The course was with Ian at Bushmasters it is a civvie course but he has Brit and US SFs on it. I went on the course with some mates, to spend some time in the Guyanan jungle before it is gone.

This was during the 3 day isolation when you are out by yourself, i was not bored. Boredom is a killer in a survival situation. The only kit carried was belt kit containing fishing kit, fire steel, some cotton wool, water bottle, iodine and machete. The white bag in the first shot only contains camera equipment. I kept busy adding to my shelter, collecting water, setting traps, fishing for bait fish, setting night lines and collecting fire wood. I was hoping a troop of peccary would come through camp so I could take one out. So yes Izzy, time to kill a bear with my machete.

During isolation we didn’t have bows or blowpipes (not exactly survival weapons), I tried taking vultures and other large birds on the river bank, using an atlatl but the bush was too thick. The spider and howler monkeys stayed far enough out of reach to keep them from the dinner plate although the spider monkeys took great delight at throwing sticks at me.