Jungle (Movie Tie-In Edition): A Harrowing True Story of Survival in the Amazon Kindle Edition

I own a German Shepherd Dog. This book contains the stories of two individual German Shepherd Dogs both owned by the Austrian Karl Rurechter.The first GSD, the Austrian used -by his own admission as reported by Yossi- as a bait in the Jungle. The GSD smelled an animal nearby while in the jungle and darted off to pursue in accordance with his game instinct. Rurechter then heard yelps and cries by the dog as well sounds by another animal, perhaps a cougar, while it was attacking the GSD. Instead of helping his GSD and scaring the predator away, Rurechter did an 180 degree about-face and calmly walked away while his GSD was being devoured. That's Strike No 1.The second GSD Rurechter purchased from some Native in a village in the Jungle intending to use it in the Jungle perhaps as bait again to dodge some situation with some wild animal. The dog he purchased though was emaciated so much so that they named her La Flacca, which means "the skinny one". The party stayed at the same village for a few days but instead of the Austrian buying some good food for La Flacca he fed her bones which shows how unintelligent he was.The book goes on in the next 20 pages to describe how the Austrian mishandled the dog; he frequently kicked her (she was a female), beat her, threw stones at her and tied a rope around her head and used the rope to drag the dog in the jungle when the dog was too weak to move on from lack of food and did not wish to go further. He also didn't feed the dog enough. Finally, the dog sat down and would not budge whereupon the Austrian left her to die in the middle of the jungle. Yep. That's Strike No 2.I like to judge people from the way they treat animals. I can tell you, and other ppl who work with animals too I guess, that any1 who tortures an intelligent animal such a GSD is Bad News with capital B. I wouldn't want to be within 100 yards of this character and if I had to interact with him I would prefer to be armed.Finally, a small fact to show his foolishness, he actually went into what was a planned 30 day trek in the jungle wearing US cowboy boots. That is, he went into this trek wearing what were in essence shoes designed to be used by horsemen and specially made for horse riding. Predictably, his boots failed within 2 weeks.Yossi's book was very disturbing to me but I'd suggest it as reading to all as a case study of human folly.

Yossi and his companions were all dreamers looking for adventure in the jungle. Being young, naive and trusting they set off on a journey with a total stranger believing that he was a good man and would take care of them. Their experiences on the river and in the jungle are difficult to imagine surviving. Only their powerful will to live allowed Yossi and Kevin to survive.While their story is amazing, reading the book was at times tedious. The first half of the book is just walking, walking, walking thru the jungle. Day after day. Yossi's account of his journey alone in the jungle is difficult to see thru my eyes. Immersing myself into the story beside the lead character is what keeps me reading. I see what they see and feel what they feel. That just didn't happen for me here. I don't know if it is the style of writing or that so many important little details were left out to keep the length of the book manageable. This is an amazing story of his will to live and overcome so many obstacles, both physical and emotional, that should have killed him.I recommend this book to anyone who wants to get the real first hand account of their journey.

I bought the book because I loved the movie. I was not disappointed. I eagerly awaited the Jaguar scene, but the rotten feet description in words was easier on my mind than Hollywood’s depiction. I would read it again.

This book was hard to put down. I knew he was going to make it out of the jungle because he was the author. His journey was amazing!!

This was an exciting read about the true life adventure of the author, who got lost in the Amazon rain forest. Couldn’t put it down!

One if the best nonfiction survival stories I've read in the past 30 years. Had to read it in one sitting. Wonder if there might be an update? Wonder if Karl read it?

Excellent read ! I felt I was there as I read this story !!

Exactly the adventure I was hoping for! Now I want to see Bolivia.If you love nonfiction of adventure, then read this!

A touching, shocking, harrowing, incredible, story.Yosseph "Yossi" Ghinsberg is an Israeli adventurer, author, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and motivational speaker based in Australia. Ghinsberg is most known for his survival story when he was stranded in an uncharted part of the Bolivian Amazon jungle for three weeks in 1981.Yossi tells an incredible story of survival, the shocking facts of how to survive, how hard to survive, how the body can go through so much....One thing is for sure, well a few things, mental toughness, common sense, and purely the will to live.A harrowing tale in the depths of the Amazon jungle gave this survivor the vision to make the world a better place.The rain forest was deafeningly loud. All the creatures sang their song or called out under the dense canopy as leaves danced in the humid air streams. There’s so much beauty. Yossi Ghinsberg couldn’t help but admire the wonders of this eco-system. It almost distracted him from his hunger pains. It’s been weeks and he hasn’t seen any sign of civilization. The woman beside him didn’t seem as weak as he was, yes his mindThe ants didn’t seem to bite her, and her foot wasn’t being devoured by fungi like his was. It wouldn’t be until the end of his last bit of strength that the ants actually saved him. Ant bites can cause the release of hormones and steroids in the human body giving an extra push to survive. He covered himself with them, and that bit of energy saved him.“I actually went and shook a tree and showered myself with them because my feet couldn’t carry me anymore and I needed to stand,” he says. “I showered myself with the fire ants and, on the waves of pain, I managed to get up and keep on going.” With the last shred of hope he heard the sound of an engine. When he turned around to call on the woman, it became clear she never existed. He survived the Amazon alone.Eating it was not an easy feat, but at least it was food. He recounts his hunger, “I would have eaten human flesh. With hunger at that level, it’s just energy. It’s beyond disgust.”The next three weeks, he roamed without supplies or equipment. Completely lost, he had to survive as best he could. Creatures and beasts tried to devour him at every turn. Ants slowly ate away the skin of his deteriorating body as hope seemed to fade away. Fire ants bite and so painfully, the reality of all the scary days and nights, the sounds, jaguar paw prints, snakes and much more, trying to sleep while been bitten to death...At last there was a sound different from the din of the jungle — the sound of an engine. He made his way towards a river and reunited with his partner and a crew of natives that had launched rescue operations for him. They found him after three days of search and after three weeks of being stranded. He claimed a woman had kept him company. They were almost at their last bit of hope when they came upon him. He spent the next few months in recovery at a local hospital. The other two adventurers continued their journey into the jungle but were never seen or heard from again, not known at all if they survived.After two decades, a movie was finally made, The Jungle, a feature film retelling his adventure in the Amazon starring Daniel Radcliffe of Harry Potter fame.In 1993, he wrote his first book, Back from Tuichi, which sold millions of copies, gained extreme popularity in Israel, has been translated into 15 languages, and was published under a variety of names worldwide. Then in 2008, he wrote his second book, Laws of the Jungle: Jaguars Don’t Need Self-Help Books.“The story,” he says simply, “has been a blessing in every way I can see”. This true-life adventurer and his contributions to making a better world continues to this day.BRINGING AMAZON SURVIVAL SKILLS TO BUSINESS, HIS CAREER NOW.Great story, four stars11 likes

Gripping and exciting. Best book I have ever read. Yossi you are an inspiration. Can't imagine anyone having such a strong determination and will to live.

A great story of courage and determination in this autobiographical account of survival against the odds.

Interesting study about the cusp of courage and stupidity

it's worth a read, very interesting