Foxtrot Oscar

Drive Brief
The stretch of desert around Lisaili offers infinite possibilities for desert off-roaders, ranging from small, super-technical dunes to long range, almost endless ridges. This drive will offer a taste of all these terrains as we drive into the cool evening air watching the sun set magnificently into the dunes. 

 This drive is organized in full compliance with the COVID19 guidelines. We expect every member that joins this drive to go through below information and and strictly follow these guidelines in order not to jeopardize someone's health, and to ensure we can keep organizing these drives safely.

Drive Brief

Night Drives add a whole new dimension to offroading where you have only the lights of your vehicle to guide you and the sound of cars in front to assist. Be prepared to challenge yourself in a fun paced Night Drive through the beautiful sands of Murquab.

General Info

This drive is organized in full compliance with the COVID19 guidelines. We expect every member that joins this drive to go through below information and and strictly follow these guidelines in order not to jeopardize someone's health, and to ensure we can keep organizing these drives safely.

MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: COVID19 Precautions 2.0

MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: Ban Post

TWO WAY RADIO GUIDELINES

• Every Off-roader brings his own radio, programmed to the frequencies described in below advice topic.
• We will not share spare radios or program your radio on the drive. If you need assistance in programming the radio, post a topic on the Carnity website with your questions and we will help you out. 
• Make sure your radio is fully charged. It will be your only way of communication while driving.
• Before buying, please carefully read below advice so you are informed properly on which model / cost / shops...
• No radio = No drive. It is an essential tool and you should make sure you bring it on every drive and learn/practice how to use it.

SUGGESTED READING: Carnity Two Way Radio Frequencies

Drive Details

Level:  Fewbie and Above (All Levels)

When:  03 June 2021, Friday.

Meeting time: 8.30 PM (SHARP - Without any exceptions)

Meeting Point: Murquab Mosque -   https://goo.gl/maps/2Vb8f39YnbfuVPw48

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, face mask, rubber gloves, enthusiasm, willingness to learn and your own compressor for tire inflation.

Approximate finish time: midnight

Limited Spots Available:

• Limited to 10 cars only. RSVP will close on Friday - 9 AM.
  • If the RSVP is full and you wish to join, please mention your name on the drive thread to add on the waiting 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 BELOW CALENDAR 

27 minutes ago, Abdul Rafay-S said:

Ofc, enjoyed every bit of it. Cant wait to drive with you 😁

I was going to say! Can't wait for it either! YALLA!

On 5/24/2021 at 7:59 PM, Abdul Rafay-S said:

Hi Richard @Wrangeld, looking forward to finally start driving after a year worth of experience as a co-pilot.

To answer your questions above:

1. My vehicle is modified with a 2in lift-kit, 33in AT tyres and off-road suspension.

2. My father @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ handed me the wheel sometimes for basic driving, but I would still like to be looked at as an Absolute Newbie. Though I have quite some experience with sand (as a co-pilot), along side @Carnity for over a year.

3. To learn Off-roading in a safe and thrilling manner along side many other fellow members. I also see off-roading as an essential survival skill, would be nice to add it to my CV 😂

 

See you in sand soon!

Wooooohoooo! Finally! I hope you had a great time,

5 minutes ago, Goutam said:

Yes definitely I am In. Can’t thank my stars. 

You are my sweep, thank you for joining at short notice, always happy to accommodate 😎 

Due to unforeseen circumstances a space has opened. @Goutamyou're next on the waitlist. Do you want to join?

59 minutes ago, Stav said:

Hi all, just seen this one tik tok and thought it will be an interesting case to discuss what went wrong

Basic fighting gravity and fishtailing thus the roll. It is a classic how NOT to side slope. As soon as his back end starting going down he should have steered down.

1 minute ago, shu yang said:

@Foxtrot OscarHi Marshal, i am good to go, confirmed! Cant wait for my first afternoon drive. I had just installed my new front bumper with skid plate also.

Great!

@shu yangare you good to go for tomorrow? As I see @Abdelhamid Elbasossihas removed his RSVP. As this would be your first drive of the weekend then you are top of the waitlist. Please confirm asap. Thank you  

Good afternoon fellow adventurers,

Tomorrow's drive will see us enter the tantalizing but forgiving dunes of Margham, the area has lots of nice low level dunes with some delicious low bowls too. This drive is all about practicing your newly found off-road driving skills whilst having lots of fun in the safest possible way. 

We have a large convoy of 15 with predominately newbie  drivers, however I have interspersed the drive with Fewbie drivers too which will provide you with nice tracks to follow as the convoy, no doubt, becomes extended. Please don't worry if you have a refusal or a stuck, as we have plenty of support available to teach you how to self recover, and how to use your shovel if needs be. We love when we get the opportunity to demonstrate these skills so please, embrace the refusals, it happens to us all.😎

Tomorrow we will use Radio Chanel 1 (one) 446.006.25

My proposed convoy is as follows:

 

Please do let me know if you cannot make it as I have @Goutam @PaoloMarazitiand @shu yangon the waitlist.
 

On 5/25/2021 at 10:27 PM, Rory Ashman said:

Good evening. I will have the fill equipment listed but only did my first drive in Qudra last Friday morning. Will this be a suitable level? Thank you. 

Yes, if you have completed an Absolute Newbie then this drive is suitable.

Drive Brief
A chance to enhance your off-road skills in the forgiving dunes of Margham. This area provides stunning scenery and beautiful sunsets. The dunes will give us the opportunity to play a little and hopefully  we get to sweep around some nice . gentle bowls and get on top of some nice low dunes. 

This drive is organized in full compliance with the COVID19 guidelines. We expect every member that joins this drive to go through below information and and strictly follow these guidelines in order not to jeopardize someone's health, and to ensure we can keep organizing these drives safely.

MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: COVID19 Precautions

MUST READ AND TOTALLY AGREE: BAN POST

Two Way Radio Guidelines

• Every Offroader brings his own radio, programmed to the frequencies described in below advice topic.
• We will not share spare radios or program your radio on the drive. If you need assistance in programming the radio, post a topic on the Carnity website with your questions and we will help you out. 
• Make sure your radio is fully charged. It will be your only way of communication while driving.
• Before buying, please carefully read below advice so you are informed properly on which model / cost / shops...
• No radio = No drive. It is an essential tool and you should make sure you bring it on every drive and learn/practice how to use it.

Drive Details

Level:  Newbie and Above (All Levels) 

When:  28 May 2021, Friday

Meeting time: 03:30 PM (SHARP - Without any exceptions)

Meeting Point: - https://goo.gl/maps/UdxJRwuzb6Urpqik7

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, face mask, rubber gloves, enthusiasm and willingness to learn.

Approximate finish time: 19:30 (Friday evening)

End Point: TBD

THIS IS A COMPRESSOR ONLY DRIVE. PLEASE DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS DRIVE UNLESS YOU HAVE A COMPRESSOR. ANYONE ARRIVING AT THE DRIVE WITHOUT A COMPRESSOR, FLAG, PROPER SHOVEL AND DEFLATION KIT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO JOIN THE DRIVE. ALL TOW POINTS WILL BE CHECKED BEFORE DEPARTURE. 

Well done Tim and well deserved. 

1 hour ago, Wrangeld said:

Post Drive Report Convoy #2

There was a thought at some stages of Saturday morning when I thought that this drive was cursed. Not one, but two leads pulling out due to car problems, 26 drivers arrving to potentially the longest convoy in many a month and then, our angel, @Foxtrot Oscar conveniently being awake and amazingly prepared to come out and lead the convoy at a single minute's notice. There's a reason how and why people are prmoted to marshal in this club. 

With an exceptionally frustrated @Jeepie by my side we did get under way. As she said herself, she had a plan for the drive (as it was supposed to be her lead and not mine) and I apparently went off plan within around 200 meters of entering the sand. Not having your own vehicle and being a passenger when somesone else is driving 'your' drive is nowhere as much fun. 

It's been a while since I drove at Pink Rock. I tend to avoid this area because the dunes are normally very heavily used and it's a challenge to find a route that is not covered in cross tracks. Up to Pink Rock itself, we did well to find a lot of virgin sand. We could see glimpses of Convoy #1 in the distance, there were not so many convoys operating in the area and our drive was quite incident free all the way up to the base of Pink Rock. 

Seeing that our club compatriates were crossing the Rock, we decided to follow suit. I am not sure what was happening inside @Danish Mohammad Pajero that it has problems getting up the hill - and eventually it managed and we were on our way once again. 

Climbing up through the cross tracks to what has now been named 'Bird Bowl' we saw beautiful birds before swooping down ourselves in the direction Big Red and the slight less Big red dune nearby. 

There was a point at which I think there was someone did a radio check to make sure that the radios were still working, so slilent and trouble free was the convoy initially as we enjoyed a smooth ride on our way to the bigger dunes. @imranaasghar81 was doing a great job in 2nd lead, @Watteau relaxing in the Raptor will little to do apart from the odd reroute or self recovery and @Arman was doing sterling work at the back. We started to have a few refusals as the soft shifting sand impacted the back markers - totally expected on a drive like this as we approach summer. @Russ even got stuck at one point, much to our and indeed, his surprise: probably an aural relief for Danish. 

It's hard to pick out anyone from the convoy who was not perfroming exceptionally well. @Abdul Rahman AK, @Nithin Vaidir @Humayun Ghias, @Chris Wing@Matt.T @JeromeFJ and @Thomas Varghese were making it all very easy and we all enjoyed the fun of chasing, and being chased by Convoy #2. 

For me it's a real pelasure knowing that there are club drivers close by on another convoy, doing the same, enjoying themselves and learing their way through a drive. 

It was also great to have multiple drives over the long break with the same people, so I can see how you react to different challenges. 

And then, as we got into the higher more challenging dunes, two pop outs and a very difficult FJ stuck in a pocket and we had some receovety work to do. This slowed down progress on the way to big red, but was a great learning experience for all concerned. @Abdul Rahman AK and @JeromeFJ  - thanks for the lessons. 

Once again, we played tag with the 1st convoy. I wish someone could have got a picture of the Raptor moment on the hill with @Dodi Syahdar, @Watteau and @Russ all powering up and down at the same time, the two leadfoot beasts looking like a stereo picture as they misirrored each other. 

This was great fun and we were all planning to leave the area when suddenly @Thomas Varghese vehicle literally concked out. It turned out the batter was simply exhausted and hd given up the ghost, but meant we had to quickly lead everyone out of the desert and then leave a small group to return to recover the stricken Xterra. 

Special call outs for the day. 

1. @Jeepie sorry you missed out on your lead. 
2. @Foxtrot Oscar the saviour of the day and shall now be known as St. Angela
3. @Arman who impressed so much as the sweep
4. @Watteau a wing man that antone would be proud to have on their side
5. @Nabil Bishara well done on your first lead

Strangely, this was officially my 50th lead and I have apparently clocked more than 100 drives. Truly, these numbers mean nothing because I continue to learn every time I take a vehicle out into the desert. There's so, so much more than I need to learn and to practice and try to perfect that every drive feels a bit like the first. 

See you soon in the sand. 

Awe @JeepieI'm sorry you missed out on the drive and worse still had to be a passenger. @WrangeldI loved that you guys were nearby . It was so much fun! And great to catch up at some points too. I can't wait for this covid hell to be over so that we can get back to having real Carnity 'Community' drives and can all mingle and share our stories out there in the sand! 

22 hours ago, Clau Co said:

hi Angela, sorry I didnt know your name

I hope to see you in the next trip

Haha , no need to apologise, I like Oscar 😁

6 hours ago, Probir Mukherjee said:

The weighted average of the convoy makes it a fewbie drive in disguise... looking forward .

Haha, it is a 'Newbie' drive therefore priority lies with the newbie attendees. Our more experienced drivers will have the responsibility of adhering to the correct tracks as you will have less experienced drivers behind you  

Good evening fellow adventurers, Eid Mubarak to those of you celebrating,

Tomorrow we shall meet at 3:30pm in the tree shade at Murquab. As mentioned the aim is to get to Last Exit, but teh main aim is to have lots of fun in the safest way possible  

We shall be using Radio channel 2 (two)

My proposed convoy is as follows:

PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND AS WE HAVE DRIVERS ON THE WAITLIST


 

@Naim Aounand @Clau CoI'd love to but the convoy is at its absolute max of 15 cars. Lets see what happens when I remind people they have a drive tomorrow haha.

6 minutes ago, Nithin Vaidir said:

Congrats @Foxtrot Oscar Angela, I did my first fewbie drive with you . Your enthusiasm is so contagious. Well done .

Thanks @Nithin Vaidir I remember it well. Hope to drive with you again soon . 

11 hours ago, Matt.T said:

Hey Angela, I've not been about for a few weeks and just seen this. Congratulations and well deserved.

Hope to see you soon @Matt.T

10 minutes ago, Darren Brooke said:

Congrats - Well deserved

Still remember you rescuing me on my first newbie drive 😆

Haha , thank you 😊

1 hour ago, Probir Mukherjee said:

And am going ...on the Scottish drive ...looking forward 😀

Hahaha you are indeed !