Event : Hardcore off-road adventure to Selancar, Johor (18-20 Mar 2017)

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The Puma 4x4 (Malaysia) Club will be having it's first event of 2017 with a hardcore off-road adventure to Selancar, Johor. The event is scheduled for later this month, from 18 Mar 2017 to 20 Mar 2017. What's "hardcore", you might ask?

Well, traditionally, the Puma 4x4 Club has members that cater to both ends of the scale. On one end is the typical family camper, who love the experience of camping in the fine outdoors, in the middle of nature, by the stream / waterfall. Such events are more akin to family holidays, where the destination is more appreciated than the journey. Of course, to get to such untainted spots (which are getting rarer as time goes by due to increasing development activities) you would need to get a decent 4x4 vehicle. Granted, even a Perodua Kembara would be able to get you to most of the places where the typical sedan might bottom out, important is the body to ground clearance.

On the other hand, there are those who really find and take the most difficult route between 2 points, which requires the base model 4x4 to be augmented with snorkels, winches, raised suspension and mud-terrain / centipede tires to take on road-less terrain (they basically make their own). The drivers themselves are armed with ropes, hoes, machetes and chain saws (one in awhile, there's a need to DIY a log bridge from a few fallen trees). It's possible for both groups to start and end up at the same campsite, but the hardcore team would arrive much later, taking the hardest path between two points....

Of course, only a Sith deals in absolutes (to borrow a phrase from a galaxy far, far away), so common folk like you and I will fall somewhere in between. While we do have a few rough riders in the Puma 4x4 Club, the general motto is to get everyone in, have fun, and get everyone out, safe and sound.

For details on the trip, for those of you looking for the latter kind of adventure, do check out the event on Facebook at : https://www.facebook.com/events/1457178594316458/

As for this trip, I'm obviously not THAT kind of adventurer, so I'll sit this one out and wait for them to share some photos when they get back...! :)


[UPDATE: 23 Mar 2017] Event completed successfully, for those interested to see how it turned out, you can find the photos at the Club's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10155208319559295.1073741827.297484144294&type=1&l=3632d4c62e