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  6. COVID 19 Compliant - Evening Newbie Desert Drive - Al Qudra - Dubai - 16 Oct 2020

    in Offroad Drives

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    21 hours ago, Frederic said:

    DRIVE REPORT

    Challenges accepted

    With the weather cooling down, deflating the tyres at 3:30 in the afternoon has become less of a torture, and it was good to see everyone coming on time, ready to hit the sand and eager to see a beautiful sunset. 

    The drive started gentle with some nice long slopes, and we came across a few other convoys who also decided to head out to the East side of Qudra, which is generally a bit calmer, but I was surprised to see even on this side a lot of cross tracks and churned up sand which deemed a bit challenging for a Newbie level drive.

    Once we headed into more technical terrain, where at some areas the churned up tracks were like powder sand, the refusals started to come in, and the sun was setting, which is for many newbies also a bit of a scary feeling to cross dunes. 

    Nevertheless the whole team stepped up to the plate to help each other out, and I was really happy to see that team spirit emerging in members that only have done a few drives with us. 

    On our way to the exit, I noticed a car standing on top of a dune, and had the feeling this was another Carnity convoy who was dealing with some nasty stucks and on their way out to the exit as well. We decided to line up both convoys on the dirt track and recover the remaining vehicles. A big thanks to my convoy for waiting on the dirt track while we dealt with this. 

    @VipinShetty thanks a lot for your second lead, and your patience while I was driving back and forth :)

    @Bhaskar you did great yesterday, I hope your tyre is sorted. As mentioned you probably just have a bit of sand inside your wheels which can be removed in a tyre workshop.

    @Sai Baskaran and @Baskaran P.R I hope you had a good time together, you drove really well !

    @DANIEL NOGUEIRA you finally got stuck for the first time, which is probably what you wanted :) Thanks a lot for stepping up as spotter and helping out the reroute and guide the remaining cars out of the technical area !.  Have a look at the front towpoints, as the bar we used is not really a good solution. You will need to install a tow hook on both from points. This will be the safest solution.

    @Probir Mukherjee the Landcruiser is a mighty capable vehicle, and with more drives you will soon master it effortlessly. Your wife did a fantastic job with communication over the radio. 

    @Kailas you are stepping up the plate with recovery assistance and helping out others. Thank you so much !!

    @Gok Krish you are finding your way in your Wrangler without much effort. Very impressive !

    @Piotr Kolodziej with the Blue FJ Cruiser and wide smile crossing the dunes, love your attitude. Keep it up !

    @Goutam love to see that Yellow beast surfing through the dunes, well driven !

    @Malachy McGrogan and @Melenany who were both destined to be crested at one point, did the complete opposite. Goes to show how good you are both in control of your trucks. Superb !!

    @Aravind Padmaraju your Xterra is a super capable off-roader, and with some practice you will soon master it. Don't be afraid of pushing it a bit because that's what its made for :) PS you will find instructions on how to program the radio below:
     

    A big thanks to @Chaitanya D for sweeping this massive convoy and helping out with the many recoveries we did near the end !

     

    thanks for the opportunity @Frederic the drive was indeed challening and thanks for the recovery as well when i found myself at an awkward angle. 

    looking forward to support you with some recoveries as well!

    thanks @Chaitanya D for your support and guidance.

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  7. COVID 19 Compliant - Morning Fewbie Desert drive - Al Qudra South - 16 Oct 2020

    in Offroad Drives

    Posted

    1 minute ago, Brette said:

    Drive Report:

    With the weather cooling down it was a chilly morning at 15 degrees. Everyone was at the deflation point on time, deflated and ready to go.

    Entering from Qudra south was a bit tricky with the technical dunes and having a few heavy weights ( Sequndra, F150, Y62 and JGC ) in the convoy, I decided to not to try going over them but instead found a path through them to avoid any stucks right at the start. Once we crossed the subkha, we had a mix of technical and a few long range dunes where we picked up the pace a bit seeing that everyone was doing quite well and for a while the entire convoy was moving at close to 45kmph. Having covered about 35 KM by 9.30, I was contemplating exiting close the last exit as we were quite close or whether to go through to solar park. A quick word with @Frederic who confirmed that everyone was doing well and we should be able to make it to solar park led to us changing direction and heading ito solar park and we were there at around 10.05.

    Besides for a few refusals and a couple of stucks, everyone did very well and we covered close to 45 KM.

    Drive support team.

    @Ashy, thank you for being the perfect second lead, @Kailasthank you for the help on the recoveries and being a brilliant center forward , last but not least thank you @Frederic for keeping the convoy moving and for overlooking the stucks and recoveries.

    @Ashy @VipinShetty @tcarrimjee @Anand Nataraj @Abu Muhammad @Kailas @Dagdag Sofiane @Franco Swart @Francois Germishuys @Alexander Alcala  @Fredericwell done guys.

    Being my very first lead, I was a bit nervous to start with but soon realized this was an excellent convoy and each one of you did really well and that kinda eased my nerves. Having @Frederic in sweep was also an advantage as we were literally playing in his back yard. 

    Again, well done all and see you'll in the sand soon.

     

    great drive brette... didnt realize the trickiness untill i saw some deformation on the rear bumper :) i will trim the bumper for our next drive. 

    well done!

    thanks @Kailas for the recoveries.

    Thanks @Frederic for the support during the drive. 

     

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  23. COVID 19 Compliant - Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Maliha - Sharjah - 31 Jul 2020

    in Offroad Drives

    Posted

    @Gaurav, yes I wish to join 

    1 minute ago, Gaurav said:

    Due to this unprecedented long list of wait list, we are thinking of adding another newbie drive BUT only in the evening.

    Please reply if you like to JOIN or NOT an evening newbie drive on 31 July, 2020 - 5 PM - 9 PM?

    WAIT LIST UPDATED

    1. @Heisem
    2. @SureshVNair
    3. @VipinShetty
    4. @Nabil Bishara
    5. @Usman Basit
    6. @Biju Abdul
    7. @Ammar Naji
    8. @Francois Germishuys
    9. @Sreejith Sreenivasan
    10. @Ahmed Azmy

     

     

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  25. Every off-roader must know: What Went Wrong?

    in Discussions

    Posted · Edited by VipinShetty

    not an expert that i can say what others havent already ... but i guess he should have given a few slower trials before the "finale" to understand the terrain and the vehicle's response to the terrain. 

    probably also should have gotten rid of the front bumper to increase the ground clearance just like I did on my grand cherokee😅! would have probably prevented ... how should i say ... a dig in perhaps. 

    could he have been on 2 wheel drive(unfamiliar with this vehicle config) hence he decided to keep high speeds ?

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