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Dear friends, @Simon Dawood @Fabien Monleau @Zixuan Huang - Charlie @Chris Wing @Rob S @Charbel @Lawrence_Chehimi @Davie Chase @Tom B @Amir Amiri @JeromeFJ less than 12 hours away from our new adventure in Badayer. Hoping it will be fun and enjoyable. Below is the convoy order, and will be on radio channel 4. Will be meeting at 5:15 am, which will be good to make it little early to start moving as early as possible, trying to avoid the high temperatures. My mobile is 0506318834. Strong convoy, with many supports and experienced drivers. See you tomorrow morning, nice evening

Alright Sweihan boys and girls, we are less than 12 hours from the start of the drive. Convoy Numbering would be announced during the briefing. See you at 5:00 AM. P.S. Those who arrive late by the usual couple of minutes, will be volunteering for all the shoveling duties for tomorrow. 😂

Dear friends, it was a beautiful drive this morning. Departure facing the rising sun through the farms of Tawi Nizwa, the first set was smooth and easy, finding our way among the dunes, riding the smooth crests, going down a small slip face, progressively coming closer to Camel Rock. Reaching an elevated position, we had our first break, enjoying the view among the dunes until the last cars could clear a crossing that became soft. From there we made our way in the direction of Big Red, the dunes and ridges were becoming higher requiring more focus to keep the lines especially through some soft patches. Reaching Big Red itself, the faces were more steep, and a delicate crossing, going up, then down on the slip face, had at least 3 or 4 cars stuck, requiring shovelling team work. At this point the passenger of @Jose Thomas was not feeling well and was asking for an early exit. We rerouted to reach the tarmac, and @Michel Van Woudenberg took this opportunity to exit also, for the same reason. With a slightly shorter convoy, we were back on the sand for a few climbs along Big Red. Then, with more manoeuvrability, we tackled the succession of bowls and climbs of a tall dune. It was a pleasure to push the pace, and to see the convoy responding very well. …until @Suresh K got dragged into a deep pocket of soft sand. The recovery required a bit of time and efforts, and thanks to the hoist of @Hisham Masaad, he was able to get out without too much troubles. It was then time to reach the exit, and we did so crossing a last patch of technical dunes. Excellent 2nd lead from, @Federico Galbieri always keeping appropriate distance, and rerouting when needed, @Alfred Alinazar well driven, don’t hesitate on top of crests, keep enjoying, @Suresh K try to watch more the car in front on you to identify possible difficulties ahead, and focus on the instructions during recoveries, you will gain more confidence, @Jose Thomas also watch ahead to identify difficulties and be focused on the track, @Haitham Khattab well driven, watch your fish tailing on the side slopes, @Sergio Big Dawg nice to meet you, if you can drive more frequently, you will easily gain confidence, @Michel Van Woudenberg it was a pleasure to see the FJ40 on the sand, and you know how to handle it in the middle of a convoy, @Beide Worku, no issue at all, you have handled the F150 perfectly even in tight areas and over the crests, @Gerrit Bus always a pleasure to see the Gladiator in a drive, well driven also, @Tareck very reliable sweep as usual, thank you. Big additional thank you to @Hisham Masaad for his guidance and active support during the drive!

Dear Friends @Dr Tanveer Ahmed @Sam K @Indra Ozola @RiaanJH @Ignacio Quindos @Mahmoud Taha @Tareq Al Turq and @topgear Thank you all for RSVPing this drive and welcome to your favorite offroad club This grid block from mahafez to fossil rock and from khatam to Faya is one of the most famous areas that is frequently visited by off-roaders , tourists as well as small group campers for its unique charm and the breathtaking paint like background image wherever you move . I hope the weather will be on our side tomorrow , nevertheless please make sure to arrive on time at 05:00 ,or bit earlier the better, so we can move not later than 5:30 once you arrive to the meeting point ( https://goo.gl/maps/R1d7HHzgKzm3gDe76 )please immediately switch on your radio on channel 3 ( 446056 ) and start deflating to 12 PSI regardless of your tire type .please disable all your controls ( traction , airbags .. etc either by pulling off the appropriate fuse or via a kill switch if you have within your cockpit ) Put on your flags and make sure that your items are secured and ain’t loose in your truck . I recommend every one especially if it’s your first Fewbie to go though the following link about the ways how to cross dunes written by Frederic, for a refreshment https://carnity.com/forums/topic/14600-dune-crossing-tutorial-and-techniques in case of any emergency please don’t hesitate to reach me on my cell 0554045278 last but not least it’s with immense pleasure to inform you that our friend from Carnity team and a new leader @Rizwanm2 will be on board supporting us as well as taking partially the lead in our adventure trip P.S : all recoveries will be strictly done by myself or @Rizwanm2 More about safety and dune crossing will be during the brief on site please find below the convoy order Good luck and can’t wait to share all the fun with all of you tomorrow cheers

Thank you @JeromeFJfor leading today’s Adventure, Amazing drive full of fun & learning! Thanks @Hisham Masaadfor your instrumental support throughout the drive! Thanks @Federico Galbieri& @Tareck see you all in future drives! some pictures in gallery

Dear Sand Sailors Wow, what a convoy it's shaping up to be. It's a small convoy with Big vehicles- we have it all from F150 to Y62, LWB Jeeps to Pajeros and ofcourse the ever reliable Fj. And to top it all an equally diverse experience level - this is going to be fun 🙂🙂 This convoy size and overall diversity offers us a lot to play around - both in terms of what we can cover en-route as well as how we can play around with convoy order. So my plan is to have a dynamic, flexible concept drive. We will start off with order as below and based on how things go will shuffle around things to see how we can maximize experience for us all. Meeting Time - 5am sharp without any exception. We will be using Channel 2 on radio. My mobile number is 050 4430 882. In case reqd feel free to contact. Convoy Order Varun Mehndiratta in Grey LWB Wrangler in lead.. Followed by @Warren Flay in his Golden Pajero as SL (last time you were Sweep so let's start off with something diff this time). @FiNaR in his F150 kicking off his first FB drive at number 3. @sri ganesh in his Pajero at number 4. Then at number 5 comes the big news of drive - due to some car issue unfortunately @Shaaz Sha won't be able to join however we have @GauravSoni - the master of theme based drives. He in his LWB Pajero will be keeping the convoy strong in the Centre position.. Number 6 will be the @Jona in FJC. @salah2u in Patrol at number 7 And @Naim Aoun at number 8 sweeping the convoy in Jeep Wrangler. Looking forward to see you all at starting point. Please ensure you and your ride are well rested and fully loaded with fuel. 🙂

Dear all Desert Surfers, It was a pleasure to meet all of you today at Faqaa for the drive under @GauravSoni's lead. We started at 5.30 to exit at 9.30. Absolute stunner of a drive as expected from @GauravSoni. Its good to see a lead climbing on top of dunes and directing the convoy through difficult patches. Also not shying of taking out a shovel if its required and enough. So many times when I thought Gaurav would resort to using a rope he stubbornly insisted the old fashion way of shoveling. Reminded me of my early days in Carnity when Marshals like @Ale Vallecchi, @Wrangeld, @Chaitanya D, @Foxtrot Oscar, @Gaurav, @Rahimdad, @Frederic, @Vanessa8580 will climb up on the dunes and direct the convoy and shovel out a stuck. Thank you Gauravsoni for the traditional way. I can see you are on the track to be called Professor Gaurav with these actions and proper briefing with a toy car on how to criss cross, climb straight up, slide slope, ridge ride which are the essential skills demanded of an off roader. The track was good, bit bumpy but thats how offroading tracks are. Anyone shouldn't be expecting a smooth highway like the Sheikh Zayed Road in the middle of the desert. Sand was smooth and soft without any cross tracks. We achieved our target in time shows the quality of the convoy. Special thanks to Goutham @Looper, Gokul @Gok Krish & Prashanth @Pacific for the level headed and cool support extended whenever needed. Special commendations to @Tareq Al Turq for driving well in his 1st Fewbie Plus drive and to @Imteeaz, @salah2u, @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler, @Senthil Kumar, @Prakash Anoop, @KAMALIO, @ASAD. for joining the drive, driving well and exiting together at Solar Park. It was fun driving with you all and nice knowing some new faces, SEE YOU ALL SOON WROOMING IN THE SANDS. Will post some pictures in the gallery soon.

Thank you friends for a great drive. Special thanks to @JeromeFJ @Hisham Masaad @Tareck for keeping us moving. First time seeing Tire Traction blocks in action, learning more tricks with time

Thank you @JeromeFJ for the fun drive ans the detailed and spot-on recount!

Withdrawing my WL too , else I wont be invited for any night out social parties 😂🤞, Enjoy the drive folks:)

Dear Desertnauts Mystery solved! Based on the strength of the convoy we'll push a bit harder and a bit further, heading from Bab al Shams' Oryx feeding ground to Ghantoot's Oryx herds. Meeting point posted here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zdU11j1wZpNPtdsn7 It's the usual place where we meet for Absolute Newbie drives. From here we'll reach by dirt track the Crescent Lake, to proceed south west toward Ghantoot's outskirts. Convoy order will be as follows: @Ahmed Wagdy in Second Lead @James Lovell #3 @Wafi Ziadeh at #4 @Anoop Das #5 @Thomas Varghese at Center Forward @Stan Hassett at #7 @Nitin Mohan #8 @Murad Hamed at #9 @Farook Veettil #10, and @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler will Sweep. Please reach the meeting point a bit earlier than 3:00, so we may deflate quickly and depart ASAP. Radio communication will be on Carnity Channel #1 (446.006). See you tomorrow.

It was great morning. I enjoyed it a lot, many new learnings. @Islam Soliman thank youleadership your leadership and others, I am looking forward to meet you again the next weekend:)

See you in a few hours @JeromeFJfyi I’m bringing my 1978 fj40 tomorrow, just in case that means you want me in another place in the convoy.

I have checked @Ranjan Das on line found the same petrol station.

Congratulations @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler! Well done mate!

Thanks a lot @Jaro Tuzinsky for taking the initiative to help here 👏👏👏

Information This drive is organized in full compliance with the COVID19 guidelines. We expect every member that joins this drive to go through below information and strictly follow these guidelines in order not to jeopardize someone's health, and to ensure we can keep organizing these drives safely. MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: COVID19 Precautions Mandatory Safety Requirements Ban from Carnity Off-road Club Two Way Radio Guidelines Drive Details Level: Fewbie level and above When: 29 May 2022 morning , Sunday Meeting time: 05:00 (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/R1d7HHzgKzm3gDe76 Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance. What to bring along: Loads of water, snacks (for yourself), face mask, rubber gloves, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Approximate finish time: 09:00 AM THIS IS A COMPRESSOR ONLY DRIVE. WE WILL END THE DRIVE AT A POINT WHICH IS NOT CLOSE TO AN AIR LINE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A COMPRESSOR, PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS DRIVE. IF YOU ARRIVE AND HAVE NO COMPRESSOR YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO JOIN THE DRIVE LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE: Limited to 10 Fewbie and above drivers. RSVP will close on Saturday - 9 AM. If the RSVP is full and you wish to join, please mention your name on the drive thread to add on the waiting list. Latecomers will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS. Members without RSVP will be returned back - without ANY EXCEPTIONS. Please withdraw your RSVP, if you aren't joining, so your spot can be taken by others. Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month. Please RSVP on Below Calendar:

@Ranjan Das, @Mohamad Anwer for all drives at Sweihan the nearest fuel pump is ADNOC Service Station at Sweihan (960) https://goo.gl/maps/5VssrMmaohvLHK2W9

I am really sorry @M.Seidam, i appologise for the drive tomorrow as i am not feeling well. All the best in your drive 🙏

Thank you for perfect introduction my dear friend @M.Seidam. See you all tomorrow morning. 👍🏽

Great! Thanks @Mohamad Anwer

Sorry @Ranjan Dasthere us a closer one please see attached.

Hi All, on E66, ADNOC Al Bida (859) seems to be the nearest fuel station to the starting point. Any other suggestions?

@Hisham Masaadiam withdrawing for tomorrow drive. enjoy guys.

Dear Carniteers @Adam James @Anirudh Dayma @Alfie Argana @Yogesh Chaudhary@Jonny90@Dodi Syahdar@Zubair@Alex Hollands @Ashok chaturvedi Please find your convoy positions in above list. I hope to see you all bright and awake at 05:30AM at below location: https://goo.gl/maps/CZGb6DH6hWnXCwim8 Please bring your deflator, flag, shovel, and radio. We will be using Carnity Channel 1: 446.00625 Mhz Have a look at below briefing video to refresh your basics: MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING See you tomorrow !

@Hisham Masaadam withdrawing my WL due to some personal commitments. See u soon…have a safe drive…

Thanks Gaurav i just got confused from the drive list

@varunmehndiratta I can't attend tomorrow. Sorry for the late notice....

Thanks for adding me @Frederic I'll be with my other half, she has a Canon 77D with an 18-135mm f/3.5 lens. Looking forward to it!😃

Dear Desert Drivers @Federico Galbieri @Alfred Alinazar @Suresh K @Jose Thomas @Haitham Khattab @Sergio Big Dawg @Hisham Masaad @Michel Van Woudenberg @KKIRAN @Beide Worku @Gerrit Bus @Tareck I hope you're all looking forward to the drive tomorrow. Tawi Nizwa is one of the iconic starting points for Carnity, and I'm sure most of you have already driven in this area. But it offers so many possible variations that each drive remains unique. It will be a mix of smooth dunes, some high climbs, nice ridges and bowls, a bit of technical... and of course a nice desert environment. Passengers are ok, provided that they have taken the necessary precaution for motion sickness. As a reminder, they are not allowed to drive. Check your radio, and tune it to Channel 2. Take as much rest as you can before the drive, you will need your full focus and concentration for the early morning ! The meeting is 5:15 am at https://goo.gl/maps/dmvrVEahLQhQyzyP6 The convoy order will be

@varunmehndiratta thanks for adding me, I will be attending…

Dear Sand Sailors Hope you all are having a nice week and are looking forward for the weekend ahead. @Beide Worku@salah2u you have been added to the drive. Please confirm your availability for the same. All others who were already added to the drive please ensure that in case of any change in plans do update the RSVP by end of the day today. @Paolo Morresi @Paolo PellegriniPellegrini @FiNaR @Jona @Naim Aoun @Quresh Pajero @sri ganesh @Warren Flay Looking forward to see you all. Cheers

@Srikumarplease find the closest Sweihan meeting point to Dubai 🙏 for 5.00 am 😃 😊 🙂 😀 😄

Congratulations Deepak @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler, well done !

Get enough people to camp, and we can wake each other up. @Waqas Parvez has been a very good alarm system for me recently 😛

Early rise 3am job 😢 😭

@SrikumarLooking forward to your drive . Could you please provide the meeting point location so we can plan our departure from dxb well in advance.

ofcourse, but dont get too cozy on a cool desert night as you still might not wake up on time

@Srikumar Are tents allowed in Sweihan? 😂, just to make sure we are not late😎!

Congratulations @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler on Fewbie+ promotion, well done.

First on WL! You better take me in @Hisham Masaad🤣

To criss cross, the most important is the technique: The approach angle to the ridge, getting your self parallel to the ridge, ridding it and then crossing over. In my opinion, this can be done in most dunes if the basics are followed, unless ofcourse if there are rocks on the other side. But that's the risk the Lead takes. The Lead also keeps in mind the convoy level that is driving behind and whether everyone would be able to do it safely. On bigger and taller dunes, in addition to the possible fear factor one should do it with the least amount of indecisiveness. If you are at the middle or the back of the convoy, you need to trust that if the cars in front have done it, I can do the same.

Good question @salah2u. Yes there are definitely dunes which are not advisable to criss-cross, either because they have a sharp drop, or the shape is irregular. The trip lead or marshal will usually be able to assess this by side sloping on that dune first and having a look at the other side. Based on the drive level (Fewbie, Fewbie Plus, IM, or Extreme) he will be able to choose if it's doable to criss-cross with the convoy or not. In Qudra area for example there are some areas where you have rock formations at the bottom of the dune. These surrounding dunes can be tricky to criss-cross as you don't want to end up inbetween those rocks.

@Srikumar I reluctantly need to pull out from the drive tomorrow 😔 but looking forward to the next one 👍 Maybe this gives @ASAD. a chance to come off the waitlist, onto the drive. Have fun everybody!

Hi @Frederic have to travel Tuesday morning, so won't be able to join. Thanks

Was really looking forward to join this drive over the weekend but have to withdraw due to personal reasons. Have removed my RSVP to make space for others. Have fun guys!!

Sorry team..just reached dubai…will not be able to join. Sorry for late withdrawal