This is a discussion that comes up time and again on this forum and amongst any who are preparing for potential wilderness survival situations of any kind. <br><br>Tools without skills are dangerous. I would say that the danger goes beyond a false sense of complacency. I don't letmy 5 year old handle my hunting knife and I wouldn't expect her to find her way back to the campsite along the road using my compass. <br><br>OTH skills without the NECESSARY tools are useless. If you know how to use a fire drill but don't have any thing to use as a bearing for the hand end of the drill you will not get too far starting that fire. If you enter a jungle without some equipment your are as much a fool as if you enter the jungle with a 70 pound pack of newly purchased goodies from REI that you have never used.<br><br>A skill, primitive or otherwise, is learning and practice in useing tools (be they purchased or harvested). With enough practice you could become able to hunt your guerila opponents with tools provided by the jungle such as a primitive sling or atl-atl but I would be willing to bet large sums that you had a carbine or better. (BTW that is another tool I wouldn't let my 5 year old handle)<br><br>I have enjoyed discussing all aspects of survival preparation on this forum. The title of the web site is EQUIPPED to survive and thus the majority of information posted here is about EQUIPPMENT. There hase also been an abundant amount of information shared here on Skills. <br><br>I am sure that you have specific recommendations and preferences on what to carry, both in our pockets and in our brains, that will help us to survive in a jungle situation and I am eager for that knowledge. There is also a portion of the site for sharing any stories you have about your SAR experience or even potentially the military experiences as relates to the specifics of surviving in a jungle with minimal equipment. <br><br>Please share some specifics on what has worked for you. Do you carry a knife? Which one? Why that one? If not what do you use for cutting wood? cleaning fish and game? Preparing booby traps and shelter? Do you carry any shelter? Poncho? Tent? Hammock? Which works best in a Jungle? Why? How? If you improvise shelter what form? Debris huts work well in a decidous forest but might be quite wet in a jungle - what is the analog to the debris hut in the jungle? What do you commonly use for water purification? What is your backup? How do you start fire? How do you cook? What do you suggest as a source of information on jungle botany? What animals must you run from and how?<br><br>These are questions that we can use answers to. I am sure that you are highly qualified to answer these questions. I am convinced that you are more likely to answer these questions than I am to find the cash to come to malaysia and learn directly from your course. The access to the internet is vastly less expensive than the airfare. I am sure that if I came and learned in a jungle directly from you I would be better prepared than I ever would be from reading anything but If I read somethings and have knowledge I am better off than if I have nothing. Help, Please.<br><br>Brad