I've gone a little insane from reading too many adventure

sometimes when browsing this board i forget what website i'm on. thanks for reminding me

>>994677
>I don't care.

Remember to use bug netting over your face and such to protect from sand flies which carry flesh eating/ulcerating Leishmaniasis parasite that will literally eat your face.

>>994696
Yeah I mean I know the basics that I need to keep the incredibly deadly insects and snakes and predators away and shit. I'm looking more for information on like which plants to avoid, how to find clean drinking water in a pinch, stuff like that.

It's either this or an expedition to an unclimbed mountain in Antarctica and I feel like I probably have a higher chance of dying on that trip so I'll stick with the jungle.

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>>994697
if your goal is uniqueness/trailblazing , why not just commit to some crazy batman-tier UEX shit.

Rather than ending up injured/ being a pain in the ass to rescuers in some jungle region no one in the civilized world gives a shit about, you could be getting millions of youtube views and a cult following for climbing buildings or structures, doing some kind of viewer requested challenge, generally avoiding the same risk of dying alone while actually being on an adventure that people would support or be fascinated by

>>994705
That's like asking why a person who loves restoring old cars why he doesn't just buy a Ferrari instead. It's not the same, it's not something I want to do, and it's not something I have a passion in.

So I don't really care if anyone supports me in what I'm doing or not. I will not sit on my deathbed someday and say "Wow, I sure am glad I never pursued my passions because I was afraid of getting hurt, or getting sick, or getting bit by something."

Not trying to sound like an asshole but I've heard this from people my whole life. First it was my parents telling me I couldn't go explore in the woods when I was a kid, then it was my friends telling me that hiking was a waste of time, then it was my girlfriend nagging me about getting married instead of "wasting" money on a sailboat. I'm sick of it, and I'm not letting anyone keep me from what I want to do anymore.

>>994677
>jungle
enjoy that bub

>>994709
I certainly get that frustration, maybe I was projecting my interests with that idea.

Are you into sailing? There are a LOT of islands that while inhabited, are basically undisrupted by westerners and have volcanos, mountains, jungles etc. Plus you can bond with a crew, meet people, change things up.

The ocean is as unexplored as the jungles of 100 years ago, it really is a sort of trailblazing in its own way, in that you know point a and point b but have to fight your way through the middle.

>>994677
http://www.britainstreasureislands.com/project/series/

The host (Stewart McPherson) goes around to 1,000s of places around the world researching orchids/plants in really out of the way places that most people don't want to walk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_qmcG2Epaw

The point is that sure, there's no blank spots on the map, but there's tons of places that no one has ever set foot on to do research. That might be an entire mountain or just a single small valley and a cliff plateau where the cliffs make it more difficult to get to.

If I were going to do what you want to do I'd go full autism with botany research and I'd try to get some grants to help with finances for it.

>>994719
Yeah, I have a sailboat now and I do a lot of coastal sailing, but I've never crossed the Pacific before.
>>994876
That's my intention. I collect orchids back at home so it's a topic I'm familiar with and something that would really interest me. The idea of getting some funding for an expedition sounds cool but since I have no affiliations with any universities I doubt it'll happen.

>I've gone a little insane from reading too many adventure stories, like an autistic Don Quixote or something
Good, I'm not the only one. I can go and live the dream of becoming an airbender and not feel too retarded about it.

All I can say is
DO EET FAGGOT!

>>995143
>The idea of getting some funding for an expedition sounds cool but since I have no affiliations with any universities I doubt it'll happen.

All you need to do is call up some of the universities and say "Hey, I'm going here to do this and it may advance science in this manner, anyone know of grants that would fit this to help me help science?" I'm sure someone, in-the-know at a university, can help you with better information. However, if you just say, "I don't think it will work," and you don't do anything then you'll be completely correct.

I've always wanted to do this, but somewhere in Scandinavia or Russia. Fuck the jungle. God's speed anon, you have the type of soul that bards wrote songs about in days gone by.

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OP bring me with you I must record Borneo!

You aren't doing any of this OP. It's just going to be a fantasy you fall back on to escape from your mediocre reality.

Are you a taxonomist? So you are just going to collect and improperly preserve/store/transport any taxa you come across? Then what?