the 2007 Rainforest Challenge in Terengganu, Malaysia

A Jeep gets stuck in the river during the 2007 Rainforest Challenge in Terengganu, Malaysia, on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007. The Rainforest Challenge is a decade-old competition that takes place each year in a different location in Malaysia. The genius and folly of the event, and one of the things that sets it aside from many other 4x4 competitions, is that it takes place in the middle of the monsoon....

Dario Neri and Marco Martinuzzi of Italy get stuck in a ditch on the first day of the 2007 Rainforest Challenge in Terengganu, Malaysia, on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007. The Rainforest Challenge is a decade-old competition that takes place each year in a different location in Malaysia. The genius and folly of the event, and one of the things that sets it aside from many other 4x4 competitions, is that it takes place in the middle of the monsoon


A contestant guides his partner across a log bridge on the first day of the 2007 Rainforest Challenge in Terengganu, Malaysia, on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007. The Rainforest Challenge is a decade-old competition that takes place each year in a different location in Malaysia. The genius and folly of the event, and one of the things that sets it aside from many other 4x4 competitions, is that it takes place in the middle of the monsoon

Competitors struggle to move through the mud during the Prologue stage of the 2007 Rainforest Challenge in Terengganu, Malaysia, on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007. The Rainforest Challenge is a decade-old competition that takes place each year in a different location in Malaysia. The genius and folly of the event, and one of the things that sets it aside from many other 4x4 competitions, is that it takes place in the middle of the monsoon

Francois Abela of Lebanon crests a hill on the first day of the 2007 Rainforest Challenge in Terengganu, Malaysia, on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007. The Rainforest Challenge is a decade-old competition that takes place each year in a different location in Malaysia. The genius and folly of the event, and one of the things that sets it aside from many other 4x4 competitions, is that it takes place in the middle of the monsoon.

Officials repair a Volvo support vehicle during the 2007 Rainforest Challenge in Terengganu, Malaysia, on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007. The Rainforest Challenge is a decade-old competition that takes place each year in a different location in Malaysia. The genius and folly of the event, and one of the things that sets it aside from many other 4x4 competitions, is that it takes place in the middle of the monsoon.