Biju Abdul

1 hour ago, Rahimdad said:

Congratulations @Biju Abdul. Hope you enjoy learning new tips and tricks at this level.

Hi @Rahimdad thanks. Yes I am very excited to continue the learning and spend lot more time in the desert. 

1 hour ago, Srikumar said:

congrats @Biju Abdul your steering and car control has vastly improved from your first drive at Qudra. Well done

Hi @Srikumar Thank you for your riding tips during our rides. 

1 hour ago, Gaurav said:

Congratulations @Biju Abdul for reaching the Fewbie Level with Carnity Offroad Club. 

Based on your last newbie drive you have demonstrated skills required deserving this new offroad rank.

Looking forward to seeing you growing further and helping others to learn the art of offroading in a safe environment.

Once you have all the required off-road gear, you are most welcome to join the Fewbie Level Drives with Carnity Off-road Club.

P.S. Trip lead might deny your participation if you don't have required off-road gear.

Fewbie:

Number of drives	10 (16 Newbie + Fewbie drives)
Level of drives	Willingness to learn + Enthusiasm + Basic dune reading
Off-road gear	Flag, deflator, tire gauge, shovel, fire extinguisher, medical kit, radio, compressor.
Drive teamwork	Observe recovery from a safe distance and offer help when needed
Drive posting/joining	Join newbie and fewbie level of drives only
Forum participation	Active participation on forum. Share drive experience + feedback on forum and pictures in gallery

Forum participation and helping with community spirit is recommended for faster upgrades at all levels.

Please make sure your Carnity user profile is always updated with all the Emergency contact details.

Hi @Gaurav

Woow very happy to see this and I take it as a EID gift today ☺️. Thanks a lot to @Gaurav and @Srikumar for the guidance so far. 

Look forward to learn and enjoy more with Carnity family. 

19 hours ago, Gaurav said:

 

@Usman Basit, @Biju Abdul and @Ammar Naji you have been added to Solar Park - 1 Aug - Morning Newbie drive.

 

CURRENT WAIT LIST

1. @Ahmed Farghaly  Solar Park Wait List - Posted Monday at 10:11 AM

 

Hi @Gaurav noted and thank you so much. 

16 hours 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

 

Hi @Gaurav

i prefer the morning drive please. 
 

As an alternate option, can you think of a morning drive on Sunday 2nd aug considering holiday and the long waiting list?

9 hours ago, Srikumar said:

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

 

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:  Newbie, Absolute Newbie and Above (All Levels)

When:  Aug 1 2020, Saturday.

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

Meeting Point: Al Qudra - Gravel Track: -https://goo.gl/maps/zfmD29JKy7unuKzi6

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: 09:00 AM

End Point: Hamari Well Members without a compressor can head to the nearby Last Exit Gas Station.

 

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE:

• Limited to 15 cars only. RSVP will close on Thursday - 9 AM.
  • 1 Lead Marshal + 2 Senior Members + 12 Members.
  • 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

 

Hi @Srikumar 

please add me to the waiting list.  Thank you. 

Hi @Frederic 

I won’t be able to make it for this drive. I had a small wrist injury a few days ago and as a precaution don’t want to attempt to risk more strain. 

You may remove me from the list.

The Friday drives were a great motivation these days and I am really going to miss it. Hope to be part of your team anytime soon thank you. 

6 hours ago, Srikumar said:

TRIP REPORT

As always, the excitement for the weekend drive starts on the previous Saturday and by the time Thursday arrives, you just want the day to end asap and let the games begin. And when you share this excitement with like minded off-roaders it makes your weekend absolutely perfect.

Everyone met at the Deflation time before 5:00 AM, and after a quick deflation and briefing we started moving towards the base of Pink Rock.

@Janarthan was my second lead and he did a very good job of helping manage the convoy behind him. 

And we did have an excellent bunch of Newbies which allowed me to explore some of the bigger dunes which is mainly done at a Fewbie level drive. Well done @Christian Andras  @Taha Elghuel @Jeandre Bezuidenhout @Biju Abdul @Heisem @andy_macdxb @Edgar @Incognitoes @marks

After passing through Pink Rock dunes, we made our way through the medium sized dunes till we reached the pyramids which consists of some big and well spaced bowls, where one could happily push their cars.

Big thanks to @Tbone for helping out with the recoveries and tugs. There was a big improvement on the recovery skills from last week and some of your tugs was perfect with the right intensity.

It was good to drive again with my old buddy @Emmanuel after such a long time. Having him at sweep gave me the backing to do a bit more adventurous Newbie drive. Thanks for supporting the drive.

Hope you guys enjoyed the drive and I look forward to seeing you next week on the sand.

@Srikumar I totally agree with your first statement of waiting for the next Friday, so now I assume that it’s a common feeling among all of us not just me 😀. 
 

Yes all members of our team was very good and I feel is the reason for us to have a good flawless 3 hours drive. I really liked one area where you had mentioned to enjoy mor. I think it was just after the rocks, dunes were so good there. 
 

@Srikumar this is my second drive with you and I should tell you that your a great leader making us feel safe while enjoy the adventure rides. 
 

@Emmanuel you were very helpful when I had the refusal and it was nice to see you always rush to refusal spots from our sides.

overall it was a fantastic drive and with just 3 drives with Carnity, I feel good progress in my skills. I would say this drive made me learn more about right acceleration based on the dunes we approach.

As you rightly said, I am impatient now to wait till Friday for the next drive 👍🏻👍🏻

10 hours ago, Wrangeld said:

The One For Newbies

Second trip out of the day, and a change of position and perspective. As I had led the Fewbie drive in the morning @Jeepie took driving resposibility. We intended to switch at some stage ... but that's another story.

With an Absolute Newbie drive, it takes longer to get going. For people who have never ventured off road before, understanding all the informaiton, buying all the kit, understadning what needs to be done once you arrive can add to the excitement. So, having helped @Lisa Pemberton and @Siobhan to deflate and remove the necessary switches and fuses, a good briefing by @Gaurav and a welcome back to the sand for @tjsingh, we were under way. 

I have said it before that we still remember our first day out in the sand, and the terror/excitement/fun of that first drive, taking the car to places that we could not imagine. Seeing/hearing first timers, absolute newbies on this first drive brings back all those memories. While new to Carnity, it was clear that @Heisem has driven before. 

With @Yousef Alimadadi as 2nd lead for the first time and @tjsingh sweeping we set off as centre forward for the drive hoping for more benign conditions than we faced in the morning. I find it interesting that the sand in two deserts 50km maximum apart can be so different. 

Everything went swimmingly well until TJ started having overheating problems with the car. @Gaurav asked if we could lead the convoy for as long as it took to get TJ safely exited from the sand and return - to which we glady agreed. 

I really like team work and here was another great example. @Jeepie taking on the challenge, @Veedooshee giving up the driving seat to let Fewbie @Anish S take up sweep and the rest of the convoy, @VipinShetty and @Biju Abdul slipping into place to make the change easier and safer to handle. 

Once Gaurav returned (and @Veedooshee sweeping with Anish assisting by her side), we continued on our way until, with the light fading, we exited. 

For some, this might not have been the most exciting or challenging of drives ever - for the absolute newbies, it probably was: and that's how it should be. No matter how much experience you have, there's always something you can learn from being on a drive - and sometime more on a drive you think will be 'easy' than one you know will be more of a challenge. 

See you soon in the sand. 

 

Fantastic write up. Yes it was a well organized ride. I have learned a few things such as to be patient when we are idle, steady steering while coming down, keeping the right momentum at all times,  and I am glad that I did all by myself first time (deflate, place flag, use of compressor to inflate).

Thanks to second lead wrangled (I didn’t catch their names sorry) for guiding me to unpack and use my compressor first time after buying.
 

in short, I believe all of us newbies would have come out of the fear of getting our cars down the dunes and also improved our grip on steering after this ride. I have a feeling that off road rides help us gain more grip and comfort handling our cars when we hit on road too, anyone agrees?

@Gaurav yes have all the necessary items needed for off road, bought a kit recently. 
 

I have never used the compressor I bought, maybe will try after this drive tomorrow. 

Hi @Srikumar 

Happy to join this club and is excited about the drives to come. Please find my response below  

Hi @Srikumar

I have recently bought a compressor but never used and doesn’t really know how to. Can I expect some guidance to use it after the drive to inflate?

Also is there any shops near to our exit point to inflate in case that’s the option?

what is the radio frequency planned for our ride? I have a radio with many channels presets, so I can verify this.