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Good afternoon guys ! @Richard Franks@Soufiane@JamesBY@Mostafa Nasef@Mahesh_@Imran Asghar@AnasArif@Ali Al Moumar@Mohammad Sayawoush Azad@Rafey Hashmi@Shiju Raju@Benjamin@Faraz94@Theo09@Haneef Thayyil@Jeetu Sharma@frederic demolder@Joji varghese@DP1011 Thanks for signing up for another scenic drive !💥 The weather is finally cooling down a bit and i hope we can explore this area together. As i mentioned earlier this week, this is not a dunebashing drive🙅‍♀️, but a scenic drive where we will be mostly using existing farm tracks and cover quite some distance. 🐪🐪🐪We will be taking occasional breaks and i encourage everyone to bring a camera along to take some nice photos for our gallery.📷 As a small bonus i have split up the convoy in two teams. The plan is to have a small tug of war contest between the green team (convoy pos 1-10) and the blue team (pos 11-20). So train your muscles and have a good breakfast prior to the drive 💪 We will be using Carnity Channel 2: 446.031Mhz. For the ones joining us for the first time that do not have a radio yet, i can lend you one for this drive.📻 Bring your offroad gears such as a pressure gauge, deflator, offroad flag, and a good shovel.🐪 Upon arrival please park your car on one side only of the farm track so the farmers can still pass by. See you all tomorrow morning !

Thanks @Davie Chase It was a fantastic start to weekend. The choice of start point and the objective of reaching rock formation, with a perfect blend of Pace and technical FB+ , was just amazing experience. When at the beginning you said first time as a lead for you and its like an exploration drive, i kept my fingers crossed, and with the fluidity you took us to rock formation, it appeared U drive here every second day😂! At No point to me it appeared it's ur exploration drive, deftly one of my favs this drive was, and what more to have it with pleasure of being your SL. Thanks. And the drive stats is reconfirmation of how amazing and strong convoy we had! Always great to see known faces! @Mohit Gurnani @Gertjan@Patrick van der Loo @Rk ram ! Been after a long time with my twinning rubicon owner @Ranjan Das😅! Thanks for those tugs! And the boys who makes it even more stronger @Dodi Syahdar @Looper! - Thanks for Sweeping us and waiting for Insta 360 moments😅! See you all - Soon in sand! ✌️

Wonderful bunch of blokes, great banter, lovely coffee in the middle of the desert - now throw a great, fluid and fast paced drive into the mix - recipe for an intoxicating high. Thank you @Davie Chase for making it happen. @Looper, @Dodi Syahdar, @DP1011, @Patrick van der Loo, @Rk ram, @Mohit Gurnani and @Gertjan it superb meeting and driving with you guys.

@Patrick van der Loo great point I forgot to thank @DP1011 for the coffee☕️thanks Deepak it was very much appreciated 🙏

Picked the drive for the lead and I was not disappointed! Thanks a million @Davie Chasethis was an amazing drive. great driving by all in veeeeeery soft sand in spots. Wonderful to see @Dodi Syahdar sliding and catching in that new Raptor! always fun with this group, great banter and great coffee

Dear desert Wanderers, what a way to start the weekend, a beautiful sunrise greeted us after the first challenge of navigating the foggy weather on our way to Abu Dhabi. However, this did not dampen the spirits or enthusiasm of anyone in the entire convoy @DP1011 @Mohit Gurnani @Ranjan Das @Rk ram @Dodi Syahdar @Patrick van der Loo @Gertjan and @Looper . Without exception everyone greeted each other with a cheery smile and lighthearted banter. The drive itself moved off and we wasted no time in getting into a fantastic rhythm along the longer-range dunes before entering some tricky technical dunes worthy of an intermediate level drive. The sand to start with was a tad firmer than expected due to the damp foggy conditions. However, this soon changed as the current bun (sun) quickly dried the top damp layer turning it into powdery, soft, lush white sand as only Fayah has to offer. The Entire convoy handled this change with prowess befitting an Intermediate drive, with just a few refusals and a couple of stucks that were quickly and easily dealt with by the wonderful and super knowledgeable support team of @Looper, @Dodi Syahdar, @Ranjan Das and @DP1011. You guys one and all drove amazingly. My Second lead @DP1011 played a blinder, and I truly mean that, we had a couple of oh oh moments with an unexpected appearance of a nearly buried fence and a couple of surprise appearances of rock formations. all handled brilliantly by @DP1011 who was quick to react to my radio messages, well done mate and a pleasure to have you in S/L. @Dodi Syahdar and @Ranjan Das both had their part to play in a couple of tug of wars, we got to see the brand new not so shinny Bronco in action and it was a pleasure to watch, thank you both for your support today. Lastly @Looper who as usual Swept the convoy with professionalism and style, and with the occasional loop just to ensure he keeps the name alive and well. Having you in Sweep my friend meant I could relax at the front and enjoy the drive, thank you and appreciate the support it was outstanding. Drive Stats Thanks again to you all and have a great rest of your weekend.

Thanks for the lovely drive @Davie Chaseand the support team.... @DP1011 @Looper @Dodi Syahdar @Ranjan Das the whole convoy was superb ... had great fun ... looking forward for the next drive ..... have a gr8 weekend

Dear Desert Nomads, @Emanuel @Issam Atra @Cole bertasso @Ishak @Gautam Banka @Sreenath G and @Lalaji we will be using Ch4 446.081 our convoy for tomorrow will be as follows: Looking forward to seeing you all bright and early at Lisalli

@Chaitanya D thank you for the sweep position. Hope to fullfill the responsibility.. see you all tomorrow...

Thanks @Davie Chase for taking us into this beautiful desert area! The landscape was sunning, the drivers had big smiles! A big thanks to all friends with who I could share the pleasure of this drive. See you all on the sand soon!

Dear Friends Martin M @Martin M ARS @ARS SUMEDH KRISHNA @SUMEDH KRISHNA WAGHMARE Kevin_ @Kevin_ Abdulla Alkhemeiri @Abdulla Alkhemeiri ahmad lootah @ahmad lootah SamBha @SamBha Simon D @Simon D Vijay Cowlagi @Vijay Cowlagi Dan S @Dan S Osama M @Osama M Abhilash Kottakkal @Abhilash Kottakkal Note the following Please be on time and bring all your passion for off-roading and a Full fuel tank as much as possible. 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 ( EXCEPT FOR ABSOLUTE NEWBIE - who are driving for first time with Carnity) 1. tire deflator, 2. pressure gauge 3. compressor, 4. safety flag and 5. radio. (NO FLAG or RADIO = NO DRIVE) Meeting point is as below at 6 am https://goo.gl/maps/rdUPEgNryQW3uZnx7 Kindly line up one behind other without blocking the access to others and look for pedestrian's /kids walking across as you arrive. 1. Look for cross traffic from other off-roaders/convoys which is your responsibility . Will be announcing on radio 2. Keep safe distance, avoid fighting gravity at all times Please note the listing for tomorrow

Pintle hook is done! All set for tomorrow morning's drive

DRIVE DESCRIPTION This will be a gentle overlanding / desert drive throughout the various terrain Sharjah, Umm al Quwain, and RAK has to offer. Bring your camera and let's explore together ! We request every member that joins this drive to go through the below information and strictly follow these guidelines, etiquettes and responsibilities. MUST READ AND COMPLY Environmental Policy Offroad Flag Guideline Two Way Radio Guideline Off road Driving Etiquette's Emergency details for all off-roaders Off Road Driving - Roles & Responsibilities First time with Carnity Off-road Club: Please share your vehicle details - Make, Model, Color, and Year. Do you have any prior off-road experience? If yes, pls share details. Confirm your vehicle has front and rear tow hooks/eyelets. Advise if you don’t have a programable radio and safety flag. MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING DRIVE DETAILS Level: Absolute Newbie, Newbie and above When: 22 th Oct 2023, Sunday Meeting time: 7:00 AM - Sharp (Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: Batayeh Farm Track: https://goo.gl/maps/wVRWfBhKKidwhzCy5 Approximate finish time: 10:30 AM approx 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), smiles, enthusiasm and willingness to learn. Mandatory off-road gears: Tire deflator, tire pressure gauge, compressor, walkie-talkie radio, off-road flag, shovel, first-aid kit and fire extinguisher. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE This drive is limited to 12 cars only. If the RSVP is full, you can add your name to the waitlist, once anyone drops, you will be moved to the RSVP list. RSVP will close a day prior to preparing a convoy 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 CALENDAR

hi @Ale Vallecchi any chance for a desperate offroader in tomorrow's drive? 😆

Woohoo, S/L !!! Congrats @Davie Chase on passing 100 drives

On Sunday 24th September we went on a Fewbie drive at Qudra. It was a rerun of a drive I did few week earlier. I made a couple of videos till now and ask for your comments on the formatting. In the first video I have reframed it (in FCPX for the first time) and layered it with telemetry data. The second video is done in 360 format but did it with and without telemetry as it seemed to me that the telemetry is a bit distracting in 360 format. I had posted 360 videos earlier as well but they were not processed in FCPX so that’s another first. Please check them out and leave your comments in YouTube about what you liked or dislikes about them. It being a FB drive in a technical area it is not a fast paced drive. Part 1 Part 2 with telemetry Part 2 without telemetry Obviously I will be talking more about the entire workflow in coming days.

@Deepak Eswar Are you not joining this drive ? I see you in Convoy list but not on RSVP list ?

Thank you so much @Frederic 😊 ready to join with the supporting team anytime if needed. ☺️ Hope we will have a fun drive.

I’ve added you to the drive buddy. Sharpen your shovel as you’ll be our shovel expert Sunday 😉

Please share your vehicle details - Make, Model, Color, and Year. 2022 blue Ram Do you have any prior off-road experience? If yes, pls share details.Yes , good level of experience Confirm your vehicle has front and rear tow hooks/eyelets. Yes Advise if you don’t have a programable radio and safety flag. Yes i have both MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING Done

Congrats @Imran Asghar

Dear Desertnauts. It couldn't be a more streight forward drive plan. The idea (streight, and in as little time as possible) may bring to mind the rules of one of the UAE's popular off-road challenges (The Rahal): going from start to finish covering the least possible ground and in the least time. Considering it's getting closer to our very own Carnity's Desert Trophy, it will not hurt to have objectives and driving requirements and strategies in mind, to practice a little.

Hi Imran @Imran Asghar, congratulations; now its official!

Great to see a full convoy, and some old friends from a while back @frederic demolderCongrats with your new car, i am sure you'll love it in the sand ! @Soufianewishing you a warm welcome to Carnity ! Kindly send us small introduction as a reply on the following questions: 1. Any previous offroading experience ? 2. Are the vehicle's front and rear towpoints in good condition ? 3. Do you have an offroad-flag, pressure gauge, deflator, and programmed radio ? Please watch the Absolute Newbie briefing video, which will give you a great introduction to what we do and how we do it If you are lacking some tools for your first drive with us, nothing to worry about as most of us carry spare tools that we can lend you for your first drive.

Champions counting numbers and taking pics...! Good luck boys, dig hard.

Thought that might have been the case but didn’t hurt to ask 😜

sorry @Frederic i had to withdraw, unfortunately though this is one of my favorite drives but the whole family became sick. see you next time, hopefully.

Apologies - have to drop off due to work arrangements ( Saudi clients) see you next time!!

Hey @Davie Chase I need to drop for an appointment.

Dear Davie, Would like to inform you that I have to travel to India due to a personal emergency and I won't be attending the drive tomorrow. I regret any inconvenience this may cause. Dear Deepak, Sorry, I won't be joining the drive, since I have to travel to India for a personal emergency.