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Thank you all again for joining us this morning! We all met up on time and it was clear to me from the start that everyone was eager to dip their toes into the sands of Nahel / Sweihan. As typical for a Newbie level drive, we try to choose an area that's not too much occupied with other convoys or cross tracks. This worked out quite well as this area was very quiet. Some vegetation was there but nothing that we couldn't handle. A couple of dunes inside we saw a brave soldier appearing (insert theme of Raiders of the Lost Ark here...) @Imran Asghar who had enough of his couch and decided to join us for the morning desert run. A bit later @Zubail announced he was losing pressure quickly and his ship was sinking. There was some sand stuck in-between the rim and the tire. Thanks to @ChrisW and his mobile workshop, we lifted the car, deflated the tire to ZERO psi 😆 and cleaned the rim bead with water and eventually also with a blast of compressed air. This did the trick and the tire held up fine for the remainder of the drive. As the weather was so great, @ChrisW brought out the donuts and karak to celebrate his 100th drive today. A fantastic achievement! Your commitment, skillset, and superb guidance to the newbies was a blessing today. I hope to see you as an emerging lead very soon! As time had gone so fast, my original plan of heading West towards Sweihan itself was modified a bit, and we looped back to go and say good morning to Ghafeteen Bowl, which never disappoints. We all took some run-ups and took some nice convoy shots. @J-P L was brilliant in the sweep and showed that even the mighty Jimney can rescue a big Expedition. All in all, the guys in the front who were on their first couple of drives managed brilliantly this morning. I was really impressed with all of you. The smiles at the end of the drive said everything @nithish468 you did fantastic as second lead. Keeping enough distance and polishing my tracks where needed. Thanks buddy! Feel free to add some photos in our gallery: Newbie - Nahel - Abu-Dhabi - 22 Feb 2026 - Carnity.com Wikiloc | AUH-Nahel Newbie Trail See you all soon in the sand again!

Thank you @Mark Band the entire support team. Great drive!! See you all next time

Thank you @Mark B Great line and good pace. It was fun and challenging. Thank you for the support @Andrew John Melvill @Benje_Junior @Luke K P A few pictures from today’s drive.

Thank you @Mark B for organizing this drive and thank for your support @Andrew John Melvill @Benje_Junior @Luke K P It was a lot of fun 🤩 A few pictures from today’s drive:

Amazing Drive thanks a lot

Good to have you on the drive mate looking forward to the next one

Thank you @Frederic for organzing this amazing drive. Thx to the support team 🙏 Indeed it was super fun Sunday morning and yes it was also action loaded. Again congrats @ChrisW 👊 Everyone have a enjoyable rest of the day

I have to memorize this 100th drive for @ChrisW we are waiting list of gear, as a separate topic on forum congratulations 1 more time with 100th drive! It's always a pleasure to meet with you Guys, to have some refusals, chit-chat ps. Power of Jimny and @J-P L can push and pull any car 😉 thank you mate!

Yep be carful ….. just got to location

Hi @Mark B Thank you for arranging/managing this drive. Small question, can I take my son (9) with me. He really wants to come. Looking forward to tomorrow’s drive. Regards, Piotr

@Luke K P @_Piotr_ @UvinOverland @Sebastian Nohse @Riyad @Benje_Junior @Albert_Spa @Infaz @Eddie-Dune-Glider @Andrew John Melvill good Evening guys, Ramadan Kareem and thank you for joining my drive! please see the below drive order for the morning, please arrive by 6:50am to be ready to deflate. look forward to seeing you all in the morning! Ready to Ualla Push 😛😛

Hello @Abdullah A., and everyone else, meeting time is 8AM. Thanks

Sorry guys @Mark B, alarm failed me. Woke up just now 😢

Dear Ale, my car is showing a warning signal and I tried to reset but it’s not going. As such I would cancel the drive to avoid any issues while driving and causing delay to convoy. Have fun and I will miss this one .

@Ale Vallecchi I apologise, i need to dropout last minute. Not feeling too well, probably ate something wrong last night. Apologies for the last minute dropout.