Jungle Training Equipent...

[Joe Fowler]

On the site there's a list of required equipment for the Jungle Survival course. I noticed it doesn't have anything about sleeping gear. Is this because it's provided or do you build what you need from the environment?

 

[R.A.T.]

We build it in the jungle. Poncho is all the blanket you need

 

[Joe Fowler]

We build it in the jungle. Poncho is all the blanket you need

I lived in southeast Asia for a couple of years and a thin sheet was all we ever needed to keep the chill of the ceiling fan off of us.

So, no hammock? How do you keep off of the ground?

 

[viva la]

I lived in southeast Asia for a couple of years and a thin sheet was all we ever needed to keep the chill of the ceiling fan off of us.

So, no hammock? How do you keep off of the ground?

why would you sleep off the ground?

afraid of a few spiders...snakes...flooding...?

 

[Moosez45]

I lived in southeast Asia for a couple of years and a thin sheet was all we ever needed to keep the chill of the ceiling fan off of us.

So, no hammock? How do you keep off of the ground?

Jungle Bed. Great shelter bed combo.

Moose

 

[Joe Fowler]

why would you sleep off the ground?

afraid of a few spiders...snakes...flooding...?

First off, yes.

Secondly, it's the jungle, a "few" is not the issue.

 

[Joe Fowler]

Jungle Bed. Great shelter bed combo.

Moose

Thanks Moose. :thumbup:

Are those comfortable? (Maybe that's not an issue, but I'm just curious.)

 

[R.A.T.]

why would you sleep off the ground?

afraid of a few spiders...snakes...flooding...?

Obviously you don't travel to the jungle we do.

 

[R.A.T.]

Are those comfortable? (Maybe that's not an issue, but I'm just curious.)

Nope! But they will keep you alive

 

[Joe Fowler]

Nope! But they will keep you alive

Haha! Good enough.

Thanks, Jeff. :thumbup:

(Now to youtube to learn about jungle beds.)

 

[johntylermclain]

http://www.jungletraining.com/1208-18.jpg

 

[Joe Fowler]

http://www.jungletraining.com/1208-18.jpg

Nice. I'm having trouble finding instructions online, but the photo helps give me an idea.

Thanks!

 

[viva la]

Obviously you don't travel to the jungle we do.

the closest I have ever gotten to any jungle is the woods in Maine...so you are correct

 

[R.A.T.]

the closest I have ever gotten to any jungle is the woods in Maine...so you are correct

One thing you don't do in South America jungles is sleep on the ground without any protection. You would be cannibalized by the ants in no time.

 

[Joe Fowler]

One thing you don't do in South America jungles is sleep on the ground without any protection. You would be cannibalized by the ants in no time.

That is honestly my worst nightmare.

 

[santacruz]

I thinking I might be too much of a pansy for that jungle training now. I've done a trip down a tributary of the Amazon in Bolivia but we had a tent. Craziest thing I remember seeing were monkeys, crocs and dolphins. Don't remember spiders or ants. Thank goodness for tents!

 

[DH1]

One thing you don't do in South America jungles is sleep on the ground without any protection. You would be cannibalized by the ants in no time.

I think Les Stroud tried that in an episode of Survivorman...he just sat under a tree all night wacking bugs off him, no sleep.

 

[Decklin]

Nice. I'm having trouble finding instructions online, but the photo helps give me an idea.

Thanks!

I bet Jeff will show ya how to make one. If that don't work I'm sure he will have extra room in his shelter.

 

[Cronx210]

Check this out, i am buying one soon.


http://www.treklightgear.com/catalog/pc/Single-Hammock-5p17.htm

 

[Joe Fowler]

Check this out, i am buying one soon.


http://www.treklightgear.com/catalog/pc/Single-Hammock-5p17.htm

I have three of their double hammocks (I have a big family ) they are the shiz!

The "testimonial" on their homepage is from me... about this outing.