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I joined the x-men scout group for the journey into the rainforest jungles of Terengganu, a distance of some 70-80 kilometers of the toughest 4 wheel driving you could imagine. Add to this the daily monsoon rains that pelt down and turn the jungle tracks into an even more difficult terrain.

Our convoy of vehicles, mostly [...]

This year’s edition of the Rainforest Challenge (RFC) is most memorable for its ultimate “battle” at the Twilight Zone of Hulu Terengganu. Fought out intensely over 6 days across 80kms of the most rugged and toughest terrain anywhere on earth, it was like a scene from “War of the Worlds”.

The mud, drenching rain, slippery slopes, [...]

What’s it like to be the last to leave? When the tracks have been totally devastated by rain and by the preceding competitors’ vehicles, the job of the sweepers is to get stragglers as well as themselves out of the jungle.

The rains have come and gone, one’s energy is almost sapped, glutinous mud, sand flies [...]

It’s going to be tough, really tough, are the competitors prepared both mentally and physically …………. We will soon find out !!!

UK veteran of 8 “International 4×4 Rain Forest Challenge” competitions, both as competitor (three times) and official, Martin Lewis is this year taking on the mantle of Competition Course Designer.

When the competitors arrive on [...]

In this coming of age year, a decade of the Rainforest Challenge (RFC), it’s also fitting that we pay tribute to the pathfinders or scouts of the event. Why X-Men? Because those roped into service seem to have “super mutant” power as they slogged in and out of the jungle trails come monsoon rain or [...]