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In this neck of the jungle river levels are influenced by rain. I have seen a river go, in a matter of minutes, from a crystal-clear gently flowing stream a few inches deep to a raging chocolate-coloured torrent a few metres deep that would kill anything in its path, because it had rained...

In this neck of the jungle river levels are influenced by rain. I have seen a river go, in a matter of minutes, from a crystal-clear gently flowing stream a few inches deep to a raging chocolate-coloured torrent a few metres deep that would kill anything in its path, because it had rained...

My Hennessey hammock comes with what is described as 30D polyester no see um netting, and nothing has got through it in a few years of use. Not sure how 30D and 20D differ.

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What's the oldest bit of kit you have that still works perfectly long after its expected lifetime? Mine - my rucksack - an olive green Karrimor Jaguar 6 KS-100E. Bought for £65 in 1985 from Millets, still going strong 26 years later, it's been backpacking around Europe, served in the TA and...

Here is Panama most everyone carries a machete in the countryside - there are lots of different shapes and sizes depending on what it is used for. I have half a dozen of the things. All machetes here have relatively thin, flexible blades honed to razor sharpness. In the jungle your machete...

in jungle, Bear. No question. I have worked with the bloke who looked after him in the Panama jungle episodes and he said his skills were good, just obviously puts on more of a 'show' for the TV.

I have done both in the jungle, on the ground on beds of palm leaves in improvised palm branch shelters and in a hammock. In the former I spent most of the night worried about tarantulas and snakes (advice from instructor - just keep still and they will go away!!) so hammock with built-in...

One good thing about the jungle here in Panama - lots of creepy crawlies etc but there are very, very few annoying ones like leeches or mossies.

You kept them?? You are mad!! Incidentally the ones here are bothrops asper (central american lanceheads) not bothrops atrox (who live in s america).

Civvy. http://www.rainforestcouncil.com I should declare an interest - and hope posting the link doesn't contravene any rules! Cheers.

It was a pit-viper - a Fer de Lance It was here in Panama, they are quite common. Not a Bushmaster, different species, equally feared. We made a detour around it!

You might be interested in this critter that we stumbled across a couple of weeks ago during a jungle survival course: See it? Luckily our point man did before he stepped on it. Two metres of spring-loaded death. Picture not the best quality but it was taken with my mobile and I...