DanielN

I am unwell, so I have removed myself from the list. 
 

Enjoy the drive! 

Hi everyone.

Thank you for a different drive today. Much enjoyment was had  

See below for the route taken until I left with Emanuel.

Got a spot! yay

Although, if the weather tomorrow intends to repeat the events of today, I might have to drop out.

Will be keeping an eye on the weather reports!

Hi - good evening.

So sorry, but I have to drop out

I’m so sorry about the late drop out. But family obligations take priority 😐

Thanks everyone for the fun excursion and beautiful drive.

A bit more fun in the sand than anticipated, but all is good once we go below 25psi

Forgot to pause the stops where we saw things, but pretty indicative of the drive's magnitude!

18 minutes ago, Frederic said:

Hi @DanielN ! The scenic drives are very similar to overlanding. This time we won’t be spending too much time in the dunes but head out further into the mountains and there’s a bit of tarmac also involved to get to the point where we need to be. 

Great! The wife enjoyed the scenic ones, so I suppose she'd enjoy this one too.
I've added myself to the Waitlist  

Good evening! 
Is this drive comparable with the scenic drives earlier in the year? Or is “overlanding” something else?

Really wanted to go, but will have to give my slot to someone else.

Confirmed

Hi. Unfortunately I have to drop out. Sickness is keeping me and the family in bed. 
 

enjoy the drive!

Thanks for the drive @Frederic - enjoyed it  

Also learned that momentum is important and that the FJ can downshift! - Key take-away is that I need to improve on how to build momentum quicker in the FJ. More practice is needed.

4 hours ago, Frederic said:

• DanielN @DanielN
• Mike M. @Mike M.
• Gary F @Gary F
• Ron.P @Ron.P
• Joseph Sebastian @Joseph Sebastian
• premindra rajaram @premindra rajaram
• Rajat Verma @Rajat Verma
• Richard Franks @Richard Franks
• Juan R @Juan R
• imranaasghar81 @imranaasghar81

 

Thanks for signing up for this drive !

As we have a pretty long waitlist, kindly acknowledge you can make it to the drive. 

Confirmed 👍

9 minutes ago, JeromeFJ said:

Dear Desert Drivers, 

@Yaseen87 @Rk ram @Ishak @Deepak Eswar @Bjoern @MohamedSherif @DanielN @Federico Galbieri @Beide Worku @Chris Wing

Last updates for tomorrow

Meeting at 6:15 am at  https://goo.gl/maps/xJ4Nzi7tNNkxNWXE7

The convoy order will be 

We will use Radio Channel 4

Enjoy the evening, take as much sleep as you can, and see you tomorrow morning !

Hi @JeromeFJ - Unfortunately I had to withdraw this morning. Sorry about that.

Hi all. I still have not left the office, and won't be able to be in Nazwa by 7.15pm - I work in Abu Dhabi - I have to drop out  

Hi. I have to drop. 
 

child care options did not come through. 

Hi. Yes I’m updating now. 
 

child care failed

18 hours ago, Hisham Masaad said:

Great News, thank you very much @GauravSoni for joining us to split the drive in two convoys, and make all our friends happy. RSVP is closed now, and will just wait till tonight to make sure all below are joining, unless change of plan. Please confirm.

 

 

Attendees

• DanielN @DanielN
• Bashar Beasha @Bashar Beasha
• Tharun Kumar V @Tharun Kumar V
• Waqar Sarwar @Waqar Sarwar
• Adam James @Adam James
• Ahmad Nerat @Ahmad Nerat 
• premindra rajaram @premindra rajaram
• Bjoern @Bjoern
• Albarqawi85 @Albarqawi85
• Frans M  @Frans M

• Vaibhav @Vaibhav
• Davie Chase @Davie Chase

• Glenn W @Glenn W
• Yaseen87 @Yaseen87
• Joji varghe @Joji varghese
• Nathan L @Nathan L
• Zubair @Zubair
• Sebb @Sebb
• Mohamad Anwer @Mohamad Anwer
• Chris Wing @Chris Wing

Look forward to hear from you at the earliest

@Hisham Masaad I’m also confirmed. 👍

Thank you very much @Gaurav & @Frederic

Looking forward to much more fun in the sand  

1 hour ago, Hisham Masaad said:

Thank you for joining the drive, pleasure meeting new and old friends. All made it on time, and few much earlier. Briefing, and started moving through small size dunes, where we have enjoyed the recovery of @essam ibrahim, who did very well considering he is first time joining a drive. After that started moving to the other side of margham, where we found nice flat dunes, allowed us to move smoothly, without any issues to mention. We have done dunes crossing, side slope and climb, and can say all did amazing job. Weather was really good, and by the time sun started setting for the day, we moved out and glad to see all smiling, and hope enjoyed it. Great support from @Davie Chase @Waqas Parvez and @ASAD. thanks for the same. Thank you @Mahmoud Tahafor being SL. @DanielN @Tharun Kumar V @Frans M @Thejas Uthran @Udit S pleasure meeting, you did great job, and hope to see you again. @Nadeem Ansari @Ahmad Nerat @Sebb @Ammar Naji @Yerem Davtyan good to see you again. @Naim Aoun  @DanielN hope your kids enjoyed the drive.

Nice weened, and look forward to see you again in sand

 

Hi Good morning. 

Thank you for a pleasant and safe drive. I do like the professionalism showed by all. 

See you in the sand again some time.

Bad news (for me)

My daughters do not want to join, and someone has to take care of them while my wife is at work. 

I have to bail. Enjoy the trip!

3 minutes ago, Srikumar said:

Me and Fredy are planning to be there by 6 pm.

There are a few others who would also be joining. 

As of now the plan is to camp on the right side of the meeting point. It's a flat surface, but you would have to deflate a bit else you would get stuck.

Dropped pin
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2ha5yLUm5FmYh5aEA

It's a pretty big area so we can easily spread out, and also would help if you wish to make an early morning dash to ADNOC.

Regarding bringing kids, hope they would be comfortable on a day long drive. As Fred mentioned, once we enter the only way out is from the other side.

Thanks for the heads up! Family and I have been doing the desert camping and driving before - this is our 4th season starting. We haven't been on such a long drive like this before, but we have an idea of what to expect - which is why I wrote "try to convince". They know what they are getting into  

Hi everyone.

I'm currently planning on camping at the meeting point also. As @Srikumar and @Nicholas Cox1 are also bringing little ones, I will try and convince 8 & 9 y/o daughters to join. When are people aiming to be at the camping site?

As for car, I have a stock FJ 2021. IIRC, it has a 150L+ fuel capacity and wife is not joining as she has work. So I should be good 😆. 

8 hours ago, Kailas said:

CONVOY LIST "KAILAS NEWBIE"

1. @Kailas - L

2. @Murtaza Bhuria-SL

3. @Moutaz gendia

4. @Bjoern

5. @Looper- CF Support

6. @DanielN

7. @Nadeem Ansari

8. @Simon D- CF Support

9. @Anirudh Dayma

10. @Gary F

11. @Frans M

12. @DP1011 , Deepak wrangler-SW

We will be on Channel 3 -  44605625.

Meeting Time: 3:30PM

MEETING POINT FOR "KAILAS NEWBIE": https://goo.gl/maps/T8eRFG9BP9E4sMbr8

NBs please make sure you get your Radio, flags and compressors.

See you all tomorrow at 3:30 PM

Cheers.

 

Hi good morning. 
we’re new to carnity and was looking forward to meeting everyone today. 
however, we can’t make it today, as my son woke up this morning with high fever. 
enjoy the drive!

Hi everyone. 

Thanks for a great and inspiring drive. 

Most of what I had of comments has been said very well already by @heyns holtzhausen and @munkybizness. I would like to add, that it has been along time since I had to level parts of a dune out for the recovery to succeed, but it worked 😆 

@Vanessa8580 and @Ahmad Nerat I hope your cars recover fully  Quite the unlucky dips you had.

I did manage to get a picture at the end:

@Vanessa8580Do you have any feedback for @heyns holtzhausenand me, now that we have completed our first drive with Carnity?

Hope to see you all on drives in the future. 

Kind Regards
./Daniel