Chaitanya D

@Humayun Ghias congratulations well done

Noted with thanks. Take care

@GauravSoni kindly inform if you have any mechanical issues with your car and have they been fixed, as you had to exit early in Tuesday drive with Angela @Foxtrot Oscar. As we are planning to driving in the dark, I would advise you to join only if your car is to the best of conditions to avoid any issues in the middle of desert.

Thanks for informing, take care

Noted and thanks for informing. Please sign out by clicking leave event. @Craig Finlayson and @Anvar Sadath Bekal both will be added to clear the waitlist. Please confirm

@varunmehndiratta congratulations, well done. Great to see your progress

One space opened up, @AlexPol I will add you to the drive Please confirm Waitlist 1. Craig F 2. Anvar S B

Please do not bring this to me or on the drive topics again and again. All promotions are discussed with all leads and appropriate unanimous action taken when needed . As I said enjoy your drives, as long as it lasts which is more important. Please note - hence forth if I see any discussion related to your promotions on my drives, it will be hidden/removed as it is irrelevant in the drive thread. I made no promises , I am a volunteer leading drives with this club. I do my best to keep all drivers safe , entertained and to go in /out together to the best of my abilities.

Trip Report: Coming back here on consecutive Friday with a newbie convoy was my plan to test myself , and you all as to how we can venture and get out in time as planned. I am telling you this now at the start because the last time we ventured here with a newbie convoy we all came out around 1PM if I remember correctly. Well that was a super eventful one, and this Friday was equally fun. Quick learning points : - Dune crossing straight up and down is a safe maneuver which you will learn as you progress. We had quite a few crests at the start may be because many were rusty . We did practice this on a dune and you all got a feel of how to do it correctly. - Keeping a close watch of the track in front of you in tight technical areas is important to get along with out a refusal or stuck. Technical dunes mean closely packed smaller dunes with softer sand ( read super-soft considering we are entering summer)which sink the best of drivers - Communicate effectively by identifying your self with longer sentences on the radio. - Use the momentum you gain getting in of bowls to gas up at the bottom and use the same momentum to exit out. @Sajit Modiyil was a great 2nd lead, following my directions correctly and re routing when advised to. Thank you @Gautamaialni was a bit shy of gas in some areas . Getting it right will come with practice, but as the drive went along you were getting better and better. Well done @Hossam Anwar drove his Pajero well with minimal issues. I hope you have taken my advise for being in your car sportively, considering the COVID precautions. Well driven my friend. @Adhir Saxena missed out on this drive. @GauravSoni was our center forward for this drive and was very active in the recoveries. He himself got stuck in soft sand while doing a recovery in a tight area, but was quickly recovered. I really appreciate you understanding advise to get on to more newbie drives for learning recoveries and you yourself getting better as a driver. Thank you for your support! @Ammar Naji has many drives under his belt now, and is good to see how you are getting better each time driving the longish expedition. With your experience be ready now to get more involved with roles as support/ as 2nd lead where you have to involve yourself , communicate and help the lead/other members on the drive. @Daniel Rodas managed the looooong RAM quite well on this terrain considering we went into some tight dunes. Dune crossing needs some practice especially for a long car like yours, but you will get it very soon. Please consider to remove the lower fascia /air dam on the front end of your truck as it will invariably break or come off in few more drives. @Ben84 congratulations on your Fewbie promotion and well driven. You showed you truly deserved the promotion by showing how well you manage the Rubicon in varied terrains. @Thomas Varghese did well in his white xterra , with no / minimal issues. Well done my friend @Nabil Bishara thanks for your amazing support , sweep and advises. Truly appreciate your presence and your calm demeanor is great to have on any drive. We did close to 36 Km , exit as scheduled around 10.15am which was great considering we were in a challenging terrain at Faqa. If you have completed the required number of drive and you yourself feel you are ready for the next level , please apply for your promotion online. Leads/ Seniors will review and get back to you if needed with advised to make you a safe and better sand driver. Most importantly do not forget to enjoy and learn from your drives ! Enjoy your week and see you all soon.

Trip Report: Feels great to write this report after some action packed weekend and a much needed meet up with all the senior members meet on Saturday. The more we talk and discuss how members have grown in the club and went on to do some great drives is quite incredible. Safety , discipline and correct approach being paramount in each aspect. We all arrived well in time, prepped in time and off we go. With the kind of sign ups on this drive, I was quite sure I could push all of you for some fast paced drive. Most of front half being Fewbie and behind being the mighty IM drivers. We did the AL Madam Triangle ( Big Red-Pink Rock-Tawi Nazwa) and also covered some areas which are not common towards north west of pink rock. Some nice dunes there with steeper bowls at the top, but a bit more plantations making the ride a bit bumpy. Nevertheless always good to explore a bit to keep the interest. @Veedooshee was flawless as 2nd lead. Quite impressive how you have grown to become an equally good , safe and confident driver as your other half @Anish S @Danish Mohammad drove well for most of the time, few refusals if I remember correctly. Very good control and maneuvering of his new desert drive SWB Pajero. @Thomas Varghese was third in the White Xterra bringing his experience to the forte. Well driven my friend and as long as it lasts, enjoy your drives and don't worry about anything else. @Abdul Rahman Abdul Kader had to exit out early as he was having motion sickness owing to the "bowly" fast drive from Big red to Pink Rock. Sorry to miss you out, but I hope next time you come at least 2 hrs from your last meal for a drive . Some members or passengers tend to have this when they start desert drive immediately after a meal. All the IM drivers @Anvar Sadath Bekal, @AlexPol ( promoted recently), @Shaaz Sha, @Ashok chaturvedi , @GauravSoni , @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ and @Christian Andras did great considering this was a fewbie drive and were flawless Fast forward to the last bit of night drive and it was quite a fun venturing in the dark towards Tawi Nazwa from Big Red to exit . We kept it to small to medium dunes for all to be comfortable with the night driving . As we do more , I hope we can get better at it in a safe way. We did close to 60 Km in less than 3.5 hrs . Special thanks to Veedoshee for 2nd lead, Alexpol for Center Forwarding & dear Christian for sweeping and support. See you all soon Enjoy your week

WEll done @Ben84, time to unleash the Rubicon

Fantastic @I.M.Shousha إسلام أبوشوشة, truly well deserved. Congratulations

@Werno congratulations, well deserved

@AlexPol fantastic and well deserved. Great to see enthusiastic members like you growing in the club. Congratulations

Waitlist 1. Alexpol 2. Craig Finlayson 3. Anvar Sadath Bekal

It will open once the event is announced on the Whatsapp Notifications so that everyone has a fair chance to RSVP.

@Kalahari probably some loose connection with the ABS kill switch wiring / Some sensor malfunction. OBD check should hopefully give you a diagnosis.

Dear @Sajit Modiyil I hope the experience was good 😆and you /we all learned something new. Getting crested is not at all an embarrassment, you should have seen me on newbie drives smiling on the crest of every dune waiting for some one to pull me out. As you do more you will get it better every time, you were great as second lead. Thank you!

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. We will do a bit of relaxed evening combined with night drive to kickstart an interesting weekend. 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. MUST WATCH: NEWBIE VIDEO BRIEFING Drive Details Level: Few above (All Level) When: 25 Mar 2021, Thursday. Meeting time: 4.30 pm (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: - https://goo.gl/maps/6GyCHGtYXq9L65qc7 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: 8 PM P.S. Only join if you have a compressor to inflate your tires after the drive. Please RSVP on the link below

@Nikola Bozovic congratulations, get ready for the next level. Well done

@Snappy congratulations, well done

@Larry Cadden congratulations, well done

Dear Friends , Adhir Saxena @Adhir Saxena Gautamaialni @Gautamaialni Ben84 @Ben84 Hossam Anwar @Hossam Anwar Daniel Rodas @Daniel Rodas Ammar Naji @Ammar Naji Sajit Modiyil @Sajit Modiyil Thomas Varghese @Thomas Varghese GauravSoni @GauravSoni Nabil Bishara @Nabil Bishara Please Note convoy Numbering for tomorrow We will use Chanel 2 (446.03125) for coms Myself, Gauravsoni and Nabil will handle recoveries if any, rest members are please requested to be in their cars. See you tomorrow

Dear friends Convoy numbering for tomorrow 1. Chaitanya 2. Veedooshee - 2nd lead 3.Danish Mohd 4.Thomas Varghese 5.Abdul Rahman Kadar 6. Anvar Sadath Bekal 7. Alexpol 8. Shaaz sha 9. Ashok Chaturvedi 10. Junaid 11.Gauravsoni 12. Muhammad kashif Razzaq 13. Christian Andras - Sweep Chanel 1 for Radio coms See you all tomorrow