support throughout the journey.

Drive Report Upon my arrival at the meeting point this morning i was greeted by a nice pond in front of us, where we used to have the official meeting point. Thanks to @M.Seidam his information, we lined up along the cycle track and once deflated, headed into the dirt track from where we did the briefing. The sand was maybe forgiving today, but honestly you guys and gals rocked ! Your enthusiasm and willingness to help others was spot on and that's what we love so much about these drives. A few highlights: - @Faiz Amir who brought the humongous Armada, was perfect as second lead. There was one hiccup where i crossed a dune and descended into a very rocky area, and thanks to him he did not follow and listened to my instructions perfectly and swift. - @Ayman Alqwasmi who took the challenge of bringing the Koleos, accepted the challenge with bravoure and drove excellent ! - @Yasirimam who was always immediately out and about to share his compressor, and help with the small inflation issue on @Jessica Lambert, you are a fantastic team player and i look forward driving with you again ! - @Mahmoud Taha Driving the Xterra without apprehension, they are fantastic offroad vehicles and you will surely get the best out of it. - The boys and girls towards the center and back, @Jessica Lambert @Thian @Simon Innes @Saleh Kuba @Beide Worku @Yesu Yarlagadda you all drove superb today, i hope you had a good time ! If you have photos to share, please feel welcome to put them in our gallery: Absolute Newbie - Al Qudra - Dubai - 9 Jan 2022 - Carnity.com Thanks to @Rizwanm2 for his great support ! PS @Jessica Lambert your Motorola radio will be useful for our Carnity Channels 1 till 4 (on your radio these will be 1,3,5,7) but you will need a radio that allows you to program all our channels. You will find a topic on that below: A Baofeng UV5r will only set you back 75dhs and could be your perfect backup in case we are using channels 5 till 10 on any of the drives. Moving forward you all will be joining the Newbie drives and not an Absolute Newbie drive anymore. Drives are announced every Monday at 11am, and they go live on Monday evening at 7pm. Due to the high demand, these drives get full in about 10 minutes, so please be online at 7 pm to book your spot. If you miss a spot, put your name on the waitlist asap. Generally, by Thursday with dropouts everyone does get a spot if they have waitlisted. For the next drives, please bring along a deflator, pressure gauge, flag, compressor and radio as a MANDATORY requirement. Learn to deflate your tires and checking them precisely Learn to fix a flag on your car Learn to program and fully charge your radio MUST READ: Offroad Club Structure, Levels and Rules Off roading - Everything you need to know Transfer your previous off-road experience Mandatory Safety Requirements Off Road Driving - Roles & Responsibilities Tire pressure deflation for off road driving Dune Crossing Tutorial and Techniques Emergency details for all off-roaders Off road Club Grading Structure V.3.0 Team Carnity Grading Structure V.1.0 Multicultural Off Road Club in UAE Carnity Off-road Certification Off road Driving Etiquette's Levels of Offroad Drive Off-road Convoy Rules Carnity Drive Notification

Thank you friends for joining. Was really good to have this drive today, despite being busy with tracks. We somehow managed to make a lot of climbs, and moved for about 58 km. It was a shovel and rope free drive. All stucks and refusal were self managed, thank you @Peter Hager and @Vaibhav for supporting us, and going the drivers whenever required. @Waqas Parvez you were a perfect SL. Pleasure to meet you for first time @Omar ElGamal and @Morshedi , amazing driving capabilities. @Bruno Finel @Ahmad Shaker @Trekado good to see you again. Below our drive info and track. Look forward to meet again in sand. Take care, and good week ahead Hisham

It was pleasure to meet you my friend @M.Seidamtoday morning, looks like you had an exiting drive today morning, I think you had a surprise stuck over there with your nose dive. and you might have even more surprised when you stick your shovel to that hard sand. i felt like we are shoveling some wet concrete today morning, 🤪

Thank you @M.Seidam for the fantastic drive (as always) and accommodating my passenger’s request for a short break due to motion sickness. Thanks @munkybizness for the motion sickness pill. He felt okay after that and fell asleep 😁. He was not sure if it was the pills or jet lagged as he arrived yesterday. I thought it was better for us to leave at Solar Park and let him have a relaxing afternoon. Back to the drive, I personally enjoy these sort of drives where we cross over to different deserts and we could see the different terrain, sands color and such. Today, I also learnt to drive gently and smoothly (for my passenger’s well-being ) so that I minimize sudden acceleration or braking which was what I tend to do. It gave me a different perspective to driving. I am quite pleased with my efforts. @M.Seidam i managed to capture these

Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/QcWUZQnkeyw6U8QF9

Post Drive Report 'We Can be Heroes, if just for one day...' You can only drive to the conditions in which you find the sand, which let's face it were perfect today. As everyone here is a Fewbie, you've all driven enough in dry, sandy conditions to understand how lucky we were with the hard, packed sand on almost the whole route. We did 2 drives in one, had 18 cars in the convoy. That's probably a record in Carnity for a Fewbie drive and for sure a record for a drive covering 65km+. Ridges ridden, crisses crossed, sides sloped. It was immense. A single pop out, and one or two small recoveries were the only unplanned stops in the drive. We met the IM convoy of @Ale Vallecchias we crossed over the gas pipeline (taking exceptional care not to encroach at any time on the boundaries of that facility) and covered technical dunes with little more than a moment of hesitation. We even had an unexpected additional driver that the Carnity system had shifted unbeknown to me into the drive attendees. Thanks everyone for making it a memorable drive. @Alex Raptor @Niki - truly, the A team. @Richard Franks excellent 2nd lead (different to last time, for sure). Everyone else, excellent. Far too many to mention. It was a privilege. See you soon in the sand

Thanks @Wrangeld, all for a great drive! A few pics to remember the day in the gallery.

its great to meet bunch of new faces with smile and enthusiasm on sunday morning, Also i had pleasure to meet @Frederic new desert companion. it was real unicorn, 👍 everybody managed very well today. unsurprisingly the sand was much forgiving due to the dampness. hope to see you all regularly on coming weekends. Have a nice week ahead, 👍

Thanks @Shaaz Sha for the guidance and feedback.Seems like I get my throttle now and will get better with further rides with you guys ! Learned a few things about tire pop out and tips on getting it fixed. Thanks @Brette for the safe drive today. Amazing ride and thank you !

Drive RSVP is closed now. Please find your convoy numbering below. We will use channel: 1 - 446.006'25 No Radio, No Flag = No Drive. @Pieter Potgieter, @Murad Hamed, @Asem Rashwan, @Zeeshan Patel, @Mo., @Tareq Al Turq, @Melenany, @Yogesh Chaudhary, @ASAD., @Brendan White, @Markus B, @Joseph Raju, @Simon Hope Gaurav 1999 Silver Pajero Pieter Potgieter Wrangler Sport Murad Hamed 2019 Patrol Y61 Falcon Zeeshan Patrol Y62 Asem Rashwan Ford explorer 2008 Mo. 2014 wrangler sahara Tareq Al Turq Toyota Prado 2012 Melenany F150 Lariet Yogesh Chaudhary 2014 Gold Pajero ASAD. 2010 White Prado Brendan White 2013 Nissan Xterra Markus B 2006 Silver Wrangler Joseph Raju 2006 White Patrol Simon Hope 2018 Silver Wrangler

With me in the convoy, I will not let you reach the 100% 😈😈😜😜!!! Wow!! What a drive @Ale Vallecchi..with the margham bowls to warm up, followed by some long range and then to finish off with some back breaking, steering work out type , super technical area , reaching the "infamous" chimney as you put it ..thanks for clearing up the mystery behind the "infamy". It was simply awesome, and to borrow @Looper's words - 10/10 intense!! Good to meet @Jorge Stepniak Felippe, @Xavier Treasurer and @siddharth maheshwari Pleasure to join the stalwarts @Ranjan Das, @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil, @Ashok chaturvedi, @Thomas Varghese Looking forward to the next one..

It was a freezing morning today, with temperature just about 19 degrees, and we were all prepared and ready at the meeting point. We cautiously entered the desert after the radio check and briefing. Due to recent downpour, the sand had compacted to the point that it was as good as driving on an unpaved road. We had all excellent trails to follow after around half an hour of driving, and thank you @Brette for a wonderful morning drive. It was a- step up -from a newbie drive, and I hope everyone liked it as much as I did. Everyone in the convoy performed admirably,👍 and I enjoyed it even more because there were no stranded vehicles.😃😃 We had very few minor refusals and didn't utilize any of our recovery gears like, rope or a shovel. We had two breaks to stretch our legs, and during the second break, we discovered that @Quresh Motiwala car had a semi-pop out, which was quickly sorted out. You all were incredible today , and I appreciate everything you did to make it such a wonderful day. Thank you so much to @Patrick van der Loo for a fantastic second lead. @Joao, the FJ member did a great job buddy. you are in sync with your car had no issues at all.👏 The Pajero boys @Emanuel @Mohammed Talib Ali Rizvi, @BHANU PRAKASH VISHWANATH and @Quresh Motiwala... you guys did an excellent job. Keep up the good work, gentlemen. @ASAD. did a fantastic job maneuvering, and it was lovely to watch you cruise so smoothly, keep it up buddy. @Nathanand @Mark D : The big boys did a fantastic job. @Nathan'Thank you for a well-executed CF part. You both did a terrific job with your beast trucks today @Antony Abraham, after the early refusals, you did a fantastic job with your wrangler and made it all the way to the exit. Keep up the good work👏. @Jose Thomasthe Xterra guy (like me 😊 ) Boyyy you kept the Xterra pride up... 👍😄. It was nice meeting you in carnity convoy after our first meeting in the sand months ago. You did a fantastic job, friend. In the gallery, some of my photographic experiments...(seriously, I'm working hard to improve it. 😆 😜) Thank you so much, and I hope to see you again soon.

Thank you @Ale Vallecchifor one of my best drive so far. Loved all the tracks and it was very well planned! was indeed a great experience to drive with all the fellow drivers and those interactive chats on Camel 🐫. See you all soon in next drive.

Thanks @Wrangeld @Alex Raptor and @Niki for an excellent drive. Had a great morning out, saw some awesome sites none less than the new dorm camel that nearly melted Alex’s heart. Had some great information from richardpedia, saw an epic light show curtesy of the solar panels and the company and banter was awesome, lastly, the wife enjoyed it. So all in all in a fantastic way to spend a Saturday morning. Thank you all again appreciated.

@Wrangeld thanks for a great drive today. As someone said; we scored 2 drives in one today. Certainly one of my most memorable drives to date. Also enjoyed the radio banter along the way!