We have just had a most interesting and amusing time in the jungles with a bunch of techies and IT savvies deep in the hot and steaming jungles of Ulu Terong, Perak where a group of 26 so called nerds, techies and IT savvies decided to forget their laptops, notebooks, desktops, PDAs and cellphones and spend a good 4 days & 3 nites in a most natural and basic setting - the practical jungle survival course!!!
Led by ex malaysian VAT69 & GGK operators, this motley bunch of not so fit city folks initially looked out of place wearing cheapo rubber trekking shoes, light rucksacks over their shoulders, handmade bamboo water containers and sharp machetes around their portley waists but surprise... surprise... they can actually handle themselves well in the jungles.
Some smokers were bemused that they had to rub 2 dry bamboos together in order to light up their cigarettes and some whose usual meals in between their work on the laptops or desktops were junk food, had to dig and cut food procured from wild plant life!
They also had to learn to cook their food in bamboos where the food would stay edible for the next 7 weeks as well as learn how to cook rice in an empty mineral water bottle as well as go fishing using empty mineral water bottle too!!!
A few usually had their GPS navigational system to guide themselves around the city and country as well as Garmin GPS while cycling but in the jungles... they never had these gadgets but had to rely on their instincts and keen observation on creepers and vines that twirled around trees for directions!!!
We'd take in techies and IT savvies anytime for our next survival course.....at least we now know people who can give us free advice the next time our desktop PCs get hit by a virus!!!
Three Cheers for the Techies and IT Savvies...
www.jungleschool.com.my