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Lorenzo Candelpergher
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After over 13 years in Dubai, it was only in early 2020 that I eventually discovered off-roading.
Having been a hopeless workaholic for most of my adult life, until then I had never had a hobby nor any free time to practice one. I even used to say my work was my hobby.. If I think of it now I can hardly believe it.
In February 2020 I had just bought a new Nissan Patrol, the Platinum City model, definitely not meant for off-roading and definitely meant to be a quiet Business / Family car. Then, a newly met acquaintance, who then became a dear and close friend, @Luca Palanca Falsini, persuaded me to join him on a family drive organized by one of the famous off-road garages in Dubai. I joined the drive with wife, children and even mother-in-law (no I wasn't planning to drop her in the middle of the desert.. 😂😂). I didn't know what to expect, I had made no preparations and nobody had given me any briefing.. I just drove into the desert and returned home with crashed front and back bumpers. Luca was afraid I'd never talk to him again, but quite on the opposite, I walked out of the car smiling from ear to ear and thanked him for the opportunity. That was the start of what was meant to become the very first and only real hobby that I consistently practiced in my life. More than I hobby, I'd say it became a passion.
After driving a few times with other clubs, my engineering mindset urged me to seek for a more structured approach and, in my search, I discovered @Carnity. I was intrigued by almost everything about it and decided to give it a try. My first drive with @Carnity was on 20.03.2020, at Pink Rock, with @Rahimdad leading and @Wrangeld in support. I loved that drive, which I still remember as incredibly inspiring and exciting as we first approached and then climbed the Rock.
With Covid-19 pushing stress levels through the roof, off-roading became not only a passion, but also a powerful stress reliever, allowing a weekly mind reset that kept me functioning across one of the most difficult times of my entrepreneurial career.
Drive after drive, stuck after stuck and pop-out after pop-out (many, many pop-outs 😂😂) I learned how to handle my Y62. From Newbie to Fewbie to Intermediate, it was a great learning process, in a great environment, where I felt welcomed, supported, challenged to go a bit beyond my comfort zone, but always safe in doing so. I received precious feedback before, during and after every drive, I was congratulated on my achievements and cheered up on my mistakes, I was always overwhelmed with help whenever needed and felt compelled to help back, in a contagious, addictive team spirit, whenever others were in trouble.
For months I've had my alarm set at 6:59 pm on Sundays to make sure I'd be able to respond to the RSVP of my favorite drive, feeling as excited as a child, for the first time in my life taking some time for myself and with a new goal to achieve: I wanted to master my off-roading driving skills.
Moving to the Advisors team was a great amplifier of the whole experience, making me aware of the great deal of work that goes on behind the scenes to make @Carnity function as a Swiss clock and growing even more my appreciation for this great club and the wonderful people who come together in it. I kept on polishing my driving skills, but also learned about recoveries, and progressively shifted my focus from my own driving to that of all the others around me, as the whole purpose was, at that point, enabling others to live the same wonderful experience as I was experimenting.
A whole new world of opportunities came with the Leaders Lead course brilliantly delivered by @Gaurav to @Luca Palanca Falsini, @Janarthan and myself and with the subsequent possibility to lead convoys. To my surprise, I discovered that the pleasure of leading and, in so doing, making people enjoying themselves while following my lines, by far exceeds the pleasure of driving for the sake of driving...
The possibility to choose where to go, when to go, which level to drive, the fine line between pushing the convoy to do a bit more without doing anything unsafe, the challenge to set the level so that everyone has fun but the weakest driver can make it through, the pleasure of planning a route to unveil a scenic sunrise driving east in the morning or west in a burning sunset in the afternoon, the satisfaction to see your convoy conquering a mighty dune, a giant bowl, or tricky technical terrain, the sense of adventure exploring new territories... are pure magic. I felt blessed and honored in every drive I led and enthralled by the feedback from those who followed my tail.
In less than one year I made it to Expert level in my Y62 until, in February this year, a distraction reminded me the hard way how still inexperienced I was in reality.. I paid my toll, grounded for six endless weeks with an outlook to have my Y62 back only after 6 months 😭😭). As a real desert addict, I couldn't bear the waiting, so I finally came back on a new Jeep Wrangler, with my glorious Patrol returning to more important family duties just a few weeks ago. I know I disappointed many, including @Islam Soliman, opting to leave on the tarmac my white whale for an easier off-road ride... but those 12 months on a Y62 made all the difference of the world and I'm glad Marshals and Crew never discouraged me despite my heavyweight Nissan.
Thanks to the Crew, @Gaurav, @Srikumar, @Frederic, who believed in me and gave me the chance to grow at my own pace and in my own way, coming to terms, from time to time, with my impatience to do always more, to count, to measure and to ALWAYS speak my mind (😂😂)..
Thanks to the Marshals and Experts, @Ale Vallecchi, @Brette, @Chaitanya D, @Vanessa8580, @Jeepie, @sertac, @Anish S, @Luca Palanca Falsini and especially @Wrangeld, my off-roading mentor, who all took me on their convoys and later entrusted me in supporting roles setting the example of what a convoy leader should be. I regret I never had the chance to join @Emmanuel in a drive, but who knows what the future may reserve for us...
Thanks to the Advisors, @Hisham Masaad, @M.Seidam, @marks, @Yousef Alimadadi, @MUHAMMAD Kashif RAZZAQ, @Alexander Alcala, @Nivin, @Rizwanm2, @Shaaz Sha and the Support Team, @Alex Raptor, @Dodi Syahdar, @GauravSoni, @Veedooshee who joined my drives in support making my leads always easy and relaxed.
Thanks to all those who joined my drives, too many to name one by one, except for @Danish Mohammad, who, this last summer, gifted me with the best present a lead could ever receive, i.e. the chance to watch an off-roader blossom in confidence and skills drive after drive, following my lines. And thanks to all those others who patiently tolerated my endless early pop-outs and stucks, to those who drove in the churned up sand left behind by my Y62, who shoveled under my belly, who tugged me out.. What a fantastic experience all this has been and what a fantastic experience it is going to be!
I'm proud and honored to have, even more so now as a Marshal, the chance to give back what I have received from this wonderful team sport and within this amazing club. I guess I'll never give back as much as I really received, but I'll do my best, of that you can be sure.. as much as you can be sure about my fast pace in the next drive!!
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Drive Brief
The stretch of desert between Faya, the Sphynx, Camel Rock and Fossil Rock offers a great deal of opportunities for off-roaders to roam across a beautiful landscape and to be challenged in a great terrain. This mid-week Fewbie Plus drive is designed to take the best of Faya in a mid-week late September sunrise, with a fast-paced and non-stop "all-you-can-drive-in-150-mins" route that will take the move from S153 Mahafiz - Al Faya Road, will take the convoy wandering around the big Faya dunes, then coasting along the edge of the eastern end of the red sandy dunes overlooking Mleiha mountains via the Sphynx and Camel Rock, from where the route will head back south in a long loop that will will eventually take the convoy out, exiting again on S153. Starting and ending in Faya, this morning blitz is an opportunity for a 150 mins fast-recharge among Faya's beautiful dunes before heading to work.
General Infos
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 Plus and Above (All Levels)
When: 29 Sep 2021, Wednesday.
Meeting time: 5:45 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions)
Meeting Point: S153 Mahafiz - Faya Road - Al Tahady Motor Cycles Rental - https://goo.gl/maps/kBcvN7E2LeAd8y2F9
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: 8:15 AM
End Point: S153 Mahafiz - Faya Road - Al Tahady Motor Cycles Rental
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.
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Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month.
PLEASE RSVP ON THE BELOW CALENDAR EVENT
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Drive Brief
The stretch of desert between Al Qudra and Lisaili offers infinite possibilities for desert off-roaders, ranging from small, super-technical dunes to long range, almost endless ridges. This drive will offer a taste of all these terrains at Newbie level, alternating more challenging technical stints to faster and more "driven" ones, enjoying the prevailing long range dune formations. There is however a specific place, where dunes become so high and so big that they well deserve to be named the "Mighty Lisaili Dunes". A majestic conformation which will be the perfect playground for practicing some easy climbs combined with nice slide slopes, the gran finale for this drive, which will end at Lisaili Camel Racing track.
General Infos
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: Newbie and above (All Levels)
When: 02 Oct 2021, Saturday
Meeting time: 6:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions)
Meeting Point: Al Qudra Pylon Track - https://goo.gl/maps/VurDujZbhkNZjGah7
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: Lisaili Camel Race Track
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.
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Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month.
PLEASE RSVP ON THE BELOW CALENDAR EVENT
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DRIVE REPORT
Dear Desert Wanderers,
My very first drive with @Carnity, on 20.03.2020, started from Tawi Nizwa Farms as we did today and ended in awe after climbing Pink Rock.
The memory of that first ascent to the Rock remains, as much as much as the rest of that drive, undeletable, in my mind and certainly made a substantial contribution to my passion for off-roading.
Today, 18 months after, I had the privilege to come back to those very same dunes where I fell in love with the desert and lead for the first time a @Carnity Newbie convoy.
By 6:28am the convoy was flagged and deflated, ready to move. @darren thompson called the convoy order over the radio and everyone fell diligently in position as we started heading North-East into the desert.
The first minutes are always a "warm up" time, during which everyone gets acquainted to the feeling of driving in the sand.. including the realization, for someone, that the car was still in 2H!
The sand was very wet and therefore clean, smooth and compact, very unusual but incredibly nice terrain conditions for a drive like today's.
As we made our way into the desert we started venturing higher and higher along the sides of the dunes and riding the multiple fat ridges that the area had to offer.
The convoy did amazingly well: whatever I would throw under their wheels, all drivers managed it without an eye blink..
We climbed tall dunes, we rode long ridges, we crossed straight up - straight down several sharp crests.. And yet, everytime, everyone made it through without issues.
Yes, the terrain helped us a bit, but it is also true that with such a compact sand we were able to venture way beyond what a Newbie convoy would have done in normal sand conditions and, still, everyone did perfectly well. Awesome!!
Our wandering took us North first, than South, then North again, offering progressively closer glances at the spectacular landscape around Pink Rock, which we eventually reached from the South-West Side, occasionally coasting by the long spine of rocks that emerged from the sand.
After driving for the good part of two hours in almost virgin sand, approaching Pink Rock was as inspiring as shaking due to the immense number of tracks that were dug in soaked sand: we were driving in sand mud!! But, hey, it felt great to have conquered all of that:
Amazingly, we didn't record a single stuck nor a single refusal throughout the entire drive and we only stopped due to some passengers being a bit car-sick. "A bit" is probably quite an understating, especially for @GratefulKRD's passenger, who however showed admirable resilience and determination to complete the drive, despite multiple offers for an early exit on the tarmac.
As we drove down from the crowded play area at Pink Rock, with convoys driving from and to all possible directions, we again started a nice stint across mid-sized dunes on the West Side of the rock, roaming around for a while before approaching the starting point of what was going to be the most exciting moment of the day: the climb to the top of Pink Rock.
After a deserved break, spent contemplating the beauty of the rock and of the view in front, we eventually descended to the North and made our way out on the tarmac next to 2nd December Cafeteria.
All drivers today are to be congratulated for an excellent drive:
@Mohammed Mansoor, on his 1st Newbie Drive just one day after his Absolute Newbie one, was excellent in his Y62, a car (and I say it out of my own experience) definitely not easy to drive in the sand, but one that will make him a great offroader. Nothing to worry if the bottom of the car hits the sand when crossing a crest.. It feels awkward in the beginning, but he'll get used to it. Very good attitude when he steered down on sideslopes where he was losing momentum.
@eldose babyled his Lexus brilliantly across a complete new terrain. As with Mohammed, a few times he lost momentum on sideslopes, but managed well avoiding to fight gravity.
@GratefulKRD put his brand new Wrangler Rubicon to the test and certainly enjoyed how capable the car can be. He unfortunately also experimented how uncomfortable it can turn for passengers, especially in the back seats. But as far as the driving is concerned, today's experience was a good one: I think the biggest takeaway was that, when ridge riding, staying at the center of the ridge is key in order to avoid sliding down on either side, which then becomes difficult to recover.
@Johannes Roux drove well today in his Prado. Some hesitation, on one's 3rd Newbie drive, is normal on steep climbs, especially when you don't have a chance to see what's coming on the other side. With time, dealing with the uncertainty of what's behind the dune will become normal.
Given the extremely long convoy, I didn't have too many chances to see how the guys at the back were doing, however I couldn't miss @Rsjiv Samuel's red skid plate: I guess today's drive was quite a different one compared to the first 9 Newbie drives he's had before with @Carnity, but I'm sure he realised how much more a compact sand allows to achieve with his FJ Cruiser. Well driven today.
@Joji varghese probably had the same experience as Rsjiv driving his Fortuner on an unusual terrain such as today' s one. Well done as well!
@hasan hamadeh learned the hard way how different the sand can be after the rain. I hope his front bumper / skid plate can be easily fixed. His statement, during the briefing, that he "never needed a shovel" with his Raptor was duly noted.. It will be up to the @Carnityleads to prove how essential this piece of gear is.. 😂😂.
The Fewbie lot @Alphin Aloor@Zixuan Huang - Charlie, @Sunil Mathew had to deal with quite a lot of churned up sand at the back, but handled brilliantly. Kudos to all!
Overall we drove 48.4km in 3h 8', of which 2h 30' spent moving and only 38' idle during breaks. We scored an average speed of 15.4km/h (19.4km/h while in movement), which was possible thanks to the compact sand throughout the drive.
A massive thanks to @Alex Raptor and @darren thompson for their impeccable support in the few occasions when it was needed.
And an even greater thank you to @Wrangeld, my off-roading mentor, who was with me 18 months ago on my first @Carnity drive, with me on my first independent lead and with me today for my latest promotion.
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Congratulations @Islam Soliman, well deserved promotion!
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19 minutes ago, Ruan van den Heever said:
You see....we like to think we are clever engineers....but then....
So very true.. And I'm an engineer too... 😂😂😂
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I always drive in D, except going to M for these two cases:
a) I want to avoid automatic early upshifting, typically from 2nd to 3rd gear, in the initial stages of a climb or to avoid upshifting at all, by remaining in 2nd gear.
b) I want to force early downshifting from 3rd to 2nd or 2nd to 1st gear to maintain a better revs/torque regime. This, with Jeeps, is tricky as WOT (wide open throttle) downshifting is prevented by the ECU software, so downshifting can only be achieved by feathering the throttle, which is not always easy to achieve, especially if you find yourself on a bumpy climb.
The Rubicon has a "Off-Road+" button that changes the mapping of the engine / gear shifting to achieve higher revs and more sustained short gears. It is quite effective in helping with the above but I totally avoid to use it: if activated, this feature is equivalent to drilling a hole in the tank as the car burns fuel as if there was a massive leakage.. 😂😂
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Dear @JeromeFJ, congratulations for your well deserved promotion. Looking forward to the next thrilling climbs and bowls toghether!
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44 minutes ago, varunmehndiratta said:
How do you put waypoints markers and all these trackings while on the fly? Hope nothing major with car? All the best with that ..
I don't do anything on the fly, except occasionally marking dangerous or remarkable spots by adding a waypoint in the current location and then editing it after the drive. In any case, while I drive I just drive: if I need to touch the screen for anything else than zooming in/out or recentering the map, I stop, do what I need to do and move again. I learned the hard way with my Patrol that when you are in movement you need to look at where you are going and keep your hands on the steering wheel with no exceptions.
What you see in the snapshots are all waypoints that had been created before the drive to help my navigation, ie to have clear target points to aim at while driving.
44 minutes ago, varunmehndiratta said:Do share what had happened, we jeepers are looking forward to know what could go wrong - it's the Jeep thing..🙂
I just dropped the car at Jeep to have it checked and understand what REALLY happened. Right now, I don't know what happened.. I just know I had ABS, ESC and TCS warning lights on and no other error messages, but had, discontinously, only rear traction despite being in 4H Part-time (which is, despite the wording, a permanent 4x4 mode) and, at a certain point, the gearbox locked in 2nd gear, with no up/down-shifting possible. After a battery reset nothing changed, whereas after a forced reset via OBDII the warning lights disappeared and the shifting was again possible. I still felt I had no front traction as I struggled a lot to climb out of the last bowl, but nobody could visually confirm I was on 2H. I'll keep you posted about the feedback from Jeep.
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Dear Desert Wanderers,
Some videos of today's 1st big bowl:
This is @Ruan van den Heever:
This is @Xavier Treasurer:
This is @M.Seidam:
This is @JeromeFJ:
What a great bowl it was!
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DRIVE REPORT
Dear Desert Wanderers,
Today's drive in Sweihan was for sure one of those I will remember for long time, as it was one of the most problematic drives I've ever had.
It all started in a perfect way: a nice, fresh breeze welcomed us in the twilight before sunrise, at the meeting point. We acted a bit later than planned, anyway by 6am we were on the move.
The start was nice and easy, a warm up in preparation of the big bowls to come. We made our way through the bushy dunes and, as we headed west, we found our way through the multiple fences partially buried in the area.
When we reached the first bowl, the theme of the day was clear and exciting for all drivers. Certainly the first bowl wasn't the easiest one, but it was the perfect heads up for everyone to realize the beauty and the dangers of these mighty bowls, which deserve to be taken absolutely seriously, with full focus and without any compromise for safety at all times.
If @JeromeFJ was not fully awake before this bowl, he was certainly afterwards, as his first attempt was as spectacular as scary for us watching his fishtailing on the way down.. A good lesson for the rest of the drivers and for Jerome himself, who then drove brilliantly for the whole drive.
The first 2.5h of our "bowling expedition" went very well as we steadily proceeded west, making our way from one big bowl to the next one.
@Xavier Treasurer was having some issues at the back with the poor traction of his H/T tires, which caused him several refusals, especially in the super soft and churned up sand that the guys at the back had of face. After moving to 3rd position in the convoy, Xavier did much better.
The plan for the day was to hit 8 bowls heading west and, depending on the pace and the time, to hit some of them again on the way back. A great plan, in theory, which turned out in quite a different drive in practice..
Here's the overview (the green waipoints are the bowls I was targeting):
In the end we hit 7 out of 8 bowls, which isn't too bad, considering the total mayhem we had to go through due to my car's annoying troubles.
It all started with an innocent ABS malfunction error on my dashboard... Then came a TCS error, then an ESC error. Nothing to worry about, in theory, as all this stuff in the desert is useless and for sure it was some sand bothering some sensors.. But then, towards the end of the drive, it felt like I had forgotten how to drive the car.. Every climb was a struggle.. What the hell was going on?
It was then that @Mus_hus78, a brilliant 2nd lead today, noticed that while climbing my rear wheels were spinning but not the front ones.. Apparently my 4H was occasionally disengaging and leaving me with an endlessly fishtailing 2H drive!
After some attempts turning off and on again the ignition, it was decided to disconnect the battery to see whether we could force a reset of the electronics of the car, but nothing changed, so we decided to continue a little more and see if things would get better or else to exit earlier.
Despite the challenge of driving more often in 2H than 4H, our "Bowling plan" continued and in the end we certainly enjoyed a couple of really nice rounds:
Everyone did extremely well around these big bowls:
@Mus_hus78 proudly led his Pajero in and out every bowl in style, once again squeezing everything the car could give.
@Farouq Owdeh looked like he was driving in his backyard as he new every bowl in details. Every bowl came nice and easy for him.
@Ruan van den Heever and his passenger certainly had a good chance to enjoy the "naked" version of the JL, but I feel it may have been still a bit too hot towards the end.
@Xavier Treasurer found his balance in 3rd position, with an excellent 2nd part of the drive.
@JeromeFJ was the fastest guy in the group today. Once he got acquainted with the size of the dunes, a novelty for him, he was always one of the highest reaching guys.
@M.Seidam at the back was cool as a cucumber, enjoying the ride and always with a vigilant eye on the (few) refusals at the back.
@Rizwanm2 was experimenting these giant bowls for the 1st time as well, I believe. I'm sure it was great fun. He tried to steal the stage with a stuck at the last bowl requiring a tug by @M.Seidam, but today the stage at the end of the drive was all mine.. 😭😭😭
Due to my intermittent 4H/2H traction (or plainly because of my own mistakes) in the last 20 mins I got stuck once (thanks @Mus_hus78 for tugging me out), had 3 or 4 refusals and eventually had a pop-out, which we struggled fixing at the bottom of the last bowl, after we had already decided to exit earlier due to my car and my son's conditions.
Right after the popout, however, I found out my car was not only in 2H, but also stuck in 2nd gear.. 😱😱😱. No shifting at all... Therefore not enough speed to build momentum around the bowl nor enough traction by downshifting to climb up straight and get out of it...
In my attempts to climb up of the bowl without shifting gear I eventually collected the 2nd pop-out of the day. This was a nasty one, as the TPM sensor damaged the bead of the tire so much that it would leak air and the pop-out could not be fixed, which meant the spare wheel had to be put in place.. A great team effort made the fix much easier, while @Farouq Owdeh tried via OBD a software reset of the car's electronics, which gave me back at least the gear shifting, but not the 4H. It was enough anyway to circle around the bowl and find a reasonable criss-crossing point, allowing then a quick exit on the south side dirt track along the fence and then back to the tarmac on E16.
A massive THANKS to everyone for the great help and the even greater patience during today's drive, in which we experimented all sorts of issues including, cherry on the pie, my son having the smart idea to have his breakfast in the midst of the drive, which his stomach didn't appreciate at all... 🤮🤮
Kudos to everyone for going through these mighty bowls safely, with great discipline and without any major problems.
My special gratitude goes to @Rizwanm2 and @M.Seidam for their great support today, even though, I must say, everyone was helpful at all times, with the best @Carnity team spirit I could ever desire.
Overall we drove 57.4km in 4h 16', of which 2h 23' moving time, at an average moving speed of 21.7km/h, for a total ascent of +1406/-1435m. See the details below:
Next drive in these bowls will be hopefully smoother. Despite the difficulties I personally had fun, I hope it was the same for you.
See you soon in the sand again!
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Congratulations @GauravSoni, great achievement and well deserved promotion!
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Dear Desert Wanderers,
this RSVP is now closed.
Please find below the convoy order for our drive:
@Mus_hus78, @Hasan Wahlan, @Farouq Owdeh, @Rizwanm2, @Ruan van den Heever@Xavier Treasurer, @JeromeFJ, @M.Seidam, this drive is going to be thrilling and exciting, but also very demanding from a technical point of view, both mentally for the drivers and mechanically for the cars. It will require your full and undivided concentration at every step, especially when we will reach elevated positions on steep slopes, so make sure you come well rested and hydrated and that and you don’t have any reason for being distracted. Also, please consider carefully if you wish to bring passengers along with you.
We will be using Carnity Channel 4 (446.08125Mhz)Our meeting point is confirmed: E16 Al Taf Road -https://goo.gl/maps/rwPsW39SNAKqi63U9
See you tomorrow morning, ready to go (i.e. already caffeinated, deflated, flagged and briefed) by no later 5:45am (sharp), so make sure you make it to the meeting point at least by 5:30am.
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Dear @Dodi Syahdar, well deserved promotion, congratulations! See you soon in the sand!
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Congratulations @Alex Raptor! Looking forward to our next drive toghether
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On 9/13/2021 at 10:35 AM, JeromeFJ said:
Really looking forward to this drive. These dunes look amazing, and I have been starved from desert during a few week 😀😀
Just waiting the go ahead from Lorenzo, and I will happily run and do my PCR 😅 !
Dear @JeromeFJ, I believe, given that we have only 5 participants, you can be already confirmed for this drive.
Please feel free to plan for your PCR in due course.
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3 hours ago, Mus_hus78 said:
Dear LORENZO ….. sounds like ENZO Ferrari to me After the last drive with you ….. which cost my pajero upper arm and lower arms but I enjoyed every bit of it 🙋….so part 2 sounds like a continuing a creepy movie 🧟♀️….. well I am all set 😎🧑🚀 to fly the pajero in the bowl 🍚….
@Mus_hus78, I thought it was just the bumper!! Sorry to hear the news.. You'll tell me all about it when we meed on Saturday.
For Chapter II, we'll make sure you fly even higher but land your Pajero unscathed 😉
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Dear @ShereenMK, unfortunately this is a Fewbie Plus drive and your rank in @Carnity doesn't allow you to join it.
I have therefore removed it from the RSVP, I hope you understand this is for your own safety, especially in this particular drive that entails going through some very large and deep bowls and across some very high dunes.
I'm sure you'll sure make it to Fewbie Plus soon and look forward to having you in one of the next drives.
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1 minute ago, PaoloMaraziti said:
Yes.... and I am going to miss it again ! I am outside of the country this coming WE. Have fun guys, but not too much: leave something for when we're doing it AGAIN in some weeks , right @Lorenzo Candelpergher????????
OK. We have a deal 😉👍
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Congratulations @Alain Canivet-Abikhalil, a very well deserved promotion.
Your big smiles at every stop during the drives, your prompt response at every request for help in shoveling or any other need tell everything about your enthusiasm for offroad and have been a great reward for me everytime we had a chance to drive together.
Keep going!
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Drive Brief
For those in @Carnity who are used to off-roading mostly in Dubai and Sharjah, this drive offers the opportunity to discover, toghether with the Abu Dhabi based members of the Club, the breathtaking beauty of the landscape, the amazing heights of the dunes and the incredible depth of the bowls in Sweihan, one of the most coveted off-roading destinations in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.For those coming from outside the Emirate, enduring the hassle of getting a Covid-19 test will be largely rewarded by a memorable experience: we will start from E16 Al Taf Road heading West, in the opposite direction than 2 weeks ago, with the sun rising behind us, gently riding the first dunes to get acquainted with the landscape. After the initial warm up we will start tackling the big dunes that make Sweihan such a renown off-roading place, enjoying all the climbs, the crests, the ridges and - above all - the large bowls it offers, moving a series of high and complex dunes in an exciting sequence of climbs and rides around some of the biggest and deepest bowls to be seen around before completing our loop back to E16.
General Infos
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:
Drive Details
Level: Fewbie Plus Above (All Levels)
When: 18 Sep 2021, Saturday
Meeting time: 5:45 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions)
Meeting Point: E16 Al Taf Road -https://goo.gl/maps/rwPsW39SNAKqi63U9
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: 9:45 AM
End Point: E16 Al Taf Road
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.
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Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month.
PLEASE RSVP ON THE BELOW CALENDAR EVENT
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Limited to 10 cars only. RSVP will close on Thursday - 9 AM.
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Dear Desert Wanderers,
@Arman, @Mario Cornejo, @Lawrence_Chehimi, @Danish Mohammad, @Ilya, @varunmehndiratta, @Ranjan Das, @Jorge Stepniak Felippe, @Hisham Masaad, @Pacific
I regret to inform you that, due to unforseen urgent family issues, I will not be able to lead tomorrow's drive and that, as no other Lead would be available to replace me, the drive will be canceled.
Given the unfortunate circumstances, I have agreed with @Carnity Crew and Advisors that all those who responded the RSVP for this drive will be allowed to join any other drive of their choice, even if on short notice. I also thank all leads for their availability in allowing this to happen.
Please accept my apologies for the inconvenience: I was really looking forward to this drive, as you all, I'm sure. I promise I'll post it again very soon and I'll make sure it will be a great one.
See you soon in the sand again.
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18 minutes ago, Shehab Alawadhi said:
Good morning @Lorenzo Candelpergher sadly I won’t be able to join this drive, the timing doesn’t work for me as much as I tried to squeeze it in 😂. See you guys on the next one. I’ll remove myself from the RSVP
Sorry to hear that @Shehab Alawadhi. Unfortunately I had no alternatives on the timing for this weekend's IM. It will be for another day.
@Pacific, if your are still interested, you may join.
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Mehmet Volga has been promoted to Expert level
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Great news @Mehmet Volga! Looking forward to join one of your next drives! Congrats!!