Thomas Varghese

Excellent idea. The club chooses the team. Wow

What I meant was if any newbie, fewbie desperately needs this drive to be counted for his/her promotion then I am ready to withdraw my RSVP. Otherwise if @Chaitanya D doesn't mind me tagging along somewhere in the convoy once the needs of newbies & fewbies are met I'm always ready with my car.

Please wl me for my 2nd drive

ready to press the going button as soon as the RSVP opens.

well done buddy. U were destined for this role. Jumping into every opportunity you could sense when a fellow driver got into trouble to help them recover. Kuddos. Cheers 😀

How can you say you are a boring lead? You are kidding me? You taught me to offroad in my car in the safest possible way and at the same time thrilling. What I meant was that if there are newbies who feel dejected because an IM driver jumped into their realm and made them lose their chance then you can take me off. I don't want a newbie to lose their chance to learn from you. Happy to be on your drive after such a long time. I had kept myself off from offroading for 2 months and already did 7 drives since I joined back 3 weeks ago.

Hi @Chaitanya D if there r newbies WL for this drive you can take me off this drive. I don't want a newbie to lose a chance to drive because I joined this drive before them.

I change my status from contender to photographer after reading @Gaurav's technical report. I understood I may have to leave my car as a sacrifice to the desert sand if I get down into the bowl.

The only time I could manage to get my camera out was at the beginning of the drive.

@Looper Completely agree with you. Following @Ale Vallecchi as the 2nd lead is no easy task. He keeps on driving on and on. We don't even get a second to take our eyes of him. If you do he is gone. The pace was excellent. Please understand I got to keep an eye on the convoy behind me also and make sure everybody is following us. @Sunil Mathew did a good job of following me and everybody likewise. Lost count of how many kilometers we have driven altogether. Didn't even get to take out my camera for a moment. I love these drives by @Ale Vallecchi. Brings out the best in everybody. After getting home and hitting the bed I could open my eyes only now. My passenger is amazed by the drive we had. Seem like Carnity is getting a new member soon. He agreed to my perception of the drives. Once we are in the desert we forget everything of the regular life. Even though it was an IM drive and all drivers were experienced and the best it was amazing everybody passed the drive track @Ale Vallecchi had charted for us without much trouble - to be precise no trouble except for a couple of occasions. @Humayun Ghias who missed the drive due to alarm issue ought to be cursing his luck. As you mentioned @JeromeFJ has really learned the art of desert driving very well in his FJ. I remember his newbie drives when he used to get refusals and stucks. He has really matured into a desert driver. Proud of his determination and grit. Great going buddy. I can't comment about the tail end of the convoy as I couldn't see that far in my rear view mirror but the radio silence meant all were enjoying and doing good at the back. Looking forward to see all of you soon in the sands for another drive. Hope you could resolve the recovery issue soon. Didn't have the heart to leave you at the tarmac. Wishing a speedy recovery to your car and my get well soon wishes to your Y 62.

Can I bring my Xterra?

It will be fun driving with known drivers for this exploration drive.

Its my 75th drive with Carnity tomorrow.

Thank God @Raman_Dbx survived the roll over. Praise God.

A beautiful sunrise at Tawi Nizwa and after the briefing from @Gaurav & @Lawrence_Chehimi we were off to our offroad adventure towards the famous Pink Rock. Most of the drivers were relatively new but showed newbies have talents. @Salim Akhtar did good as the 2nd lead following the lead and restricting and redirecting on cues from @Gaurav. Following him enthusiastically after been duly warned about potential damages to his Lexus if participating in the offroad adventure was @Ankit Jain. Kudos Ankit for showing you love the desert more than your car. Except for an unfortunate pop out in the beginning which was quickly sorted out from expert guidance and supervision from Gaurav & @Lawrence_Chehimi the convoy kept moving towards the famous Pink Rock without major refusals or stucks. Again thumbs up to the talented newbies. @Lawrence_Chehimi had an easy day as the support as the drivers were doing good. Everybody in the convoy performed more than what was expected of them. @Mohamad Ziad Alhennawi brought a smile to my face showing up with his Hummer. Its been long time we have seen a Hummer in the club. Kudos to you for handling the beast of a machine with much ease. @Adnan Halepota did very well with his Prado. I have seen him driving at sweihan and it seems he is improving drastically with each drive. The enthusiasm to drive all the way from Abu Dhabi to take lessons from a legend like Gaurav is really laudable. @Manoj Soman has a beast of a machine with the Rubicon to steer and drive in the desert. Its a powermaster as I have seen driving behind him. Once he masters the machine and learns how to control it I predict he will be an offroad genius. Needs little training though to avoid fish tailing and for sure once he trains under different marshals at Carnity he will learn it to his advantage. Man the Rubicon can just gallop from anywhere even under impossible situations. See you all soon in the sands and it was a pleasure driving with all of you and knowing all of you.