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Trip Report The Mahafiz to Fossil Rock is a relatively well known area for the Carnity members. But my plan to bring them to Faya would definitely bring a new flavour and I was excited to see how everyone would manage. We started off at Mahafiz Mosque with everyone on time, and after the short briefing we drove towards the rising sun. The first half hour we explored an area that we haven’t done often yet, but due to a bit too much vegetation I decided to head a bit more north towards the bigger red dunes. Apart from some small refusals and one stuck we easily made it up Fossil Rock. I wasn’t really interested in taking the convoy over Fossil Rock so decided to drive around it and drive towards Faya. From that point onwards I started to ramp the level a bit by bringing more crisscrossing and ridge riding in the game. Reaching the back side of Faya where the dunes become massive proved to be a little bit tougher for some of the cars. We rerouted a bit and climbed all sides of Faya. @Lucky sAm was feeling in his element and was unleashing his beast more and more. Was great to see you with that excitement and confidence buddy, but be careful on the way down. But you drove well throughout the day! @tjsingh as a second lead was a blessing, thanks buddy ! @Mostafa Taha you have grown a lot in a couple of weeks, well done ! @Martin. all the way from Al Ain, and that deserves a hat off. You drove well today, your Pajero 3.5 is little bit underpowered but you managed nevertheless. @Jorge Stepniak Felippe I must admit I had my reservations about the LR4 but this shows again it’s all about the driver. You surprised us all driving great with that behemoth ! @Rinelle Sanaani who brought personal deflators, but looked like you had a blast and you also drove great 👍! @Mels Wolf Like Jorge it’s all about the driver. You’re taking that Pajero beyond anyone’s expectations ! Great job ! @Michael sammy the roar of your beast is amazing and you navigate with ease through any terrain. Amazing. @Tbone congrats as a newlywed gentlemen. Maybe your Hummer was a bit jealous that you need to give attention to your wife now. I hope you can get it sorted. Keep us posted. With @Shamil @Ale Vallecchi @Xaf as my support I was spoiled with such proactive and great assistance. It’s thanks to you the convoy moved along so well and we could exactly do the route that I had in mind. Thanks guys !! We excited at Faya and i saw a lot of happy faces of people that probably could have never imagined driving at this level in such a short period of time. I thank you all and look forward to many more of these drives. IMG_5824.MP4

Amazing lead @Frederic thank you for an amazing drive as an offroader i will never wish for more than what you offered to us today, a safe fun drive with all meanings. Starting from setting up the convoy in the perfect order and the gradual of the challenges in the driving techniques and the dunes was significantly amazing. Well planned and well executed. You gave us a very good example of how to lead with full dedication, i saw you talking, explaining and advising each team member equally from new fewbie joiners to the intermediate drivers that were in today's drive. Once again thank you @Frederic @Shamil @Ale Vallecchi @Xaf, I would like also to thank each carnity member joined our drive today.

Thanks @Srikumar for marshalling the sweihan drive and @Brette It was indeed a pleasure to drive there and get whatever learnt till now better. Wonderful day spent well considering the current situation all around. Much needed break Organizers @Rahimdad, @Frederic, @Gaurav and @Srikumar please arrange one more sweihan drive next week and I am already RSVPing in advance :-))

Great drive today - thanks @Srikumar for the lead and guidance. This is indeed a beautiful part of the UAE and an ideal place to reaffirm the lessons we have learnt so far.

TRIP REPORT Sweihan is famous for its large rolling dunes and has a lot to offer for every level of offroaders. Since we were having a good set of Newbies, I was looking forward to having some good fun on some of the broad dunes that this place has to offer. Except for a couple of no-shows, the remaining 12 cars met on time and we left from the meeting point towards the deflation point. Keeping in mind, the new requirements of Social Distancing, we kept the briefing to a bare important essentials and we started off. @Kalahari was my second lead and I was quite impressed with his drive level, as in some tricky places he managed to keep up with me. Well done buddy. @Bibin Tom was our absolute newbie with his Pathfinder and I am sure that driving in Sweihan would have been a fantastic learning experience. You drove well for an absolute newbie and its good that you were calm and listening to the instructions. With a combined shovel effort you were able to self recover yourself from a sticky situation. That is the real fun of offroading, to overcome obstacles. @sebin was driving with us for the third time and his confidence and car control was showing when he was managing the side sloping. However, a small wrong judgement of possibly leaving too much of a gap and not seeing the track taken, caused him to go off the route into a ditch which knocked off some portion of his low hanging front and rear bumper. It didnt seem like a major issue and I am sure that it can be easily fixed back in time for next weekends drive. @Zed and @Chaitanya D managed their patrol Y62s very well and are looking like they are getting in sync with these monster vehicles. Good driving guys. @Jamy B. its good to see the vast improvement in your driving. There were plenty of times that after crossing a dune I would turn back to see how the first few cars were managing and when I would see that it was your turn to cross the dune, I would start moving the convoy. That's a testimony to the confidence that you have given me that you can manage your Xterra pretty well. It was nice seeing @Jas Gajaria back after a long time with his modified Pajero. Though not sure if the Pajero was ready to be back, as due to ECU tuning there were times when the car just refused to start or would die while idling. Hope its not a major issue. @Vanessa8580 was driving her big blue Pajero today, and I am sure she would have felt the difference after the last couple of weeks. But you again showed that in offroading it's the driver that is more important than the car. Well driven today @Shailja Kalia was joining us for the first time in her beloved FJ and though I didn't have a visual on her, I heard some good feedback about your drive skills. Look forward to seeing you in the upcoming weeks. @Pancho was the quiet person at the back of the convoy. Well driven and well managed with zero issues. With a long convoy support at the back is critical to ensure the smooth movement of all the cars. Special thanks to @Brette for supporting the sweep position. You did a great job. Thanks to everyone for a wonderful drive and see you next week.

Thanks @Gaurav and @Ale Vallecchifor another wonderful drive. Good to see and learn a very tactful rescue when the car got stuck between sand and rocks...with help from the jeepers...its amazing how people help each other in desert when someone is stuck. Wish it is true in all aspects of life when people are helpful for eachother . Have a safe time ahead all of you and take care of yourselves

Front bash plate has to be 6 mm on safer side. 4 mm is border line acceptable. If weight is a concern then you can look at aluminum. @Gaurav has installed aluminum.

Shit! Hadn't thought about that! And no not a pic with the worst ride I've ever owned!!!!!

Although this sounds a bit authoritarian but I total agree with it. I remember how frustrating it was to literally wait for hours just because someone did not have the decency to show up on time and people didn't start because they didn't want to offend or hurt anyone's feelings! Resulting in a tiny short drive for everyone because of one character. I can guarantee once someone is sent back they will never be late again!

Leading a desert drive is the most amazing experience to have, where you can combine the fun, freedom, creativity, strategic thinking and survival skills all at once. Leaders lead is the drive where all participant of that drive will lead for a certain period of time. Backed with the right techniques, experience and supervision so that you can learn the art of leading with a peace of mind without any fear or pressure. Due to the basic experience required to read the sand and have basic navigational sense, this drive is only suited to the Intermediate and above level off-roaders. You will be learning the basics of leading the convoy in the desert in three different steps: Advance sand reading, plan your lead, plan your exits. Use of navigational software for selecting the right course of path. How to systematically scale the lead for all the cars in the convoy. Level: Intermediate and Above. (NO NEWBIES/FEWBIES ALLOWED) When: 21 March 2020, Saturday Meeting time: 8:00 AM, (Sharp, without any exceptions) Meeting Point : ADNOC Service Station https://goo.gl/maps/KBHywynNjpXg99rZ6 Type of Car: Any proper 4x4 with front and back tow hooks and 8-10 inches of ground clearance. Approximate finish time: 12:00 PM Please RSVP on the below calendar:

@Yousef Alimadadi this is an Intermediate drive. So please sign out. Thanks

Hi @Nizam Deen I assume you have a Y62? @Chaitanya D and myself had our front bumpers replaced in a workshop in Al Nahda in Sharjah (Mr Mohammed 050 886 4047), and also installed a thick bash plate to absorb some of the forces. @Srikumar recommends that the bashplate be as thick as possible (4mm?). So it would be good to talk to them before making your final decision. Keep us posted as to how you get on, and give us some before and after pictures.

Center difflock is for full time 4wds which lock the front and rear diffs together. So if the front diff is spinning the rear is too. Crawl Control is just useless fancy pants bullshit just like hill descent control Maintains a certain low speed 5-10kms over terrain.

That was a nice chilled out drive today morning with @Rahimdad leading beautifully and as usual @Wrangeld sweeping , @Rizwanm2 at the back holding the convoy together perfectly with timely feedback. We did have our share of recoveries but nothing that Richard, Jeepie and Rahim cant take care off Very glad to see all convoy members being dot on time and driving like a pro - Reaching Pink rock in record time of 1 hour - so says Rahim bhai ! Thanks for the after drive chat @Rahimdad.. looking forward to the next one . Cheers As usual have posted them pictures and videos in the gallery:)

I would gladly have joined you in this very worthwhile experiment, but sadly, I developed an allergy to alcohol a few years ago so the fate of all humanity is your hands.

@Dale Panganiban - Fabrication there is space opened up on this drive. You can RSVP now. There is also some space on the afternoon Qudra drive Hi Greg, there is one slot available on this drive and two slots on the Qudra drive.

I have cancelled my rsvp. if anyone want to go please RSVP

Nissan Patrol 2020 V8 Prior experience (fewbie / 3 past drives) Towpoints are ok / car fully equipped (skid plates, flag, radio, compressor, deflator, towing rope, shackles) Totally agree!

I’ve heard that alcohol kills the corona virus so I’ve decided to make an experiment and consume as much as possible tonight for the benefit of all humanity and share the results with carnity. It will either go spectacularly right or spectacularly wrong. Will update with results.

Perfect, see u tomorrow then... Just did not want to wake up at 5 for nothing!!!

That Car on the Left side white color ! Is it Premier Padmini or Indian Fiat

Based on our recent experiences, we have decided to change few things to honor "RESPECT" and equal opportunities for all off-roaders to join and enjoy off-road drives "SAFELY". All off-road drives will be limited to 15 members only. Due to safety in mind, it is very essential that every drive should not exceed the maximum number of 15 cars in the convoy. Drive posted with higher RSVP count will have multiple Marshals to lead their individual convoy not exceeding the 15 cars / convoy. All drives RSVP will close a day prior. All drive RSVP will either close a day prior or once RSVP limit reached, so that Marshals have enough time to plan the route and convoy numbering. Latecomers will be returned back - NO EXCEPTIONS. Every off-roader MUST attend every briefing with 100% undivided attention. If you are late for any reason, please return back and join the next week drive. Reaching the meeting point on time and then refueling, shopping and doing other chores does not mean that you were on time, you will be left behind. All Marshals are instructed to leave the meeting point - without any grace period. So plan your buffer time in advance. You cannot join the drive at deflation point if you are late, simply return back. Marshals are not allowed to take your calls when you are late and hold the convoy because of your delay. Members without RSVP will be returned back - NO EXCEPTIONS. Every offroader need to RSVP the drive that he/she wish to join for safety reasons. Admin will remove all multiple drives RSVP at "same time", please decide to join any one drive. If you were unable to RSVP the drive, it means drive is full and please do not show up on the meeting point. 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.

It would be great if the RSVP feature could also include a "waitlist", so that those wishing to join a drive can be automatically added if someone drops out -- according to their position on the waitlist. Marshals can also know exactly how many more people would potentially join the drive, if they were given the opportunity, so that additional convoys can be arranged if possible.

“If you attend the drive, the profile that has signed up, that driver has to drive”

That Merc can proof it from Dubai!!!! MAD MAX DUBAI

Spotted on Al Khail road this morning