Mehmet Volga

Congratulations @Derius Olivier

Very well done @Charbel

Well done @Imran Kashif

Congratulations @Bruno Finel

well done @Karthik Raptor

Congrats @Dinesh Kumar A

Congratulations @Harshad Ashraf

Well done @Chris Wing. Enjoy it!

Very well deserved @Mohamad Anwer 💪

Thanks @Tom B @Mohamad Anwer @Gertjan @John Vanderbleek @ShereenMK @Salim Akhtar @Josh T. @Sudhanva Sonawane @marks @Mus_hus78 for another lovely day in a beautiful desert zone of AD. Fully charged and relaxed for the new year! Great leading by @marks with challenges and playing together! Good job buddy! Winged supports @Mus_hus78 and @Josh T. sorted out every issues and kept the convoy in safe order. Thank you amigos! @Tom B very good start to your Fewbie journey. Enjoy! (You will love manual gearing soon 😉) @Gertjan @Sudhanva Sonawane @Salim Akhtar excellent step up in your progress guys. Keep it up! ... and experienced desert smashers @John Vanderbleek @Mohamad Anwer @ShereenMK , nice show friends! I enjoyed watching. @ShereenMK; don't change your car 💪 See you all on the next. Until then, Merry Christmas / Happy new year! 🎅

Ok @Mus_hus78, you are in... You will take CF and @Josh T. will shift to sweep then...

@Tom B @Mohamad Anwer @Gertjan @John Vanderbleek @ShereenMK @Salim Akhtar @Josh T. @Sudhanva Sonawane @marks Good evening everybody! The convoy order for tomorrow; We will be using channel#2 on the radio @marks will take partial leading of the drive. For the ones coming outside: don't forget to keep enough time for EDE scanning at AD border points to avoid delaying. Get up earlier than usual... See you in the morning...

Hi @Sudhanva Sonawane. No it is not, you can join. Just rsvp to the drive please

Thank you @ShereenMK for the info. Seems it doesn't take that much much time.

No, they do something called EDE scanning; https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/new-abu-dhabi-entry-rules-ede-scanners-antigen-nasal-swab-covid-tests-explained Says it may take 20 min to have the result so you need to arrange your time to avoid delaying. I will save 30 min to do that...

@imranaasghar81, as far as I am informed, it is just scanning and not PCR, as @ShereenMK confirmed. If anything changes until friday, I will post it here.

Well done @Fabien Monleau

Well done @Rob Soughton

Congrats @Tom B

Congrats @Simon Dawood

Well done @Nathan 👍

Congrats @Muhammad Qasim

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: 24 December 2021 Friday Meeting time: 7:00 AM (SHARP - Without any exceptions) Meeting Point: https://goo.gl/maps/NkjUaimBXWQ6Ckxu6 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: 11.00 AM 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. 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. Repeated no-show members after RSVP will have their account suspended for a month. PLEASE RSVP THE BELOW IN THE EVENTS CALENDAR

After meeting right on time with 15 cars together, we smoothly started our drives in two convoys keeping different tracks. I had driven in this area some time ago, a fewbie plus again, and it was clear from everything but just sand and wonderful dunes & bowls to play. Now, like the part at northern Sweihan, it is full of those bulldozer tracks, solar panels, cables, plugs and poles... We couldn't keep enough pace for a Fwb+ due to numerous cross tracks killing more than half of all playable dunes so caused 30 min overtime at the end. We had to keep it slow because it was risky to attempt on the dunes as many of them were suddenly broken with those tracks. It was really sad to see the dunes which I have previously ride on were completely non-approachable... Anyhow, we managed to exploit some dunes and bowls in between them and had our play time enough to make us laugh. It seems we will have to wait some months to visit that area again, as @Warren Flay pointed, until the Mother Nature has recovered her wounds by blowing winds. Sorry to hear @Srikumar had a broken suspension and the second convoy had to exit early, but no worries, you didn't miss too much... Drive report for convoy 1: The performance of the first convoy was outstanding, excellent long hill climbs, wider sideys and criss-crossings worth to record. Adrenalin pumped for @Zed today; flying over the bump and "teleporting" from the top of the dune... breathtaking experience buddy! Thank you for your excellent 2nd lead as well! @Pacific had his standard mood in being extremely boring with effortless reaching up to the tops, except the last bowl close to be crested (that was my Pajero's turn to smile in watching 😉) . Center support fulfilled bro 💪 @JeromeFJ, thank you for your great support today my friend. Especially the last bowl couldn't be beaten without your perfect guiding. You lifted each car one by one and set the convoy back! @Karthikeyan Govindarajan, couldn't count how many "minus" points you got today, all to be considered in your next promotion 😁. Good to see you in plus buddy, keep it up! (but do not think I missed that fishtailing 😉) Other boring guys; @Josh T. ; really enjoyed watching your amazing control on that heavy truck! Huge progress you have made in very near past bro. Well done! @Hasan Wahlan ; flawless ride buddy! let's have more on a clearer route next time @Farouq Owdeh ; didn't know you are in competition with @Pacific as I got bored in waiting you to fail... Let's try something "technical" next time 😉 Keep it up friend 💪 Lessons learnt for today; I think we need to mention some events of today; @Zed unwanted dune crossing close to roll over; as I explained on the radio, you all need to consider "centrifugal force" impact while climbing and looping on bowls/dunes. When you follow a looping track in a circle, additional force pushes you out, meaning that the momentum is bigger than the one in straight climbs. This may pull you on a higher track, and even over the top if there is no path to move up there. So keep this in your mind on the "rounded tracks" and lower your speed accordingly. @Karthikeyan Govindarajan's fishtailing and @Farouq Owdeh's over speed during their return from climbing... The risk with fishtailing is again to roll over, in Karthik's case, he was a bit late to slow down + changed his track with making a sharp turn instead of keeping straight. Farouq's was a straight down coming, but again a bit fast bringing damage risk by hitting his bumper at the bottom. The main reason in such is that speedy climbs reaching at tops creates some satisfaction on the drivers' mood and this may lead disruption of your attention while returning back. To avoid all above, it is always safer to make your first attempt on an easy and slower way in order to check the conditions, understand the track, see the bumps and other obstacles and then make your second attempt with a speed adjusted accordingly... Thank you all for another lovely day. I love driving with you. See you next time on the sand!