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Thank you all for joining this morning. It was one of these drives where we use our vehicles for what they are designed for: reaching exceptional places, crossing large portions of desert. And driving these vehicles might look easy at first sight, when following an easy track, but passing through this variety of terrain, considering the slopes, the very soft sand, the bushes, the long climbs, the ridges to cross, require definitely some skills. Well done everyone, especially at the back of this long convoy, where the tracks were churned by the previous cars, as we had only a few refusals, and one pull. Thank you @Hisham Masaad for assisting the drivers from the middle of the convoy. Nice dunes with a lot of tree shade, farms spread out on flat areas, an old watch tower, isolated breeding camel mothers with their calf, bigger herds of camels, cows, young calves on a sand slope, sheep, an amazing green sabkha, African savannah, just a sample of what we could discover this morning. and we even found a steep side slope to push our engines ! @Stumpy Paj Nathan, thank you for the 2nd lead, @Joseph Raju, thank you for the seep, both roles perfectly executed, @Hisham Masaad, thanks again for the support, @Sayed Bilal, @Bravoecho, @Bashar Beasha @Frans M @Abdul Basit Khan, @Glenn W @Gary F @Ahmad Nerat, it was nice having you today. Enjoy the rest of the weekend and see you soon. Waiting for your pics in the gallery !

Drive RSVP Closed Thank you all for joining the drive Convoy Position: Asif Hussain Pascal Jessica Lambert Benjamin Mus_hus78 Jona Santoso Marj @Mus_hus78 @Jessica Lambert @Pascal @Imran Kashif @Jona @Santoso Marjuki thank you all for joining the drive. We will be using Carnity Channel No.4 - 446.081-25 See you all tomorrow.

@GauravSoni thank you for really enjoyable drive this morning. Great way to start the weekend off. Great decision to stop and perform the blip blip part of the drive. We did struggle to get some of the team stuck but we did get @Zulfikhar Naiyar well and truly stuck which was a great learning for all. @Benjamin did a fantastic job at second lead keeping us on the correct track. @Chris Wing as usual fantastic support and great job at sweep. The rest of the convoy @Jaro Tuzinsky @Krishna R @Tharun Kumar V @Jona @Bjoern @Gertjan @Beide Worku and @Mohamad Anwer drove really well with only a couple of refusals and stucks including mine 😁 I hope you all learnt as much as I did and had as much fun as possible on a Saturday morning. Have a great rest of your weekend and hope to see you all in the sand again very soon Davie

Thanks for the fun drive everyone. I added some photos to the gallery. See you next drive! https://carnity.com/gallery/category/1660-newbie-ghantoot-loop-dubai-4-mar-2023/

Good morning everyone. Our convoy is pretty similar to the last Intermediate Night Drive in Sweihan. Looks like we all have some unfinished business. 😅 Looking forward to a Rocking Night. See you at the meeting point at 7 PM. We would be using Radio Channel 3. Convoy Numbering 1. Srikumar 2. Waqas Parvez 3. Amr Aydin 4. Mayank 5. Angela 6. Vaibhav 7. Imran Kashif 8. Asad 9. Mustafa 10. Rajiv 11. Ranjan

An absolute pleasure to drive with @JeromeFJ.. 😎

Thank you @Chaitanya D for a great organised drive. My first night desert drive and more will come for sure. Also thanks to @Tom V @Karthik Raptor and @Kailas for your support.

Congratulations @Tharun Kumar V for reaching the Fewbie Plus Level with Carnity Offroad Club. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Please make sure your Carnity user profile is always updated with all the latest Emergency contact details. P.S. Trip lead might deny your participation if you don't have required off-road gear. FEWBIE PLUS Drives Attended (Indicative) Minimum 10 Fewbie drives are required within last 6 months for Fewbie Plus promotion. What you'll learn Advance dune and sand reading Advance recovery techniques Rocking and crawling to make path Learn to flatten/compact soft sand patch Self recovery from crest Advance side sloping and long hill climb Advance ridge riding and criss crossing Advance control over technical dunes Slightly faster pace desert driving FULLY control and avoid fishtailing Never fight or challenge gravity Skills required Enthusiastic and positive attitude Willingness to learn and help others Extremely attentive and focused while driving Car Worthiness Any 4x4 vehicle with low range gearing Suitable approach and departure angle Bash plate and skid plate protected Off-road gear required Safety flag, tire deflator, tire pressure gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio (walkie-talkie), air compressor. Drive teamwork Manage second lead and sweep positions upon request Intuitive and proactive to support Trip Lead Observe recoveries and offer help, when needed Drive Joining Join Newbie, Fewbie and Fewbie Plus drives Forum participation Active participation on the forum Share drive experience + feedback Share drive pictures in the gallery Post trip report after the drive

See you tomorrow. Your convoy position is No.4

Thanks @GauravSoni, great learning experiance! Always good to learn the finer art of self recovery. Thanks also to @Davie Chase and @Chris Wing and the full convoy for the chance to spend the morning in the desert! See you all soon in the sand again!

@Asif Hussain cheers looking forward to meeting everyone tomorrow morning

@Benjamin added your name

Hi Ale, I missed the exit for petrol. I will arrive 8:15. If you can wait for me please do! Nick Cox 0501260341

Congratulations @Rashid Alseeni for reaching the Fewbie Level with Carnity Offroad Club. Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment. Please make sure your Carnity user profile is always updated with all the latest Emergency contact details. P.S. Trip lead might deny your participation if you don't have required off-road gear. FEWBIE Drives Attended (Indicative) Minimum 5 Newbie drives are required within last 3 months for Fewbie promotion. What you'll learn Basic dune and sand reading Self-recovery techniques Shoveling at right place Crawling out of difficult situations Blip Blip - Coordinate steering and gas control Basic side sloping and hill climb Basic ridge riding and criss crossing Basic control over technical dunes Slightly faster pace desert driving Ability to manage stuck/refusals with radio Learn to control and avoid fishtailing Never fight or challenge gravity Skills required Enthusiastic and positive attitude Willingness to learn and help others Presence of mind and attention to detail Car Worthiness Any 4x4 vehicle with low range gearing Suitable approach and departure angle Off-road gear required Safety flag, tire deflator, tire pressure gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio (walkie-talkie), air compressor. Drive teamwork Manage second lead and sweep positions upon request Intuitive and proactive to support Trip Lead Observe recoveries and offer help, when needed Drive Joining Join Newbie and Fewbie drives Forum participation Active participation on the forum Share drive experience + feedback Share drive pictures in the gallery Post trip report after the drive

Dear Desert Drivers, Last checks and updates for tomorrow morning. Meeting 6:30 am at https://goo.gl/maps/cV6h7wBMa7DobRVE9 The convoy order will be We will use radio Channel 4 There is rain tonight in the North of the Emirates, but it looks like it will avoid the area of the drive. Probably the only consequence for us will be a cooler weather, but I will keep watching. Enjoy the evening, take as much sleep as you can, and see you tomorrow morning !

Dear All, the meeting point is updated Dropped pin https://maps.app.goo.gl/NT8pE1VDfXcTnx328?g_st=ic Please confirm your presence for the drive. @Chris Wing please confirm if would like to join the drive. I can add you as confirmed.

@Beide Worku @Santoso Marjuki @Mus_hus78 @Imran Kashif thank you all for signing up. @Mus_hus78 and @Imran Kashif i see you both had joined back to back drive, @Srikumar's drive at sweihan on previous night where the drive will end at mid night and my drive will start early morning at LIWA which is around 3.5 Hrs drive form sweihan to meeting point. Please re-think your decision before joining any of these drives. Terrain like LIWA should be taken seriously and your utmost concentration is required which might fade out quickly if you don't get good sleep prior to drive. Minimum attendees for this drive will be 4. Even one drop out from current attendees will force me to call of this drive. I request everyone to confirm your presence.

Sorry @Asif Hussaini will not be able to join tomorrow drive

@Srikumar apologies wont be able to make it tonight. Just back from a business trip and still exhausted. Hope you boys have lots of fun.

Sorry guys, i won’t be able to join u tomorrow…please remove me from the convoy.. thank you