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Thanks @Hisham Masaad and @Brette for lovely morning drive. Good job @munkybizness as CF. Your support was impeccable. Good to see some new faces and old ones too. Special thanks to@Mohamad Anwer for coaching me 😂. @Simon Dawood thank you for taking care of the tail.

Dear Sand Sailors With less than 18 hours to go for this drive through the treacherous dunes of Little Sweihan, find below the convoy order and other details. Looking forward to see you all, let’s bring our A game on.. nothing less than that would work in this terrain. We have a long convoy and a good mix of experience - so let’s implement the Platoon concept we experimented with in our last drive. Believe most of you are aware of the same, for others will share during the pre drive briefing. Channel : 3 Meeting Time : 530am Meeting Point : https://maps.app.goo.gl/ATc8SASUigiP8xo28 1. Varun in his Grey Wrangler 2. @Senthil Kumar will be SL 3. @Salim Akhtar in his Pajero 4. @Chris Wing in his FJ will be our 1st platoon leader. 5. @Mahmoud Taha in his silver Xterra 6. @Tareq Al Turq in his Prado 7. @Looper in his Yellow Wrangler is our CF as well as 2nd platoon leader. 8. @Haitham Khattab in red rubicon swb 9. @Imran Kashif in his maroon FJ 10. @Rob S will be our third platoon leader. 11. @salah2u in his Patrol 12. @Amr Aydin in his wtangler 13. @Ranjan Das in his Rubicon will be our fourth platoon leader. 14. @Imteeaz new day, new role, new challenge will be sweeping the convoy in his golden Safari. See you all tomo morning.

Congratulations @Hisham Masaad for reaching the Marshal level with Carnity Offroad Club. Hisham joined Carnity in late 2020 with his FJ Cruiser and loads of passion and excitement to conquer sand dunes. With a very humble beginning and a great helpful attitude towards all off-roaders and carnity management, he has quickly positioned himself as an integral part of the carnity family. With time, patience and skills he has taken on new challenges and tasted the maximum adrenaline offered at a higher level and pace of drives. His extreme passion for sand driving, leading and supporting off-road drives made him rise through the ranks to become a vital part of Carnity off-road club. His contribution and intelligent support behind the drives, planning and great teamwork were always been highly appreciated. 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.

@M.Seidam this is the perfect drive to explore a new area that we will have to explore to what it can give us

Thanks @Beide Worku all the best with car.. Hi @Chris Wingyou are added to drive please confirm your attendance

Dear Friends Fabien Monleau @Fabien Monleau Anoop Nair @Anoop Nair JamesThorn @James Thorn DP1011 , Deepak wrangler @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler Thanks for your interest in this exploration drive . Please be on time at the meeting point or bit earlier as we will meet at Adnoc gas station as per the link above and from there we will move ( less than a kilometer ) toward the deflation point together. Our radio channel will be number 2 ( 44603125 ) and my cell is 0554045278 the convoy order will be arranged at the meeting point . get enough rest and wish you nice evening . Can’t wait to see you tomorrow inshallah .

Dear all we have 12 confirmed members and 6 WL. I have already extended the drive for 12 (instead of original 10 driver). Considering terrain and drive plan won’t be fair for anyone to extend any further the convoy size. So request all to review your plan and please update rsvp in case of change in plans, latest by tomo afternoon. Let’s not wait till last min. For those who won’t be accommodated, I regret the same however promise will schedule another drive in the region with same or hopefully improved theme sometime soon. Thanks for your understanding. On behalf of @Looperand myself. Thanks @Imteeaz @Beide Worku @Imran Kashif @Salim Akhtar @Sam K @Rob S @Ranjan Das @Senthil Kumar @Tareq Al Turq @Haitham Khattab @salah2u @Amr Aydin WL 1 @Chris Wing Wl 2 @Mahmoud Taha Wl 3 @Alexanderrr Wl 4 @Daniel Rodas Wl 5 @Peter Hager Wl 6 @takeshi sobue

I have rejoined the drive. See you tomorrow Dr. Inshallah Got the green light from the family.

Can not coach a master 💯 Great seeing you bro as always 🙏 Great to be back at Nizwa thank you @Hisham Masaadfor a lovely relaxed drive. A few refusals as anticipated, however, the scenery was👌 Great. Thank you @Brette @munkybizness @Simon Dawoodfor all your wonderful support. To the rest of the team, very nice drive. See you all soon.

MashAllah brother @Hisham Masaad . I am actually surprised that you were not a Marshal, just shows how an exceptional leader you already are. Wish you more success.

Congratulations @Hisham Masaadon the promotion. Truly well deserved.

Congratulations @Hisham Masaad. Truly well deserved.

Congratulations father @Hisham Masaad very proud 😘🎉🎉

Based on discussion with Mahmoud have updated the convoy order. See you all tomo 🖖

Hi @Sam K thanks for letting us know in time, all the best for the vehicle, hope nothing major. Hi @Mahmoud Taha are you available to join. Please advice.

Thanks, Looking forward to another adventure with @varunmehndiratta👍👍👍

Confirmed Varun

Cofirmed. See you tomorrow 👌

General Info 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 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 Ban from Carnity Off-road Club Two Way Radio Guidelines Drive Details Level: Fewbie and Above When: 10 Sep 2022, Saturday. Meeting time: 5:30 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/vQ9HZ7gAvPUCc5r58 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: 9:30 AM THIS IS A COMPRESSOR ONLY DRIVE. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE: Limited to 10 drivers. 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 THE BELOW CALENDAR

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: 09 September 2022 Friday night Meeting time: 08:00 pM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/DoxKyeDK91NFEGyy9 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: 11.45 PM 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 Friday - 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

Thanks.

Thank you for your greatccompany today my dear friend @Abdelghani

@Hisham Masaadcongratulations

@Hisham Masaad congrats bro. well deserved… it is always a pleasure and experience to drive you with - keep it up. cheers

@varunmehndiratta the car needs some lovin’ so bowing out of this one. You guys enjoy.

@Gaurav Soni thanks for a very nice drive last week, ably supported by @Rob Sand @Pacific. Interesting to run my long truck in 2wd @ 2500rpm but we managed 😁. Fellow dune bashers @Gertjan @tarek @Jaro Tuzinsky @Zulfikhar Naiyar @Mohammed Sirajuddin @Naim Aoun @Pieter Potgieter @Jad Moussalli, at the link below some Gladiator POV videos of our drive. https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B1753qWtHG3f2m

Thank you for organising this drive, @GauravSoni. Looking forward to it!

Dear Friends topgear @topgear Andrei S @Andrei S Joji varghese @Joji varghese Rajiv Sam @Rajiv Sam MMansoor @MMansoor Felix Obst @Felix Obst takeshi sobue @takeshi sobue ASAD. @ASAD. Ashutosh Garg @Ashutosh Garg Dinesh Kumar A @Dinesh Kumar A munkybizness @munkybizness Waqas Parvez @Waqas Parvez Waitlisted Attendees Tareq Al Turq @Tareq Al Turq - Please confirm if joining Note as below : Please be on time and bring all your passion for off-roading sharp by 8PM Deflate your tires to 12 psi for all terrain tires and 15 psi if regular tires Please ensure your programable radio is on, fully charged and set to Channel 1 (446,006) Briefing will be done before we start moving Please ensure everything in the car is tied down and there are no moving objects Please check all car fluids, tow hooks, and ensure no hanging parts below the chassis. please ensure you come with a full tank (as much as possible) in addition to all mandatory gear for this drive level specially your 1. tire deflator, 2. pressure gauge 3. compressor, 4. safety flag and 5. radio. (NO FLAG or RADIO = NO DRIVE) For night drive you can drive with high beam on sand with fog lamps on, off road lights helps but not required in a convoy. USeful to have a extra torch Please watch where you step in the dark!!

I am looking forward this another fun and learning day..

Dear Dune Surfers, @Jaro Tuzinsky @Jonny90 @Arman @TT_Dubai @Zulfikhar Naiyar @Brett Eicher @Sunny84 @Ignacio Quindós @salah2u @Imran Kashif @Ranjan Das @Looper Hope you are having a great week and eagerly waiting for the weekend!! welcome to the 4th edition of Skill Drive Series which had been posted in previous weeks The idea of this drive is to practice the skill and enjoy the thrill of side sloping. Side sloping is an important skill while navigating the desert. This technique is very fun and addictive, but it needs to be executed with a clear mind and a good experience with the behavior of the car. That is the main reason why this technique is only used from Fewbie level onwards. It is very critical to understand how gravity works and as we always says: " DO NOT FIGHT GRAVITY ". this applies to this technique most of all. I see that we have no more waitlists for this drive as all of them have been accommodated to other drives or not able to join due to own reasons. ( we will miss you guys). however please confirm by evening if there are any changes in you plans. The start point is : https://goo.gl/maps/vQ9HZ7gAvPUCc5r58 We will be driving towards Lisaili and based on convoy response , will exit near camel tracks or fort or loop around to exit at start point. Welcome back @Arman @Ranjan Das @Looper !! its good to see your names in the list!! I will send the convoy list and radio frequency by Evening once everyone confirms.

Thanks Varun, confirmed

Confirmed

Dear @Sam K @Senthil Kumar and @Ranjan Das you have been added to drive. Let me know if you have any change in plans.

Thank you @Yerem Davtyan, see you next time around

Sure, I removed my RSVP last night and I see other names added from the WL. Enjoy the drive!

Thanks for informing, hope all well. Please remove your rsvp

Dear Dr. @Chaitanya D, unfortunately i have to drop out for Friday, so hope folks from the WL can join. Enjoy the drive and have plenty of fun, everyone!

Dear explorers i would like to make it clear . It’s an entirely new area that my self never drove in . And from studying the different maps the dune formation and sand consistency could be unpredictable from soft to super soft . In addition double slip faces of star shaped dunes are predominant in some spots which we try our best to avoid being trapped within . Sudden abrupt almost 90 degrees descent might be encountered . Risk is there sure and could be more than the usual . On the other hand there are nice dunes in the vicinity of few fenced and non fenced farms and reserves with multiple trees dispersed here and there . I have studied the area extensively before head and with the proper planing and with couple of experienced drivers I believe risks can be reduced substantially but not eliminated totally . I hope we will find the thrill what we seek in this area and reveal what is doable in the future visits to this part of the desert . can’t wait to explore it together with great vigilance and enthusiasm . cheers Seidam

I believe I now found the holy grail of deactivating the airbags on the RAM 1500. It was as simple as asking the dealership. Although they didn't have a OEM switch, they some how improvised and fitted a nanny kill switch for me, switching off all the bothersome systems when off roading with a simple toggle underneath the steering. Will test it oit on Saturday.

Hi @varunmehndiratta very unfortunately I am going to have to drop from this drive. I went for a drive yesterday and I have a christmas tree going in my dashboard. I couldn't get it sorted today unfortunately. Hopefully someone from the wait-list can fill in @takeshi sobue @Mahmoud Taha @Alexanderrr @Daniel Rodas@Peter Hager @Piaras Cushnan Drive safely everyone, Sam

I am sorry but I can't come, it seems my battery is dead. Please don't wait for me

Hi @Gaurav Soni.. will have to drop off from this one.. see you all next time!

Dr @Chaitanya D , apologies for the late notice. Something came up. Not able to make it for the drive today.

Dear @Chaitanya D Sorry for late information as i will not be able to join todays drive. I am removing myself from RSVP. See you next time...

Sorry I’m going to have to drop out - enjoy!

@GauravSoni i won't be able to join you this time, enjoy the drive🙂