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@ShereenMK your are now on the drive since Gregory has dropped out. Kindly confirm attendance ASAP.

very good of you @Thomas Varghese to point these things out. The notifications will work when the driver is tagged and they have set up their profile to alert them by email when their name is mentioned. It's quite right to say Thomas that there are a lot of people that don't check in until later in the week and it would have been a long drive for @Serafino to arrive in Sweihan and find the drive was full. Thanks also Thomas for identifying for your club member where the spaces are in the drive roster. We try our best to make sure that every driver gets at least one drive a weekend. In the back ground this is being checked and where we see a driver is missing out the leads will try our best to accommodate so that everyone gets at least one drive - in fact, that is exactly what led to the process of drivers waiting till later in the week to get their second drive.

Thanks for reminding on this @Thomas Varghese. @Serafino I removed you from the drive because @Christopher Assal was first in the waitlist. The policy in the club is that if the drive is full you add yourself as waitlist. Top of the waitlist is the first person posting here. If, as happened today, a place opens up because someone drops out, the WL get the place before anyone else. As drive leads we cannot sit on the site the whole day watching and waiting in case someone has a change in plans and it is a much fairer way of managing the availability. As @Thomas Varghese also mentioned, there are places on the drive with @Srikumar. If this is your first Sweihan experience, I can assure you, the level will be more than sufficient.

Hi @Niki our loss is @Srikumar gain. @Christopher Assal you've just been added to the drive list.

@Christopher Assal #1 @ShereenMK #2 @John Vanderbleek #3 Can I understand @Thomas Varghese if you asked for W/L for first or second drive? If it's 1st drive, you are #1, if not, you will be W/L after all the frist drive W/L drivers.

@Johannes Roux congrats - now you see, all that soft sand was just the prelude to ... more soft sand with a more challenging drive

Well done @Davie Chase you drove superbly yesterday. Totally deserved and looking forward to watch you climb the ranks.

munkybizness @munkybizness Josh T. @Josh T. Alain Canivet-Abikhalil @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil Zixuan Huang - Charlie @Zixuan Huang - Charlie Alexander Holodny @Alexander Holodny Niki @Niki Pacific @Pacific Ben84 @Ben84 Gregory @Gregory Daniel Rodas @Daniel Rodas W/L @Thomas Varghese Looking forward to starting off the holiday weekend with all of you. Sweihan on Thursday will be a blast. As you can see, we have a waitlist starting - so if by chance your plans change ( like you are reminded that it's your anniversary, or you're working) step out early to make way for our W/L. See you soon in the sand.

Done

@Niki you have nothing about which to worry. At least brickable thinks your car worthy of a model. Unless you are driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo, there's NOTHING -

This is amazing Felix - and don't worry. All of us have the same problem that our kids like @Alex Raptor's ride more than our own ( @Niki).

@Davie Chase these are the sort of comments that really make it such a great experience for the likes of myself and @Alex Raptor to get up early in the morning and come out and drive with club members. It's a community built on mutual respect and support - and our objective is truly to help as many people as have this bug to find a way to enjoy it safely. I guess the bit that I did not stress but which is still important is that as a club we are also about using stock cars - which is unusual in the 4x4 world. The photos are great - if you can pop them in the gallery next time it makes it easier on the server

Drive Brief Sweihan is the most impactful introduction to the intoxicating beauty of Abu Dhabi dune driving. Red sand, swooping high dunes impossible crests and long, long slip faces. We will start at 6:00am roam around the place for quite a while, enjoying the long ranging and yet everything but easy dunes in the area and the beautiful views from an elevated position across the expanse of what Sweihan has to offer. Dubai drivers - it's a long weekend and this is the chance to enjoy without time pressure of the weekend with the family. If you have never ventured out of the safety of Dubai, it's worth the drive to experience the wonders of Sweihan. 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 Mandatory Safety Requirements Ban from Carnity Off-road Club Two Way Radio Guidelines Drive Details Level: Fewbie and above (All Levels) When: 21 Oct 2021, Thursday Meeting time: 6:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/tMd79DoKuCxe3HBWA 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: 10:00 AM End Point: Limited Spots Available: Limited to 10 cars only. RSVP will close on Thursday - 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 THE BELOW CALENDAR EVENT

Post Drive Report Guys - it was immense. You handled every challenge carefully, patiently and skillfully. We even made it back on time and in the end, actually travelled quite a few KM. A pop out, using the rope, winching, digging - it was all there. I think that all your comments say enough about the drive and what you learned: after all that was the objective. I'll be more than happy to take this group out again any time and continue to hone these skills if my wingman @Alex Raptor is free. More importantly, as he continues his development in the direction of leading drives and becoming one of our senior members, it will be my pleasure to be the support on his drives. Hoping that this has started the technical bug inside a few of you. The techno lovers group is slowly but surely growing in our club, which in turn is improving the capabilities of our drivers. See you soon in the sand.

You can if you confirm by 6 am tomorrow

I am doing winter drive too, Raman!

Davie Chase @Davie Chase Raman_Dbx @Raman_Dbx salah2u @salah2u Vaibhav @Vaibhav Alexanderrr @Alexanderrr Shyam Menon @Shyam Menon JAISROCK @JAISROCK Felix Obst @Felix Obst Hitham mohamed @Hitham mohamed qaiser ijaz @qaiser ijaz Johannes Roux @Johannes Roux The weekend draws inexorably closer and with it the chance for excitement on this special Saturday drive to hone your technical skills in the dunes of Qudra. With a convoy of 11 plus the excellent support of @GauravSoni and @Alex Raptor it's a long convoy, so we will play around a bit with numbering and challenges so that those at the back are not always the ones fighting the soft sand and tough conditions. Bring your A game to the desert, however. As I said before, technical is a challenge that can overwhelm - and we don't want that - because once you're in a technical area, there's no magic wand we can use to magically get your car out of the dunes. But you all knew that before you signed up for this. @GauravSoni jokes that he is bringing lunch and dinner with him: if you have plans for Saturday that are essential and you cannot be late, while we will try to get out by 10am, on this type of drive there is a high likelihood that we finish late. See you soon in the sand.

@qaiser ijaz I note you did not yet complete the Absolute newbie drive. You may want to consider carefully if a technical skills drive is your next Carnity outing because the drive is designed to hone skills that are in development. Having said that you have an outstanding choice of vehicle for this type of drive ... so plese confirm the AN is complete and then you can join.

Thanks for the vote of confidence ... All day drive ... Saturday

Dear Magnificent Seven Davie Chase @Davie Chase Raman_Dbx @Raman_Dbx salah2u @salah2u Vaibhav @Vaibhav Alexanderrr @Alexanderrr Shyam Menon @Shyam Menon JAISROCK @JAISROCK Delighted to welcome you to the technical skills drive planned for Friday Saturday. I will be supported by two of our most experienced drivers, meaning we can give some close attention to all attending, and we will have vehicles in the seniors that have the same sort of dynamics as the vehicles on the drive: I have an SWB Pajero - not quite a jeep, but similar. @GauravSoni has a LWB Pajero - not quite an LWB Jeep but close enough @Alex Raptor has a Ford 150 Raptor - same in scale as a Y62 The plan is to find some technical dunes in the Qudra area and spend a good few hours practicing driving through these difficult patches of dunes. We will get stuck - so you will get the added benefit of being able to practice endless self recovery!

Hi @Vaibhav you are welcome to join this drive. As for your eligibility for promotions, you may self certify based on previous experience and we can see on the next drive how this looks. Support - Carnity.com

Hi @JAISROCK sure, if you completed the AN you are welcome to join.

Off-road Skill Development Drive – Technical Dunes You may be confident scaling the heights and riding the ridges, perhaps criss crossing is your thing, but if you find yourself in an area of tightly packed dunes, with soft sand, and sharp ridges, all the power in the world will likely not help you through these sections - and all to often to get to the big fun play dunes there are ranges of technical dunes through which you need to pass. So, it's time to practice this important off road skill and understand the finesse & control needed to get you through this type of dune with safely and with much greater confidence. This drive will be focused on spending time in these types of dunes so has little 'playtime' , focused on allowing you the time and patience to get through these sections of dunes so that technical dunes hold no fear. What you'll learn How to follow the correct line taken through technical. Finesse & throttle control as tools to master. Managing soft small sand bowls, ridges and banks. Gauging the correct and safest moment to abort when momentum fails. 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 Ban from Carnity Off-road Club Two Way Radio Guidelines Drive Details Level: Newbie and Above When: 16 October 2021 Friday Meeting time: 6:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/kvm1noBkXoLtAxSaA 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: 10.00 AM 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. LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE: Limited to 10 cars only. RSVP will close on Thursday - 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 THE BELOW IN THE EVENTS CALENDAR