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MPEG clips from the 2000 Malaysia Rainforest Challenge
These clips are of two entrants into the Malaysia Rainforest Challenge 2000. Much thanks have to go to Mr Luis Wee (as the RFC organiser), and Peter Bradley (for digitising the clips). The final results are available here too
One is a UK Ibex vehicle:
| Driving up a rough road | rfc2000_01.mpg (7.0MB) |
| Slips into a big rut & holes the ratiator | rfc2000_02.mpg (5.9MB) |
| SS Jungle Revenge - crossing a stream. The ibex buries it's nose in the far bank | rfc2000_03.mpg (8.1MB) |
| .. the winch out... | rfc2000_04.mpg (7.9MB) |
| "When the going gets tough, the tough get going" | rfc2000_05.mpg (4.7MB) |
| Sometimes, you come back the way you came.. only quicker | rfc2000_06.mpg (6.5MB) |
The other is the event winner - a 5.7ltr Range Rover from Autralia,
driven by Mike & Wayne Smith:
These are also available at the YORC web site
| Driving up a (different) rough, muddy, road | rangie01.mpg (2.9MB) | ||||||
| SS Splash Dash & twist... | |||||||
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| SS Jungle Revenge, the dash to the stream.. | rangie05.mpg (3.4MB) | ||||||
| ... the crossing - power & momentum get you through the stream. (Newton's third law in action..) | rangie06.mpg (5.4MB) | ||||||
| Driving the rough tracks in Malaysia | rangie07.mpg (3.9MB) | ||||||
| The jubulant return for the end of SS Jungle Revenge | rangie08.mpg (5.7MB) | ||||||
| SS The Predator. Oops, the exit from the river wasn't perfect.. hello undergrowth. | rangie09.mpg (8.7MB) | ||||||
| Intorducing "Smithies Hill" | rangie10.mpg (6.5MB) | ||||||
| Winching up "Smithies Hill" | rangie11.mpg (5.1MB) | ||||||
| Still winching up "Smithies Hill" | rangie12.mpg (6.7MB) | ||||||
| getting to the top of "Smithies Hill" | rangie13.mpg (5.4MB) | ||||||
The Malaysia Rainforest Challenge has it's own web-site: www.rainforest-challenge.com
Video's of the Rainforest Challenge events (plus other events) are from xtreme-adventure.com (Video's 1 & 2)