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Visiting the jungle during the rainy season means you're gonna get soaked. And we're not talking about a brief waterlogging here and there. This is a special never-completely-dry-out kind of drenched, the kind of thorough and sustained wetness that makes you smell like multiple varieties of jungle mold on the return flight home.
So when we were preparing for eight days of bug hunting in a remote part of the Amazon rainforest in December, we naturally focused on gear to keep ourselves, and our gadgets, as dry as possible. We were headed to Peru to follow a team of scientists as they explored the jungle, day and night, looking for bugs and spiders and other tropical beasties.
With an average December temperature of 80 degrees Fahrenheit and humidity that can rot leather belts and wallets that are left outside, it was clear we needed some serious gear for this epic, slightly risky, adventure. Some stuff we hand-picked based on the climate and our known lodging situation. Other things were more random or last-minute selections. And while we didn't emerge completely dry, unbitten, or smelling so good, we couldn't have written about and photographed our exploits without these great pieces of gears.
