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I'm a big fan of the 5.11 shirts, I use the cotton tactical ones in both long and short sleeve version. Bit heavy for jungle work where the traverse would be better. The pockets on the tactical though are imense.
Good to meet you all, sorry to have missed swallow, try again next time. Got back to office and found the printer overflowing with pictures, ...... with almost no toner on them!
Hey ho
Nice rep guys, inspires me, hope it does same for others.
Glad you like the Sawyer, looking to get one too as my filter has no facility for back flushing.
Thanks for that description. If that is typical of Dengue then I'm 98% sure thats not what I had despite its early symptematic similarities.
Pretty scarey to have that whilst abroad I should think.
No photos specifically of kit, unfortunately, there is a link to Borneo images on the "almost fatal in Borneo" post which show the hammock set up. I did start a spoon in mahogany....... damn that's a hard wood !!!
Thanks for reading.
This is just about what was worthy of note and what I thought you might be interested in.
Bergen: Berghuas Crusader 90-120
Can't complain with this bag. Its split main compartment enabled me to pull out tarp and hammock from the bottom without disturbing other stuff stored above it. This made...
Yea, I was unsure when I first tried it.
However once the snake skin is on, it packs easily into the compression sack. Even better when it comes to setting up, nothing touches the ground and creepy crawlies cant easily get in when your out and about.
Okay smoky here's a few, hope they work.
I'll do another post for kit. "Jungle kit experiences" since some worked, some didn't and others were OK but ....
https://www.dropbox.com/s/npi8vrzp4nrdvhb/P1030806.JPG
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ous0prns0i3thsu/P1030840.JPG...
Gosh what a lot of replies!
Thanks guys for the comments and support.
I loved the jungle environment and would go back tomorrow if I could. I've been told the army don't do jungle expeditions of more than 2 weeks because of the risk of runaway infections reducing combat effectiveness.
I'm...
I cant believe that it has been a year since I came onto this forum looking for Burgan advice for a rough camp Pennine walk, and got lost in the threads, ending up in Borneo.
Truth is that it was a long held ambition of mine to get into virgin jungle rain forest before it's all lost to the...
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