ABANDON SHIP! What do you grab from your pack?

1. First aid -all
2. Food/Water at least one way to purify water (boiling, tablets)
3. Bug net and tarp for shelter
4. gloves- 4-5 hanks of cordage
5. GPS radio

These are what I would grab, Honestly l think you need to weigh options by weight/knowledge/usefulness. I do not have the knowledge to want to try this, however with these things I think I could make a go of it for a few days/weeks.
 
iahunter3 said:
1. First aid -all
2. Food/Water at least one way to purify water (boiling, tablets)
3. Bug net and tarp for shelter
4. gloves- 4-5 hanks of cordage
5. GPS radio

These are what I would grab, Honestly l think you need to weigh options by weight/knowledge/usefulness. I do not have the knowledge to want to try this, however with these things I think I could make a go of it for a few days/weeks.
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You would very likely be JUST FINE with the 5 things you listed. You could even ditch the cordage because natural materials are abundant down there. In about 5 minutes I could show you 10 different things to use for natural cordage. I've got a video of the making of fabulous twine down there from the young stems of a palm tree. One of these times I need to edit it and release it. Also there are numerous vines etc that you can just grab and use.

If you know what you're looking for, there is a buttload of food in the jungle. We brought along a bag of rice but everything else we got was either fished for or foraged. And, BTW, you do not need fishing tackle to catch fish. You can make a hook from a 'cat's claw' thorn and you can make the line easy enough from the palm tree. I've got a couple videos up of wild edibles in the jungle. I've got a few more to make and TONS of photos of wild food. For instance, here is a fruit you find growing everywhere. Not sure what it is really called but we called them jungle apples because they taste like granny smith apples.
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Here is another fruit we found all over the place that tasted like lychee nuts.
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Although it is not native to the area (I've heard), you'll see breadfruit trees everywhere. If you boil the nuts they taste like chestnuts.
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Finally, there are more fish than you can shake a stick at. This one was caught in a net by a sandbar in the Amazon river. I've also caught them on lines and by spearfishing in streams.
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That being said, some of the fishes look very strange.
 
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