Mahmoud Hamzawy

@Wrangeld @Chaitanya D fully power for the drive 

Am driving my stock Prado for almost 2 years offroading perfectly, I fully agree on the side clips of the bumper but all what you need is as mentioned just trim the bumper and have more holding for it 

Prado has a stock engine protector at the bottom of the car, sure Skid plate is a good add on but from my experience with Prado its not a must 

Lifting 2'' is a great you can use King lifting kit which is perfect for Prado, some are using Fox but I can say KING is the best

Never think of metal bumper it will add weight and will not pass RTA 

Hi Angela, sorry I have to drop tomorrow drive sadly, reason is out of my hand

Thank you 

Thank you @Pancho

See you next weekend 

Hi Angela 

Kindly add me to waiting list , 2nd drive this weekend

Thank you 

@Pancho looking forward to the drive

@Rahimdad thank you 

@Chaitanya D great lead and wonderful enthusiasm drive, you manged the ride by scaling from easy to moderate as the convoy moves ahead, you didn't spare an effort to come back whenever needed to help and support drivers, going through Margham desert with beautiful sights seeing was amazing, am used for your fewbie drive but was amazed how you managed this newbie one

@Anish SS  as always, you managed center forward position in professionalism of leaders you know perfectly how to help and support drivers to maintain safety 

@AlexPolour first ride together, you made it perfectly for 2nd lead position 

I was worried when I saw @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader and @Thomas Varghese stuck near to each other that's why I announced on the radio and asked them to stay on standby without movement even I know it can be managed but the cars where very near to each other with families inside that's why I didn't want to risk and asked for @Anish Ssupport, as we learned in carnity ALWAYS SAFETY First, it was managed perfectly and safely 

Wishing I was able to be good sweep to the convoy making sure all  cars moving well, sorry for the radio interference and am wishing it was managed well

Over all I really liked the drive and looking forward for Afternoon fewbie drive next weekend

Hi Gaurav 

Can you add me to the waiting list my first drive for this weekend 

Thank you 

Any updates which Radio channel we will be using?? 

@Gaurav looking forward to drive again with you after long time

1 hour ago, Ale Vallecchi said:

Hello @Mahmoud Hamzawy. You are in tomorrow's drive. Please acknowledge. You'll be joining @Gaurav's convoy. Thanks. 

Thank you @Ale Vallecchiam confirming joining in the meeting point tomorrow 

@Ale Vallecchi

Hi Ale,, any chance for tomorrow ride, kindly let me know if any of the drivers dropped am ready to join 

@Ale Vallecchi HI Ale am really interested to join this drive to explore RAK desert is there any chance to add my name 

Thank you 

@Gaurav HI Gaurav long time not driving together in one convoy

If there is a chance am ready to join please add me 

Thank you 

Dear All 

This was a great fewbie drive - one of the best I ever had with great planning for ridge riding and crisscrossing - @Pancho you made our ride very amazing

@Chaitanya D you really payed a very important role here supporting everyone in this ride, when you put your lights on you changed the desert to noon time again - and the spices of technical dune crossing at the end of the ride to reach our exit was really amazing

@Janarthan your major role as center forward was played perfectly making sure the convoy is moving from the middle, for me personally following your track made the ride much easier for me specifically when am seeing you doing it I got the confidence that yes I can follow his track and will pass safely

I had couple of refusals which I was able to recover with @Anish S support and @Janarthan and @Chaitanya D didn't spare an effort to come back and help, even my totally stuck on the top of the ridge was self recovered by the support of the team on the radio

@Anish S as a sweep making sure the full convoy is moving safely from the back - I recognized you on top of the dune watching the convoy moving safely

Thank you all for your efforts and for the great afternoon ride 

Looking forward to see you all again next weekend 

Thank you @Ale Vallecchifor the great drive, it's my first time as second lead (hoping I covered the role well), I was quite stressed in the beginning but as we move forward I enjoyed being second lead, following an expert Marshal like you was amazing with your informative instructions for me to change the route and come to a safe area with the convoy, I had one small refusal which was self managed quickly and one stuck on a flat surface (because I stopped on soft sand area on inclined surface) thanks for @David Ortells who helped me out quickly

The night ride was amazing 

See you next drive 

12 hours ago, Ale Vallecchi said:

@Mahmoud Hamzawy, @Anand Nataraj welcome to the drive. You can find the trip presentation above. See you on Friday. 

Thank toy Ale 

Dear @Ale Vallecchi

I can't make it today due to unfortunate reason, am still trying to finish early to catch the drive... Kindly accept my apologies if I can't make it 

Thank you 

Can't wait for the adventure @Ale Vallecchi

Dear @Shamil and Team

Am really sorry got urgent work duty for tomorrow, am sorry will not be able to join the drive 

Sorry again for the late notice 

Thank you

Congratulations @Shamil for your first official managing ride,

Well deserved, how you are supporting and experiencing well earned, 

I was not able to catch this drive, kindly if there is a free slot add my name, 

I RSVP to one of the Newbie drives but will be very happy to join this fewbie drive if someone is not coming 

Thank you 

Congratulations @Wrangeld and @Jeepie

Well deserved!!!! 

4 hours ago, Wrangeld said:

@Mahmoud Hamzawy thanks for this reminder - Yes, @Gaurav stopped and rescued other drivers in need: another really part of our drive and important rule of etiquette I should not have forgotten to mention. The example that he set, stopping our whole convoy to help them was important to see.

If there are people in need, who you can help, and will let you help them in the way you think you can, make the offer. If we were ever tempted to go offroad alone it's good to know that there are kind souls out there prepared to help you out of trouble. 

And your other point about drive discipline: It's not easy to stay inside the car, it's not as much fun - but it does mean that we stay safe because WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE.

@Wrangeld Thank you for the detailed comprehensive trip report - and all your efforts during the ride

Thank you @Wrangeld for amazing informative report actually you and @Jeepie made a great job helping everyone and keeping all safe, you didn't spare an effort to come fast and support for any refusal / stuck, and in this hot weather you where ready with your Shevle to help me and others,

@Gaurav nothing is compared to driving in this area under the lead of Gaurav, you always ready to come back and reroute to help all newbies in their first desert drive - and as always carnity family never spare an effort to help people, once you found Landcrusier stuck by himself in the middle of the desert you announced on the radio and the full convoy stand on standby mode till you helped them to recover even by tow rope and pulling them out (power of Pajero)

@bunty_and_pops great job for swep making sure no one is left behind

Clumping dune that big was a great chance for me after two or three un succssesful attempts and thank you all for being patient - 

During sunset and night drive was amazing and very enjoying with the cooling breeze around us

After 3 month away because of this COVID driving back and hitting the dunes was maximum enjoyment for me 

Thank you all who for this drive and specially I would like to thank all drivers who stayed in their cars as we all returned back home safe and not even worried about this bad virus 

Hi Carnity family , wishing all are staying safe 

@Frederic Hi Fred , wishing you are staying safe ,Kindly if you have free slot in this drive add my name , Thank you

Dear Marshal @Frederic

Wooow.. 51 RSVP,

I was not planning to join but am wondering how many convoys would it be, if you need Fewbie to attend I will be happy to join

Looking forward to help

3 hours ago, Gaurav said:

Dear Newbies and Absolute Newbies:

To speed up our newbie briefings, we have drafted an Absolute Newbie Essentials Briefing here online, which does not take more than 10 minutes to read, and is consisting of our main safety advices.

We kindly ask you to go through this briefing, so we have more "action" time instead of "talking" time coming Saturday.

@Kalahari @E.C. TAN @Chaitanya D @Jamy B. @RohanH @Shahid Mehmood @Alexander Sarte @Hariharan @Matti Brockman

https://carnity.com/brief

Please take your time to read these advices to arrive prepared and good to go  

Random question will be asked to make sure that everyone complies with above brief.

That's an amazing move... So we save more time for action