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Jungle

A Harrowing True Story of Adventure and Survival

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Jungle

By: Yossi Ghinsberg
Narrated by: Mark Meadows
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About this listen

With foreword by Daniel Radcliffe.

I heard the rustle again, too close and too real to ignore. I clutched the flashlight, stuck my head out of the mosquito net...and found myself face-to-face with a jaguar.

Four travellers meet in Bolivia and set off into the Amazon rainforest on an expedition to find a hidden tribe and explore places tourists only dream of seeing. But what begins as the adventure of a lifetime quickly becomes a struggle for survival when they get lost in the wilds of the jungle.

The group splits up after disagreements, and Yossi and his friend try to find their own way back without a guide. But when a terrible rafting accident separates them, Yossi is forced to survive for weeks alone in one of the most unpredictable environments on the planet.

Stranded without a knife, map or survival training, he must improvise shelter and forage for wild fruit to survive. As his skin begins to rot from his feet during raging storms and he loses all sense of direction, he wonders if he will make it back alive. It's a story of friendship and of the teachings of the forest, and a terrifying true account that you won't be able to put down.

©2008 Yossi Ghinsberg (P)2016 Audible Studios Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Survival Adventure

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An incredible set of dangerous adventures, but written in a style aimed at a teenager readership, with the narrator also sticking to that target remit.....

schoolboy-esque

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I accidentally came across this book and was pleasantly surprised.
sometimes the reader's character voices annoyed me but the story was interesting. It gripped me and kept me listening, keen to find out how the story unfolded.

Pleasantly surprised

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The narrator did an incredible job voicing each character and there was never an uninteresting chapter.

Gripping

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The Best thing that I’ve ever read or listened to. Amazing from start to finish.

The whole book

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Great story of survival and will to keep going. Finished this book way too quickly it was a page turner as such. Well done Yossi and poignant words at the end about walking towards fear.

Squeezing worms out your head

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human tragedy at its very best and told in such a great way, definitely one to savour

amazing kevin

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I'm glad I went into this not knowing much because I think if someone had gave me a quick run down on it I just would've believed the majority of it was made up. Loved every minute of it and was pleasantly surprised to find that the first half of the book is just pre-survival chapters letting us get to know everyone and how grave there situation could and does become. My only issue with the book was Mark Meadows narration, his accents and different voices for each person were done well but anytime there is tension I can't help but feel his voice makes things melodramatic, just not conveying any real urgency or panic. Immediately after finishing the book I watched the 2017 movie of the same name and it was okay, was surprised so see some of the more harrowing parts of the book removed for the movie though. The book is ofcourse the obvious way to experience this story and I highly recommend it.

Harrowing

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Really enjoyable book stayed up all night listening to it couldnt recommend it enough.

Great voice acting too

Gr8 book get it

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I listened to this on the back of Endurance & Unbroken. Probably a mistake as I don’t think either of those books can be beaten. The story for this took a while to get into and even then I wasn’t moved or gripped like previous books. For me, the narration didn’t suit the story at all. It felt far too amateur dramatic and a little whimpery with the characters. With a different narrator I’m sure I’d have been more involved with the actual story instead of wincing a bit at the voices.

Narration spoiled it for me.

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Kept thinking about it and couldn't stop listening to see what happened. Great visual description. The last few chapters were a bit dull but overall I'd recommend it.

Incredible story, well told.

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