{"id":854,"date":"2010-12-07T01:40:18","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T17:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.my\/?p=854"},"modified":"2011-03-22T17:00:43","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T09:00:43","slug":"rainforest-challenge-rfc-2010-prologue-special-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/rainforest-challenge-rfc-2010-prologue-special-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainforest Challenge \u2013 RFC 2010: Prologue Special Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/rainforest-challenge-rfc-2010-opening-ceremony\/\" target=\"_self\">Official Opening<\/a> in Nusajaya, the RFC convoy traveled to Sutera Mall in Skudai. The RFC Prologue Stage is usually held at an accessible place to give the public a chance to view the action up-close.<\/p>\n<p>For the competitors, it also serves as a preface to the challenges that lie ahead in the Johor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/rainforest-challenge-rfc-2010-the-twilight-zone\/\" target=\"_self\">rainforest<\/a>. Like last year, the area around Sutera Mall takes on a carnival-like atmosphere as 4wd vehicles and their fans congregate&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_858\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-858\" class=\"size-full wp-image-858 \" title=\"Smooth Sailing, Metaphorically\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_001.jpg\" alt=\"Smooth Sailing, Metaphorically\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_001.jpg 800w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_001-200x113.jpg 200w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_001-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smooth sailing, metaphorically...<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_860\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-860\" class=\"size-full wp-image-860 \" title=\"Losing Your Shirt, Literally\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_021.jpg\" alt=\"Losing Your Shirt, Literally\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_021.jpg 800w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_021-200x113.jpg 200w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_021-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Losing your shirt, literally...<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_861\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-861\" class=\"size-full wp-image-861 \" title=\"Indonesian Husband-Wife Team Overuled By The Marshall\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_031.jpg\" alt=\"Indonesian Husband-Wife Team Overuled By The Marshall\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_031.jpg 800w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_031-200x113.jpg 200w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_031-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indonesian husband-wife team overruled by the Marshall<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_869\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-869\" class=\"size-full wp-image-869   \" title=\"The Winch Man\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_05.jpg\" alt=\"The Winch Man\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_05.jpg 800w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_05-200x113.jpg 200w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_05-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Winch Man and Navigator is the most important, operating outside the vehicle most of the time<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_862\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-862\" class=\"size-full wp-image-862 \" title=\"Something Was Bubbling Underwater. A Triumphant Diver Emerges With A Lost Item   \" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_04.jpg\" alt=\"Something Was Bubbling Underwater. A Triumphant Diver Emerges With A Lost Item \" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_04.jpg 800w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_04-200x113.jpg 200w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_04-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Something was bubbling under the mud (left) - A triumphant &#39;diver&#39; emerges with a lost item (right) <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_863\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-863\" class=\"size-full wp-image-863 \" title=\"Getting Out Of A Rut\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_06.jpg\" alt=\"Getting Out Of A Rut\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_06.jpg 800w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_06-200x113.jpg 200w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_06-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Getting out of a rut<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_875\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-875\" class=\"size-full wp-image-875 \" title=\"ATV Action\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_08.jpg\" alt=\"ATV Action\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_08.jpg 800w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_08-200x113.jpg 200w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_08-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ATV Action. Motorbikes and ATVs compete in their own category<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_864\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-864\" class=\"size-full wp-image-864  \" title=\"Family Outing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_07.jpg\" alt=\"Family Outing\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_07.jpg 800w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_07-200x113.jpg 200w, http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/rfc_prologue_07-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family outing in a H3. There are several Hummers in JB including the original H1 (Hum-Vee) and H2<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Previous: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/rainforest-challenge-rfc-2010-opening-ceremony\/\" target=\"_self\">RFC 2010 Official Opening at Kota Iskandar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jump to: <a href=\"..\/rainforest-challenge-rfc-2010-the-twilight-zone\/?phpMyAdmin=nfsytZr6oD5RWL8zn3%2CgHhe2Qt9\" target=\"_self\">The Twilight Zone SS by the South China Sea<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See last year\u2019s coverage: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycen.com.my\/sightings\/sightings061209_rainforest_challenge_2009.html\" target=\"_self\">RFC 2009<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Tip:<\/strong> You can view larger versions of the images         here, gallery-style. When the page finishes loading, click on any         picture. Navigate via the arrows on each side of the frame.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RFC Prologue SS is usually held at an accessible place to give the public a chance to view the thrills and spills up-close&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/rainforest-challenge-rfc-2010-prologue-special-stage\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[378,379,25,9],"tags":[271,274,275,278,272,270,254,268,267,269,277],"class_list":["post-854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-motoring-2","category-news-commentary","category-photography","tag-4wd","tag-4x4","tag-competition","tag-jb","tag-johor","tag-off-road","tag-panasonic-lx-5","tag-rainforest-challenge","tag-rfc","tag-rfc-2010","tag-rfc-prologue"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":870,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions\/870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tvsmith.net.my\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}