Jimmy McSparron
Jimmy McSparron, Expedition Leader and survival instructor has spent most of his adult life in remote corners of the world. He has lived with many indigenous groups, getting tattoos deep in the jungle with sticks, meeting head hunters and cannibals, documenting languages (he has written "Ha Putih", a Penan-English phrase book) and cultures along the way.
Starting out on his adventure career first as volunteer with Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi, an internationally recognized Bolivian NGO that cares for rescued wildlife, Jimmy has spent time travelling and helping out in the Americas, Africa and Asia. Jungle survival is his forté with periods of up to six days having been spent completely alone in the jungle with nothing more than what is in his pockets. Although primarily a jungle guru, Jimmy is just at home on top of a peak in the Andes or on the plains of Africa.
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Alternative Education – Using the Outdoors
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Markings of the Headhunters of Borneo
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Into the Jungle – Survival of the Mind
- Duke of Edinburghs Awards Groups
- Various Youth groups and Schools
..although an old hand at jungle survivial, Jimmy has recently taken to public-speaking engagements with a matching enthusiasm and skill.
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