Chaitanya D

7 hours ago, topgear said:

Dr @Chaitanya D 

Please share the meeting point when you can. Purely for planning purposes to see if I am able to join.

@topgear meeting point is updated in the drive thread, Hope to catch up with you as it has been a long time

9 hours ago, Zed said:

Doc @Chaitanya D i've waitlisted myself for this drive, as I'm in Sri's 2nd Jul night drive already.

If convoy is full, kindly consider extending the convoy size so I can show you my Y62 mods 😁

Sure @Zed, every time u come with a new mod . Be it LC or the Patrol, bring it on 👍🏼

WouI would like to join you @Asif Hussainbut will confirm soon. Always a pleasure 

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 and Above 

When: 1 Jul 2022 Friday Night

Meeting time: 9 PM (SHARP - Without any exceptions).

Meeting Point:  https://goo.gl/maps/rdUPEgNryQW3uZnx7

Type of Car: Any  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: 1 AM Saturday

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. 

Drive report

Absolutely agree with what @Loopermentioned in above message, it was indeed a 100/100 fun considering the short convoy of 4 cars . 
@takeshi sobue did well for a 2nd lead , though we had hardly any issues as we hit some nice clean dunes for the most part. Rising fuel prices and soaring temperatures have taken a bit of toll - in a nicer way to keep the dunes clean in an area which is mostly studded with cross tracks. Impressive driving and clean climbs all the way to the top of big red 

@Zulfikhar Naiyar drove well in his xterra except for some refusals and minor stucks/ crest. You did well playing in “D” for the most part , but as you progress you need to play with your gears for the long steep climbs . It is just a matter of time and practice which will get you there easily. 
 
last but definitely not the least @Looper presence on the drive added that reassurance that we played at a reasonable pace without holding back. Great team man to have on any drive - with full of enthusiasm and something new every time on his yellow Jeep 😜😀.

have fun you all, u till we meet next time sooner or later. 

Dear friends

@Zulfikhar Naiyar

@takeshi sobue

@Looper

This one is on with a lot of fun for sure 

Short convoy = more fun 

Convoy list on the go at the meeting point 

Please make sure you are on time by 5 am at the location , with the mandatory gears and a charged radio not to forget a full fuel tank. 

my number in any case is 0529970964 

see you tomorrow 

Happy birthday @M.Seidam. God bless you 🎉

General Info

This drive is organized in full compliance with the COVID19 guidelines. We expect every member that joins this drive to go through the below information and strictly follow these guidelines in order not to jeopardise 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

Level:  Newbie and above

When:  19 Jun 2022, Sunday

Meeting time: 5:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions)

Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/NjBkdRiyDXGMhMHR9

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

Approximate finish time: 9:00 AM

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE

• Limited to 12 cars only. RSVP will close on Friday, 2 pm.
  • 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 CALENDAR 

Dear Friends 

Drive cancelled 

Carnity is observing 3 days of mourning with respect to the passing of HH. Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

All off-road drives have been canceled for 13-15 May 2022, for keeping the UAE desert quiet.

@munkybizness, @Prakash Anoop, @Xavier Treasurer, @AlexM, @Ranjan Das, @Karthik Raptor, @Gok Krish, @Daniel Yang @Alexander Alcala

 @Batuhan Kulac

6 hours ago, Shaaz Sha said:

This is gonna b a massive drive doctor…@Chaitanya D. A dream-liner ready for take off 😀. Have fun and enjoy guys . Sweihan , night drive @Chaitanya D and a superb convoy..would love to join.. but approval from the home ministry would be difficult 😭. Have fun boys 

this is exactly one among the reasons I love ❤️ .

no issues for approvals when I cite some “doctor” reasons 🤣.

will miss your company @Shaaz Sha

3 hours ago, Batuhan Kulac said:

Hey @Chaitanya D I only noticed that i wasn't in the rsvp anymore until i didnt see my name in the list? was there a problem? or am I still in the drive?

When I last checked the rsvp before making the convoy list your name was not there , hence I felt you might have signed out / removed your rsvp.

I sent a message on whatsapp on your number registered but it was not delivered/ no response 

can you contact me on 0529970964

thanks 

Dear Friends 

Drive cancelled 

Carnity is observing 3 days of mourning with respect to the passing of HH. Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

All off-road drives have been canceled for 13-15 May 2022, for keeping the UAE desert quiet.

@munkybizness, @Prakash Anoop, @Xavier Treasurer, @AlexM, @Ranjan Das, @Karthik Raptor, @Gok Krish, @Daniel Yang @Alexander Alcala

4 hours ago, munkybizness said:

Doc @Chaitanya D: A night drive, in Abu Dhabi, with you leading - it should not even be a question 😎

will be great to have you Mayank , see you tomorrow

 @munkybizness and @topgear I can see you are waitlisted.

Do you wish to join tomorrow for this night drive? 

congratulations @Simon Dawood well done 

General Info

This drive is organized in full compliance with the COVID19 guidelines. We expect every member that joins this drive to go through the below information 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 Plus and Above 

When: 13 May 2022 FRIDAY Night

Meeting time: 10 PM (SHARP - Without any exceptions)

Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/Fx16SuzDpoQUZWmL9

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

Approximate finish time: 01.30 am ( +/- 30 min)

THIS IS A COMPRESSOR-ONLY DRIVE. 

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE:

• Limited to 10 drivers. RSVP will close on Thursday - 5 PM.
  • 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

@JeromeFJ wonderful lead , never looked a first.

It was my pleasure being with you and all others on your memorable first independent lead which was perfect. You were in total control at all situations .

Have to acknowledge @Looper for managing a stuck situation in a tricky spot , which was perfectly coordinated

48 minutes ago, Abdul Basit Khan said:

thank you for confirming…

 

Please check and confirm the location on map so that you don’t miss the meeting point this time around. 

1 hour ago, JeromeFJ said:

Dear Desert Drivers

We are all getting ready for tomorrow's drive !

@Daniel Rodas @BHANU PRAKASH VISHWANATH @Suresh K @Sita Sharma @Paolo Morresi @Peter Hager @Rob S @Jose Thomas @Abdul Basit Khan @Imteeaz @Nathan @Chaitanya D

Meeting is at 5:30 am at  https://goo.gl/maps/iVx8Rx8BBKXk6SNB8

As you have seen, it is inside the small town of Murqab. Please refrain loud enthusiasm demonstrations and any horn.

The Convoy order will be as follows

We will use Carnity Frequency 3

Looking forward to see you tomorrow morning. Have a nice evening !

Thanks @JeromeFJ. Looking forward and I am sure we will have a lot of fun 🤩 

@GauravSoni congratulations 🎉 and well done 👍🏼 

21 hours ago, Karthikeyan Govindarajan said:

Scorpion Sting

Despite this subject is well explained in many of the posts in our carnity forum, I wanted to create an awareness based on my personal experience. 

 

On Saturday night, we, 4 families along with kids were camping and star gazing in Al Quoa Milky Way spot. On this night, my spouse became an innocent victim to a scorpion sting when we were sitting on the sands. Before the incident happened, unfortunately she removed her shoes to clean up the sand and sat for some time with bare foot - which caused all this. Thanks to guidance from carnity, we had clicked a foto of that tiny thing, in order to show to doctor for proper diagnosis. 

 

Within the span of five minutes her entire left leg turned numb with deep burning sensation and she couldn’t walk or place her leg on the floor (sting happened on her left leg foot, below the thumb finger). 

 

I immediately called the ambulance using 999 service, who rushed to the spot in less than 45 minutes and checked all her vitals including BP, pulse rate, blood oxygen etc. and confirmed that everything is normal. We went to the nearest seha hospital in the ambulance which is in Al Wagan area and the doctors treated her with pain killers and anti allergy injections. 

 

The pain (severe to moderate) lasted for 24 to 36 hours, post which she was able to walk comfortably. Pain still continues to exist (slight level) in the respective area, which should go off completely in next 24 hours. 

 

Key Takeaways:

1. Do not panic and keep your hopes high and blood pressure at normal levels. 
2. If there is no giddiness after 15 or 30 mins, there is no problem at all. In case of giddiness, then this requires some quick treatment along with antidodes. Numbness and pain are quite normal in this case. 
3. As per Seha, none of the species in UAE desert are venomous and thus there is no antidode required. (They haven’t given any antidode to my spouse). The hospital staffs said they see more than 5 cases in a day with such instances. 
4. Dont rush to hospital yourself, as this needs some specialises practical experience to treat such incidents. City Hospitals may lack that speciality. 999 ambulance is the right option. We visited NMC Urgent Care, the next day morning, due to severe pain - they reviewed the treatments provided by Seha and informed that there is no further treatment can be provided there. Time is the only heal for this pain with few pain killer medications. 
5. Be ready to withstand the pain for 48 hours. 
6. Lastly, never remove shoes. 

 

Special thanks to @Gaurav and @M.Seidam for your care and advice over the phone. 
 

Tons and Tons of Thanks to @Asif Hussain, who drove all the way during such late hours, to help my friends in removing the car from sand while I am attending my spouse in the hospital. Asif Bhai, you always hold a special place in our heart for your kindness and support. Our respects for you is on highest levels. 
 

Here is the photo of that black sheep. 

Glad to know it all ended well and was an experience to learn from. Stay safe @Karthikeyan Govindarajan, well done team Carnity 👍🏼

Happy birthday @Srikumar. God bless you 

On 4/25/2022 at 7:39 PM, varunmehndiratta said:

A huge thanks @Chaitanya D for this lovely experience of leading a drive through the most awesome of long range dunes in Dubai. From choosing the starting point to planning the route, convoy ordering and eventually turning this partial lead to almost a full drive lead  - you simply made it an wholesome immersive learning experience for me. 🤘🖖

Whole convoy (except map mixed up case with @Abdul Basit Khan) was right on time at Lisali Camel track and crossing through the dust track we entered the notorious Lisali's tech dunes at 6:30am,  With lead handed over to me, the plan was clear, we breezed through the initial tech dunes and within minutes we were exploring the unexplored beautiful long range dunes of Lisali. After my last few drive in Qudra area, it was a relaxing sight to find some really beautiful dune with no cross tracks and early morning sun rising through east provided the trigger to  SPEED UP . Convoy responded well to the challenge as crossing and side slopping through these beautiful dunes we reached DCT Waypoint 2 within an hour with only some minor refusals and need for a one soft tug executed perfectly by @Alfred Alinazar. 

We had a quick briefing and demo about basics of criss-crossing and were again speeding towards the next set of dunes experimenting with some nice steep side slopes and some sharp ridges to cross. Maneuvering through the bushy area we drifted to Murquab and were welcomed by a tricky technical patch. After a few refusals,  stucks in the middle of convoy and a couple of amazing self recoveries executed by @Jessica Lambert we were back again onto the long range dunes.. Crossing through the DCT Waypoint 3 - it was pure Show Off time for the convoy , as we tried some back to back ridge crossing as well as rode through the ln of some sweet ridges.

As we reached the passage through the Murquab farms, it was time for Master to take over and for next 30 min, convoy swept through some awesome dunes and had chance to explore awesome play areas. Exactly as planned, we were back again on dust track at 10 and ended the drive with a smile - a morning well spent  

Overall we travelled 48Km (a bit short of @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler estimate) at an average moving speed of 18Km/hr with a stoppage time of around 45min. which is a good indicator of how well the convoy handled the terrain. 

Wrangler boys @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler @RiaanJH @Peter Hager had perfect drive. 

@Mahmoud Taha and @Ashutosh Garg - hope you enjoyed the experience, refusals and stucks are what train us in self recovery process, i am sure our self recovery champion of the day  @Jessica Lambert will support me on this. 

 @Alfred Alinazar @Andrew McCarthy was nice catching up with you guys.

Thanks again to all of you for your support and patience with me. Looking forward to drive with you all sometime soon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vow @varunmehndiratta great observation. Indeed you lead most of the drive and I was happy to negotiate the convoy on dirt tracks 🤣😜. 

you lead so well , I just enjoyed being behind you. Well done and thanks for your feedback 🙏👍🏼

On 4/25/2022 at 8:58 PM, Jessica Lambert said:

It’s a rare day I don’t need a pull, but the experience paid off on this particular day! Thank you to the convoy for all their support and encouragement ❤️

@Jessica Lambert some of your self recoveries were simply awesome. Well done 

2 hours ago, Abdul Basit Khan said:

That google map took me to the different location with the same meeting point link. very strange. 

i was reached 5:40. but couldn't connect the convoy.

😡Android….  

anyways enjoy the drive guys..

 

Hey @Abdul Basit Khan sorry this happened with you

All members signed up arrived with the same location link , we all were deflated and on the dirt track when I called you to check with the location . 
Appreciate your understanding as I could not hold all of them waiting , see you soon next time on sand .

Dear Friends 

@varunmehndiratta, @Jessica Lambert, @RiaanJH, @Andrew McCarthy, @Alfred Alinazar, @Ashutosh Garg, @Mahmoud Taha, @Abdul Basit Khan, @Peter Hager , @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler

Please note the Convoy listing for tomorrow.

It is my pleasure to inform you all that @varunmehndiratta will be doing his partial lead on this drive and I am sure it will be a lot of fun. Personally I am eager to support his drives when he starts posting them very soon. Great to see how he has progressed along and now - leading 👍

@Alfred Alinazar and @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler will be helping with recoveries if any. 

Kindly bring your radios charged, and your car with a full tank.

We will use radio channel 2 for radio.

Meeting point /Starting point updated on the drive thread and calendar as below

 Lisaili Camel Track  https://goo.gl/maps/13uogPro16rHtFis5

Drive start time is 5.45 AM to make the best  before it becomes warm-hot by 10 am and exit .