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Congratulations @Ahab Shamaa. Time to polish your drive skills and pick up some new tricks.

Congratulations @Mukundan Nair. New level, time to tighten the screws and perfect your technique with the drives on offer.

Congratulations @Heisem. Time to gear up for a new chapter in off-roading. Still loads to learn and perfect your technique with every drive.

Congratulations @Kailas. Well deserved. Your support and enthusiasm on every drive is highly appreciated.

Congratulations @Mahmoud Asar. Great to see you promoted to Fewbie level. Keep polishing the skill attained and pick up the new tricks on offer at this level.

Congratulations @Xavier Treasurer. Well done bro. Keep polishing the skills learned and pick up the new tricks on offer at the Fewbie stage.

Well done @Shyam Karat. Congratulations. Time to polish your skills acquired and learn some new tricks which come at this level.

Congratulations @Ranjan Das for your promotion. Keep polishing your skills and pick up the new tricks at Fewbie level.

Congratulations @Vijaysekhar on your promotion. I'm sure you already have good control on your vehicle, just need to polish your skills at this level and pick up some new tricks.

After a long time my wife decided to accompany me for this drive. Arriving just ahead of time it was a wonderful feeling to see everyone arriving on time. It was time to deflate and get the flags up. A lot of patience is required with newbies having radio and flag issues although we have tried our best through the forum to present opportunities for everyone to be prepared, but seems people don't enjoy going through instructions which are crucial to save time and have more driving opportunity. I feel bad for those drivers who take the pain to be prepared but have to wait for these individuals to get the drive under way.

So a bit delayed start but we were on our way for a great drove thanks to @Gaurav bhai pace choice of dunes we just glided through for most of the drive with only a few refusals. The best part was drivers did stay calm and follow instructions well to not dig themselves deep and manage the refusals on their own.

I was really impressed with @Archibald Jurdi who did really well in the second lead. @Nathan Evans did amazingly well with the Suzuki Jimny. @belal hadi please get your flag and radio sorted as these are safety issues and hope to catch you on time next week onwards. @Badar Tariq and his Pajero managed the drive well with ease. @sri ganesh with his Pajero reiterated that these vehicles can perform well with a clam head behind the wheels.

Continuing with @Gaurav Soni who seemed in good control for the entire drive and had some good questions at the end of the drive. @bassel el rafei did amazingly well with his Land Cruiser. @Krishnakumar in his Prado seemed a bit hesitant. You need to trust yourself and your Prado and follow the car in front of you. @Mahmoud Asar was totally capable and handled the terrain with no issues. Special thanks to @Kaushal Prithwani for keeping us informed regarding the convoy progress from the sweep position. Well done. Looking forward to many more drives with this bunch.

Not sure about the Prado, but some vehicles require you to keep the button pressed for 10 seconds or more to completely switch off traction control and ABS when 2 lights come on. Check by keeping it pressed for a few seconds and let us know if that works. If not you'll have to figure out the fuse to remove during desert drives or install the kill switch. Be careful while removing or installing the fuse your car should be switched off and your car keys should be removed.

Always great to have a healthy discussion as you always learn from these. I agree brother @Mohamed Seidam, your route selection was perfect for the situation and if I was in your situation I should also have done the same.

@Niki Patel. Welcome to Carnity. From what I read about your idea of off-roading you're in the right place. We as a community believe in sharing our knowledge so that some day you can use this knowledge to enlighten and engage newer members. We do not believe in bashing your vehicle as unlike some other clubs we do not own a garage where we can repair your vehicle and charge you for it. We believe in safe off-roading for all. You should take advantage and go through the newbie brief and other useful threads posted by seniors who care about your safety and the safety of your vehicle. FJ is a very very capable off-roader and I'm sure once you learn and perfect your skills you'll be able to participate in the many adventures we have in store for you.

@Ahab Shamaa if Land Cruiser is the King of the desert, than definitely FJ (Fatimah Jassim) is the queen of the desert. 😉😜

@Mohamed Seidam a very good example. Sometimes you can see the car in front of you struggling, always a good idea to reroute as all ways lead to same destination in the desert. One thing to point out though is there are different ways to reroute and the higher you ride the ridge the more firm the sand. Since the Jeep in front was somewhere in the middle the soft sand tugged it down but just managed to fight it's way out. You took the easiest option of coming down and rejoining the convoy. Sometimes safer the better.

Welcome back @Atif bhai. It's such a pleasure to hear from you again. Yes the wheel of the Xterra was pointing in the wrong direction. As @Mohamed Seidam correctly pointed it should have been pointing in the direction of the pull. As per experience the wheel becomes impossible to turn when buried in sand that's why I pointed out a little digging, plus it would make a nice way rather than damaging the bumper, in this case he was lucky.

@Atif bhai the other point of whether it could ve recovered from a slightly higher point, I think not, I think the angle used was correct. When recovering the vehicle making the recovery should be on a flat firm surface if possible. As per my experience no matter how slight the incline, when recovering you're at low speeds and starting off gravity will start to pull the car side ways and you'll not be able to build the momentum to give the tug required as sand will be building on the recovering vehicle's tire as well. In worst possible situation you can have both cars stuck with the rope at full stretch. As for recovering from behind we have only view of the angles in front and can't make out what the situation is behind thus cannot comment.

Recoveries like this is always a useful tool to learn from and I'm very grateful to @Mohamed Seidam starting st h a wonderful thread. I thank you @Atif bhai for questioning the method, without questions being asked we will only have limited learning opportunity.

Congratulations @Frederic. Well deserved, the highest level we can offer at this time. But I assure you if we have a special title for data generator or radio expert or greatest post writer to put beautifully in words our activities, the equipment, the we use or the many faucets of off-roading. You're a complete off-roader, a true friend, a mentor, a guide, but above all the guy with a contagious smile. Keep rocking with the rhythm of life and share your rythym with us in our community.

Dear @syed salman raza I am getting 4 sets today. Kinky refer to my thread as pointed by @Frederic below.

Surely a very good post and an amazing video. Good points are:

A) Direction of the tug.

Multiple attempts

Bad points:

A) no proper communication.

rope looks suspect

C) Xterra tire direction should have been to the left.

D) no attempt to dig in front of right tire to clear the path.

E) throttle applied at wrong times to dig himself in further.

F) not enough tire deflation.

Just some things which I observed.

@Ajiesh George Kannankara don't go to 15 PSI immediately. As Dr @Chaitanya D advised try 13 PSI if no pop out than that's the pressure for you with your current setup. 15 PSI is ok for newbie or Fewbie drives but a bit high at this level.

Congratulations @Tbone. Great attitude and humble in nature. Everybody loves this mix. Always willing to learn and adapting the Carnity off-road structure. Always willing to help everybody on the way. So proud to see you at Expert level and waiting for you to get the Marshal badge soon.

@Lorenzo Candelpergher this is a way of life in our community. The more you give, the more you receive. We are all from different walks of life, but come together, some for knowing they are passionate, some about to find that out soon. Love your enthusiasm and energy. I was proud that I had a part to play in developing @Wrangeld to some extent. But feel even prouder when you have been influenced and mentored by him to be at this stage, just as proud he must be of you today. Time will come when people will look up to you and your mentorship. I will be most proud the day when someone writes these same words about how you mentored them to be their best in the desert. This one promotion is evidence to a true community which stands together and takes all enthusiasts along for the ride of their life. Wishing you nothing but the very best and looking to support one of your drives soon.

@Jorge Stepniak Felippe if you're comfortable at 9 PSI and felt the difference, no need to go lower. Just try a few drives at 9 PSI and make sure you are not faced with any pop-outs. You should be good at this.

Congratulations @Gregory Perkin. This is where you get to learn and polish the skills to make you a complete off-roader. Enjoy the challenges coming your way at this level.

Congratulations @Karthik Krishnakumar. Time to polish the skills picked up at newbie level and learn new tricks.

Congratulations @DANIEL NOGUEIRA. Time to polish the skills learned at newbie level and learn new tricks.