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Join us to explore Sweihan Desert in Abu Dhabi and learn the art of offroading in a versatile playground for your first off-road adventure. You will learn to self-drive your vehicle from experts having decades of off-roading experience in the UAE. This area offers a good mix of playable long set of dunes and broad ridges to test your off-road control. Drive is open for all 4x4/4WD/SUV/AWD vehicles having 8-10 inches of ground clearance and (MANDATORY) Front and rear tow hooks (MANDATORY) What you'll learn: Introduction to off-roading. Desert driving basics and etiquette. Desert driving tips, techniques, myth and best practices. Off-road and safety gear familiarization and recovery procedures. Vehicle orientation, risk analysis, deflation and outdoor safety advice. First time with Carnity Off-road Club: Please share your vehicle details - Make, Model, Year. Do you have any prior off-road experience? Confirm your vehicle has front and rear tow hooks / eyelets. Why should i join? We will teach you how to self-drive off-road safely and learn the best offroad driving and recovery techniques. If you have already driven in sand before then you can learn more from experts having decades of offroading experience in the UAE. This area offers a good mix of playable long set of dunes and broad ridge to test your off-road control. Can my vehicle do this ? This drive is open for all 4x4/4WD/SUV/AWD vehicle having 8-10 inches of ground clearance and front and rear tow hooks. If in doubt please first announce your questions on the drive thread so we can advise you further. Any stock 4x4/4WD are most welcome, you don't need any vehicle modifications. Can i bring passengers ? Yes of course, but if you are absolute new to offroading it is better to drive alone first to avoid any distractions. Learn More About: Carnity Off-road Club 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: Mandatory Safety Requirements 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. MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING Drive Details Level: Newbie and Above (All Levels) When: 1 October 2021, Friday Meeting time: 6:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: - https://goo.gl/maps/Loy4FD3HAnE4Yo4k6 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 LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE: Limited to 12 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

Nice write up @Islam Soliman. Cannot imagine handing the love of the technical (which was instilled in me by @Gaurav into better hands. Soon it will be your chance to do the same, for we are guardians only for a short but wonderful period, as we are for the love of the desert driving bug as a whole. Looking forward to more of everything you bring to this game.

Dear All, A revised convoy for Saturday morning.A few people changed around. See you @Lorenzo Candelpergher @Mohammed Mansoor @kiranshinde @eldose baby @GratefulKRD @Johannes Roux @Alex Raptor @Rsjiv Samuel @Joji varghese @hasan hamadeh @Alphin Aloor @Zixuan Huang - Charlie @Sunil Mathew @darren thompson See you all at 6am. Nice surprise awaits tomorrow. I see I did not put the correct rank for @Alex Raptor and @Johannes Roux. You can berate me in the morning. Alex will be supporting.

Post Drive Report Small but beautifully formed - that's my conclusion on today's convoy. A great group, driving in harmony reaching impressive heights of technical knowledge and capability. As it turned out this was pretty much a discovery drive. Exploration in the desert is something we should do much more regularly - but we rarely get the opportunity and I am grateful to all of you for sticking with what ever the drive had to offer from start to finish. With great support from @marks @M.Seidam and @Niki I knew that what ever the drive threw at us could be managed and in truth any issues were dealt with so quickly that the convoy of @Anoop Nair @Sunil Mathew @Adhir Saxena & @Rawadbarely stopped for breath through the whole drive. It was so soft in places that it was hard to believe, and quite honestly, the conditions for what was advertised as a Fewbie Plus were at the higher limit of that rank. We rode ridges, crossed dunes and navigated some technical sections, slide sloped and crossed sabkahs. Highlights for me? In no particular order I am really pleased that we took the difficult route back into Solar Park. Most drives would take the dirt track all the way back to the end point. The problem with that is it's tedious and if you're a following car you are driving in very fine dust for kilometers. It was not an/the easy choice and was in my view, the right one. Virgin sand. So much of the route today was on completely virgin sand. In anywhere near to Qudra that's quite unusual. Perhaps it's not the same at the back of the convoy as at the front, but the fact that we explored meant that the sand was pretty much clean as we got there. Freedom close to the AD border. With the borders having come down, the fear of a massive fine is lower now. While we did not get anywhere close to the restricted area, the fact we could roam was a nice change. \ The teamwork, spirit and discipline - especially @M.Seidam guiding everyone out individually from the soft sand bowls and @marks and @M.Seidam guiding me on the cross over where I was not 100% sure about which way to turn. So, thanks to all. I enjoyed the drive, enjoyed your company (OK- there was a lot of radio quiet time; which I always regard as very positive) and your skill and attention. Hope to see you soon in the sand.

Daniel, thanks for the update. Please remove your RSVP if you did not already do that.

Good morning. Here is the meeting location for the Saturday drive: https://goo.gl/maps/Ym96fZ4afEZN7KPWA The Convoy numbering is below. We will use Carnity radio channel 3. @darren thompson as it's your first drive of the weekend, you are added. Unfortunately, to keep the convoy a reasonable size, we cannot take the 2nd drivee on WL. See you in the sand on Saturday.

Hi All, I will post the meeting point later - still deciding on the best meeting point: Warning, it will be further than usual - plan 20 minutes minimum from Last Exit.

OK Enrico, no problem. Not long now.

Sorry Anoop - i was looking at your profile. Of course you're included. This is why I did not remove as there are often issues like this.

I go to Rage Performance in Al Quoz ask for Ranjhod 052 722 2844. You can mention my name (if you want really poor service!)

Sunil Mathew @Sunil Mathew Enrico Biscaro @Enrico Biscaro Niki @Niki Anoop Nair @Anoop Nair Tareck @Tareck Adhir Saxena @Adhir Saxena Rawad @Rawad Nihal17 @Nihal17 Hi @Enrico Biscaro @Anoop Nair It looks like both of you are not yet ranked as a Fewbie Plus - which is the level for this drive. I will leave you both on the drive for the moment because it looks like you both missed the classification and until we find another drive for you to attend at the right level. I hope you both understand the risks inherent in driving at a higher level. It's going to be very difficult for you, and/or frustrating for drivers that expect a slightly higher level of complexity if we need to bring the level down.

@Mohammed Mansoor Thanks for signing up for this drive, but it looks like you will complete your Absolute Newbie drive with Carnity in Friday - which is essential before you sign up for any other drive. Here is the link to that drive: I see you are signed up for this. @Ale Vallecchi will confirm your attendance after the drive and then we can allow you to have your second drive of the weekend in this drive. I will add you back into this drive.

Hi @hasan hamadeh sorry for the confusion (maybe you did not notice yet) you're on this drive - confirmed.

It's always your choice where and when you join. We will only make it to Little Sweihan on the drive on Friday in Dubai so if you want the real thing, then yes @Kailas is the only one offering that experience. With borders opening up again to AD, I think you can expect a lot of drives being posted in that direction as most of the marshals are chomping at the bit to move away from the areas to which we have been restricted for the last 18 months.

Sunil Mathew @Sunil Mathew Enrico Biscaro @Enrico Biscaro Niki @Niki PaoloMaraziti @PaoloMaraziti Anoop Nair @Anoop Nair Tareck @Tareck Adhir Saxena @Adhir Saxena Rawad @Rawad Great to see you al signed up for the Solar Park ride with myself and @M.Seidam We kept away from Solar Park for a while because, being close to the AD border we did not want to inadvertently cross over and cause problems. That's now over and bot, are we going to make use of these new freedoms. Expect a well paced roller coaster drive. Lots of swooping dunes, bowls (small and large) pyramid dunes and of course, just a little technical. See you soon in the sand.

@darren thompson @kiranshinde @Sunil Mathew You're all waitlisted. Looking at the signup at the moment, assume you'll be driving.

Thanks for the feedback @Larry Cadden - I did warn in advance that beautiful though this area is, it's challenging. Funnily enough, it's probably easier if you drive in a Fewbie or Fewbie Plus around here, because it's easier to navigate this type of soft dune a little more easily when the terminal speed is higher. For me, however, the best accolade I think I can have is that you felt it was a good learning experience. We all enjoy flowing non stop drives, but once in a while a 'challenge' drive like this can really help for what is to come in the future.

So glad you brought this up @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil . Just because you can drive an IM does not mean you must, or should drive at IM. We are a community.

@Niki you're too kind

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: Fewbie+ Above (All Levels) When: 24 Sep 2021, Friday. Meeting time: 06:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: Solar Park https://goo.gl/maps/NoUBLkPxhJXvGtt18 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: Last Exit Limited Spots Available: Limited to 12 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

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 Above (All Levels) When: 25 Sep 2021, Saturday. Meeting time: 06:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: Tawi Nizwa Farms https://goo.gl/maps/Ym96fZ4afEZN7KPWA 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: 2nd December Cafe Limited Spots Available: Limited to 12 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

Well earned promotion @Gaurav Soni