24 hours in Indonesia 🇮🇩 Survival Challenge | Stealth Camping Alliance

Welcome to Hidden Hammock, the channel that takes survival challenges to the next level! In this thrilling episode, join us as we embark on an incredible journey in Batam, Indonesia, where we attempt to survive 24 hours with no food, no money, and no shelter.
Our adventure begins under the motorway bridge, and from there, we make our way towards the town centre. Along the way, we'll have exciting encounters, such as stopping by a food cart to get creative with our bamboo hat, painting it black with a can of spray paint. The lovely ladies at the food cart generously provide us with two pieces of deep-fried Cassava and a small bottle of water, all for free!
As we continue our expedition, we explore the abandoned houses scattered throughout the residential districts, foraging for food and going on the quest for mango. Once we have enough supplies, we set out to find a stealth camping location, seeking safety and serenity.
However, things take an unexpected turn, and suddenly, we find ourselves in a dangerous situation. Will we overcome the challenges and survive the Stealth Camping Alliance Worldwide Survival Challenge? Tune in to find out, as we push our limits and showcase the resilience of the human spirit.
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[@WiskeyAdventures]

Awesome video brother. Glad your feeling better

[@HiddenHammock]

Thanks for coming to the premiere Wiskey, I’m gonna use the money to track down my first bottle of Pepsi when I get to Malaysia, and maybe a bottle of Mountain Dew because Pepsi left Indonesia in 2019 due to the palm oil issue🤪 much love, brother

[@Jay-N-Night]

Josh? How is that a fail?? You actually survived the survival challenge. That's a double win in my book. Big Upz Josh, I am glad your better bro. Please be safe out there.

[@HiddenHammock]

I failed my objective of staying out there for 24 hours, and I didn’t manage to hang my hammock at the target location. But yes I survived. It was very scary situation, but I am improving every day now and looking forward to getting better and heading to Malaysia. Thanks for coming to the premiere Jay and I have plenty of content coming soon.

[@bagariusyarrelli7142]

Holy S#!t Josh! True Survival. Stupendous Vid. (I just burned my black sombrero) ;-{)

[@HiddenHammock]

Bagarius I am feeling better now, it’s been five days and I am growing stronger every day. I got content to upload, so keep following along.🤘🤪

[@jannettemoutdoorsdollhouse]

Josh I'm so glad you feel better. Stay hydrated.

[@HiddenHammock]

Scary Stuff Jannette.. I was definitely not well for three days, but doing okay now and moving around. I’ve got heaps of content to work on while I recover, so plenty Videos coming soon. 🏜️❤

[@jannettemoutdoorsdollhouse]

@@HiddenHammock small cups of white rice helps a lot.

[@snipecamper7821]

Joshua, fantastic view of that location. You get yourself better now, Mister!

[@HiddenHammock]

I am getting better now, my friend, it’s been five days, I got two weeks left here so I might ask the security guard if I can at least take a tour of that abandon building.. thanks for watching and supporting my friend

[@UncleHue]

Glad you made it through that scary situation. Awesome adventure despite the scare. What country next? Go ninja go!

[@HiddenHammock]

Uncle Hue, how you been? Yeah I’m feeling better now. I got a couple weeks left in Indonesia 🇮🇩 So I’m gonna catch a ferry to another island called Bintan and explore for three days or so the next country I heading to is Malaysia 🇲🇾 keep following along my friend 🇨🇦🍁🍿

[@STTC]

Good views on this one Josh, this was my 4th attempt to watch this, life gets so busy. Fabulous footage, a real insight into the country and its people. That manhole cover missing! ridiculous. All those abandoned places, unreal adventure land. That heat is horrific looking, glad you’re better. So easy to get into a rapidly deteriorating situation abroad.

[@HiddenHammock]

Thanks Steve, I wasn’t going to post this, but I thought I might as well contribute something to the challenge. Everything was going real well until my situation 🇮🇩💫🇬🇧

[@bfvaffel]

No money means dumpster diving :D First stealth camper to do so

[@HiddenHammock]

I’m sure there’s heaps of stealth campers out there dumpster diving, but they’re just not stealth camping by choice🤘🤪 keep following along. I enjoy these comments.

[@outofbounds2022]

Great vid man. I only just got to sit down and watch it. Missed premier because I got busted on my phone when I shouldn't have been. Love the interactions with locals. Not sure what caused the sickness but I'm sure the heat had something to do with it. Personally the heat effects me. I'm fine for days then it just wears me out and I do the same with the shower every 10min lol. Hope you're feeling better now. All the best.

[@HiddenHammock]

Thank you so much for taking risks at work to watch my content🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶 you are a true friend🤘🤪 I’ve been recovering now for five days and growing stronger every day. thank you so much for donating money to my channel. I think I’m gonna take a side trip to another island before I leave Indonesia just for a few days and then I will return and prepare to go to Malaysia, once again, thank you so much for all the support, you have really helped keep my channel going, Thanks🫡🇦🇺

[@travelinginnature]

Good that you are feeling better. Fantastic country and people. Loved the video!

[@HiddenHammock]

Thanks Travelling in Nature, I’m feeling better now, and yes, the Indonesian people of Batam have been wonderful hosts nothing but love everywhere I go. I’m looking forward to heading to Malaysia in a couple weeks. Keep following along. Thank you

[@JennyDStyle]

Fantastic Josh! ♥️💯

[@HiddenHammock]

Congratulations on 100 subscribers Jenny

[@theaussie12]

awesome stuff brother the videos you are putting out are so interesting so much cool stuff we have never seen before so may abandoned building there to its crazy why are there so many do you know? love it keep pumping out the awesome content glad you are feeling better lucky there mate never mind the fail we are all just glad you are ok

[@HiddenHammock]

Thank you Aussie12 , I’m feeling much better today, it’s day five, and I’m growing stronger every day. I asked the locals the same question. Why are there so many abandoned places? And the biggest factor is it comes down to land disputes and finances.. keep following along my friends. I might take a side trip to another island before I leave here and then we are heading to Malaysia🇮🇩⛴️🇲🇾

[@theaussie12]

@@HiddenHammock can't wait stay safe mate

[@RockoPacoMan]

Holy Josh…. Lucky you caught yourself… glad you survived ….2👍👍UP….😎🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@HiddenHammock]

I’m still here brother and I’m feeling way better now, just preparing to leave Indonesia and travel to Malaysia one more week to go🇮🇩💫🇲🇾

[@BasicStealthcamping]

glad your alive man, really is smart you called it off when you did. take care bro

[@HiddenHammock]

It wasn’t really till I realised I couldn’t feel the Aircon that I started panicking otherwise I just had a headache and I was low on energy😵‍💫

[@simpleoutdoors1]

that right there is true survival my friend, ive been there with heat stroke, its not fun, get better soon josh, and be careful what food you eat in other countries, but just like what jayNnight said.. You actually survived the survival challenge. That's a double win in my book. and with what you went through, to me you already won it!

[@HiddenHammock]

I learned a lot from this challenge so thank you very much my friend, I just wish I had lasted 24 hours and made it to the target location. I’m still gonna wear my hat, but just not in the sun only for a prop when making videos. Thank you for putting on a fantastic challenge.

[@JennyDStyle]

I didn't watch it all yesterday, came back and finished it today..🙏🙏♥️ You are right about that hat.. Wearing any hat in the heat will do that. Thats why people take their hats off indoors. Sounds like a combination of both for sure. I am very glad you are getting better. Great job surviving! You did NOT fail...you succeeded to the max! ❤🙏❤🙏Get better soon

[@HiddenHammock]

Thank Jenny D, yes I’m feeling much better now🫶🙏

[@survival-sam]

i did wonder about painting your hat black !! glad to hear you are on the mend

[@HiddenHammock]

I only painted black so I could use it as a prop for my ninja camping videos, I want to take it back to New Zealand with me and unite it with the ninja stars that hojangles made me. I am on my 5 day of recovery and getting stronger every day. Thanks for following along and leaving a comment.🤘🥷👌

[@thestealthymaltesefalcon]

Man Josh. I'm glad you are alright and you survived. Paint your hat white again or get a new one. stay safe brother.

[@HiddenHammock]

Painting it White is a great idea, thanks for watching Maltese🫡

[@jodycarter4420]

You got this 🎉 Here we go T minus 7 hours!! Ps I kinda dig the hat like alot 😂

[@HiddenHammock]

Thanks for joining me at the Premiere Jody, I appreciate the donations and I hope “we”both get well soon🫶🤪👍

[@jodycarter4420]

@HiddenHammock your welcome 🙏 thanks we got this! just remember most important drink plenty of fluids water/electrolytes 👍

[@HiddenHammock]

Yeah brother I chugged back the Pokari which is like a Indonesian Gatorade🤪🫶🇮🇩

[@theweldonator]

I'm glad you're still with us Josh! Be careful Ride That Tasty Wave

[@HiddenHammock]

Yeah I’m still here brother. I think I’m gonna take a short trip to another island called Bintan and ride a tasting ferry ⛴️ 🤪🤘 after that, I will prepare to travel to Malaysia..

[@theweldonator]

@HiddenHammock that's awesome and I can't wait to see it! The ferry ride should be fun and something different to see. Ride That Tasty Wave

[@DayTripperAdventures]

So sorry you got sick Josh. I was worried seeing how hot you looked and at same time not drinking any water. In those temperatures dehydration comes very fast plus you were walking a lot. So glad you made it. I think your thumb nail could be much more dramatic “I almost died of heat stroke’ maybe you should do a follow up video. But main thing is you recover soon and never do this again. I do think everyone needs to have safety in mind on these challenges and hope we never ever have a fatality on one of these challenges

[@HiddenHammock]

Thank for checking up on me Richard. I wasn’t happy about failing, I didn’t even want to post this video but I felt I needed to contribute something to the challenge. Thank for the advice, it would of made a better thumbnail for sure..🇮🇩💫🇬🇧

[@ozarkhillibilly9584]

GLAD YOUR FEELING BETTER JOSH. I HAD A HEAT STROKE A FEW YEARS BACK AND WAS VERY SCARY. IT TOOK ME ABOUT A WEEK TO FEEL BETTER. I'M POSITIVE THE HAT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A COMBINATION OF THE THINGS. BE SAFE BROTHER.

[@HiddenHammock]

Thank you so much brother, I am feeling much better now it’s been 5 days now and growing stronger every day, i’ve got two weeks left here in Indonesia. I might take a little side trip to another island for a few days, I got plenty of content to upload so thank you for the support and keep following along🫶🇮🇩

[@KevinsCampingAdventure]

Josh, if that wasn't survival then I don't know what is. It was possible that it was a combo of both. Good to see that you survived. This was not a fail in my book. When it comes to your health, you can't be too careful. Stay safe brother. ✌

[@HiddenHammock]

Thanks Kevin, for the support message, I wasn’t even gonna upload this video, but I’m glad I did in the end🤘🫡

[@jccoffey23]

HAVE I EVER MISSED YOU BROTHER IVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR 33 DAYS JUST GOT HOME MISSED WATCHING YOUR VIDS

[@HiddenHammock]

Hey Brother I’m glad you’re back now, I hope you are resting now and eating some good food my man 🫶🇺🇸

[@Twistedstar0320]

Not gonna lie bro as soon as you said you were going to paint your hat black I was talking out loud to my phone that this is a bad idea. If that happens again you need to eat salty foods and drink water. I hope you've recovered man. Stay hydrated! Also, I'm looking forward to more ninja videos with that hat.

[@HiddenHammock]

Thanks Twisted Star, I have been recovering for five days now, and I am getting better every day.. I’m definitely gonna keep using my hat but only as a prop for when performing and the reason I did buy this hat was for those ninja videos that I make. Hopefully I can bring the hat back to New Zealand and unite them with my ninja stars that I got from hojangle outdoors. But it is made from wood so I might need to give it to quarantine so they can spray before I can enter New Zealand. Supporting my channel and being a member. I have plenty of content coming soon, keep watching and following along.🫶🫡🥷

[@shawnwoodz420]

Damn! Now thats a Survival Challenge! Glad your ok Brother! Just keep drinking water! Get some white or bright clothing to reflect that sun. No good for stealth camping , but great at keeping that sun off you!

[@HiddenHammock]

Thank you Shawn, I brought Black thin clothing because I can’t afford to wash my clothes all the time and need to stealth for when I sneak in. So it’s a hard choice… 🤘😂🤪 i’m gonna keep wearing my black ninja hat but only as a prop for videos🥷🫶 I’m on my 50 of recovery, and I’m feeling much better growing stronger every day. I have two weeks left here in Indonesia. I’m gonna take a little side trip to another island to explore for a few days and when I come back I will prepare to travel to Malaysia🇮🇩⛴️🇲🇾 I have loads of content to upload so plenty of stuff to watch in the future.🫡

[@shawnwoodz420]

Can't wait, brother, be safe out there!

[@HiddenHammock]

@@shawnwoodz420 “Roger That”

[@whoever6458]

That's real deal surviving there! You absolutely succeeded because the best thing you did was get out of that heat! That's why I didn't go out at all because I have already had heat cramps lots of times, heat exhaustion many times, and I've lost consciousness from heat stroke twice. Part of survival is knowing when you might be heading into a dangerous situation and, if you find yourself in one, knowing that you need to get the hell out of it. I noticed you starting to have issues with the heat before you even had the chance to paint your hat black, because you seemed more out of breath and intent upon resting in the shade (which was a good move). Having a black hat was certainly not as good as just wearing it as it was, but I was noticing the early stages of the human struggle with heat before that. Your skin was getting rather red, although maybe you also got a sunburn. I don't tend to get those but I get really red skin from the heat, even if I don't spend a moment in the actual direct sun. The yuca/cassava was probably fine. No one can eat arsenic so they probably knew to soak it before preparing anything out of it. I ate loads of it in Peru and never had any problems. You could have had a moderate allergy to it though because a severe one would have swollen your throat shut but a moderate allergic reaction to food is sometimes just having gastrointestinal issues for kind of a long time. For example, if I eat anything with wheat in it, I have gastro issues for about a month. Perhaps the most dangerous thing about the heat is that it messes up your brain first and tends to make you delude yourself into thinking that you can just tough it out when the reality is that you're actually in a very dangerous situation. This is probably why heat kills so many people each year since it's so subtle until you're pretty seriously ill. The worst part may be that just a little rest makes you feel better for a little while so that you think all you have to do is take more rests. However, it builds up over the day. That's how I ended up passing out twice from heat stroke and I'm only alive because the sun went down and it actually cooled off at night. All that I noticed during the day was that I was uncomfortably hot, felt weak and kind of slow-minded, a little dizzy, and my stomach was upset. It was very much like when one has had just a tiny bit too much to drink. Next thing I knew, I was waking up in the middle of the city at 1 am, unable to regulate my body temperature. I felt sick for a week each time this happened. In my experience, I think you were probably close to having the same thing happen to you but you saved yourself by going home and regularly cooling yourself off so good job because you succeeded in a real world survival challenge!

[@whoever6458]

Also, I've always really wanted one of those hats too but for gardening. Seems like a good hat to keep the sun out of your eyes while you're out in the garden.

[@HiddenHammock]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with me, I agree with everything you said, and I will be regulating my temperature often in the future. I really appreciate comments like this and I just want to say that I will prepare myself better for any future adventures that involve me being out in the sun. I have been recovering well for five days now, and I’m feeling stronger every day. I have two weeks left here in Indonesia. I plan to take a side adventure to another island for three days before we leave for Malaysia. Keep watching keep following along. Thank you my friend

[@whoever6458]

@@HiddenHammock I just saw the livestream you posted a little while ago, although I missed the live part. Looks like a lot of fun and I'm glad you're feeling better so you can enjoy it. You'll be alright, but you'll be somewhat more prone to the same thing in the future but you'll know what's going on sooner, which makes it less bad. I left a better comment about it on your livestream. Have fun because that's what life is all about!

[@adventurenomad2331]

I found it interesting what you said about cassava cuz I remember having some at my aunt's place so I got the Googling and I kind of think it was not prepared just right it should be cut into smaller pieces and soaked for 5 days in water anyways that was on the medical news today website

[@HiddenHammock]

Yeah I agree, it was the first time I had tried in my life and maybe my body had a small reaction. I didn’t eat anything that day before I ate the cassava, so maybe if I had breakfast and then consumed cassava my body would have handled it better. Unfortunately I thought it was deep fried banana because they were cutting up a bunch of small bananas and that’s what I asked them for just one or two bananas for free, but they offered me deep-fried cassava🤪 and like I said I thought I was enjoying some deep fried banana which is something I really enjoy. I am still grateful that they gave me food and water and next time I go past. I’m going to visit those sweet ladies from Indonesia again and reward them for their hospitality🫶🇮🇩

[@jerrywilliams3544]

Wow bro I bet you were terrified! Glad to see you’re doing better. We talk on here a lot but this one really hit home for me. I used to be a Union welder. One very hot day I was in a stainless vessel welding outside and threw up and passed out and had a bad heat stroke. I was only 25 I’m 37 now. That day ruined my life. I have brain damage all my schooling I did and my career were lost in return my wife left me I lost my house and have seizures now. Life’s gotten a lot better since that day I work at a place that is ok with my disabilities and I have amazing family. The heat is no joke im glad you’re doing ok friend! Great video!

[@HiddenHammock]

Wow, thank you for sharing your experiences with me, this is the first time it’s happened to me and I’m definitely gonna stay in the future to avoid this situation again. I have two more weeks here in Batam and then I will travel to Malaysia. I’m thinking about going to Bintan island for three days now that I’m feeling better.. thank you for checking up on me and keep following along with my friend.🤘🇮🇩

[@jerrywilliams3544]

@@HiddenHammock yes lots of water helps prevent it there’s a thing called heat exhaustion that’s a little less than a heat stroke. And now that you’ve had the heat effect you like you did, it can happen easier now. So be super careful and look up heat exhaustion so you know the symptoms bc that’s what can happen once you’ve had a heat stroke. And it can happen easier in the future and we wanna see you stay safe! Yea check out heat exhaustion buddy! Cheers!

[@jerrywilliams3544]

@@HiddenHammock also Gatorade helps you recover and get the electrolytes and sodium back faster the specialist told me a 32 oz Gatorade gives you the same benefits as an iv bag!

[@whoever6458]

Looks like yucca to me but I've only been to Peru and it looks like something they have there.

[@whoever6458]

Ah, yes, cassava and yuca are the same thing. It is very good, isn't it?

[@HiddenHammock]

Yuca is another name for cassava 👍

[@whoever6458]

@@HiddenHammock I think they are just more likely to call it yuca in Peru, which is where I first had it. I ate lots of french fries made from it. So delicious!

[@theroughneckredneck4417]

Missed it bro

[@HiddenHammock]

Miss you brother🤪🤘

[@HullaBaloo-e5h]

SALT+SUGAR+H20=CHEAPESTeTROLYTES,keep these in hand or risk ye being a salted & dryed Joshua! I used to love watching this kewl dude Joshua on KZbin, until he dehydrated himself and cooked his egglike bald head with an Asian solar black hat, horrible way to die bro, that's so tough... hard boiled head, out in the boondocks. Stay hydrated mate, and ditch the dark colors, eh?

[@HiddenHammock]

Hello Hulla Baloo, thanks for the advice and I have definitely listening to your comment. I am feeling much better now on day 5 and recovering every day. Next time I have a situation, I’m going to go to an international health clinic. That was the advice from my parents. I am going to go explore another island soon here in Indonesia and in a couple of weeks I am heading to Malaysia keep following along and enjoying my adventures. Thank you for the comment and we will talk again soon.🫶🇮🇩

[@John_Long]

Thank you for sharing what happened Josh!🙏 So glad you survived (for real)! 😌(That was by far the scariest survival video I've seen...please don't try to top it, lol.) So glad you were able to figure out what was (most likely) going on and stay ahead of it.🤒🧐 We are all rooting for you to recover fully to 100%, so you can get back to what you love!🥷Keep taking good care of yourself my friend!⛑🛌 Much love! 🫶 🤍#stealthcampingalliance

[@HiddenHammock]

Thanks for being the first donation. I’ve had a few days to recover since the incident. And I’m feeling about 70% now… I’ve got plenty of content to work on and coming, so should be able to get some few more videos up soon.. I already have my ferry ticket to Malaysia so hopefully we get there in a couple weeks… you’re awesome brother, thank you

[@wanderingwade1601]

Crazy stay safe brother 🤘

[@HiddenHammock]

I am brother, getting better now🤘

[@adventurenomad2331]

Though you feel you you failed your objective of surviving 24 hours with no money. My objective was to sit down and watch a great adventure and I feel like I succeeded. so keep up the good work.

[@HiddenHammock]

This comment made me smile, thank you so much my friend, i determined to do another one of these 24 hour challenges in the future. I’m five days into and feeling better every day. My parents suggested next time I get sick I go to an international health clinic for treatment.. so I know what to do next time🤘🤪