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I replaced my old icon photo that was taken in 2003. This is what I look like when I head out on the trail these days. The thing around my neck is my homemade aspirator (aka "pooter") for sucking bugs into an in-line container. Since I spend so much time down on my knees looking for beetles I consider knee pads essential. Rubber boots are a necessity in the cloud forest. My belt pouch is full of collecting vials, 100% DEET, a white plastic collecting sheet, various small hand tools. The belt also holds water bottle, canister of powerful bear spray, binoculars, flashlight, multitool, and, once I find it in my luggage, a hatchet. Lunch and rain wear is in a separate bag.
Photo taken at the Yanayacu Biological Research Station, Cosanga, Napo, Ecuador.
IMGP0511c
I replaced my old icon photo that was taken in 2003. This is what I look like when I head out on the trail these days. The thing around my neck is my homemade aspirator (aka "pooter") for sucking bugs into an in-line container. Since I spend so much time down on my knees looking for beetles I consider knee pads essential. Rubber boots are a necessity in the cloud forest. My belt pouch is full of collecting vials, 100% DEET, a white plastic collecting sheet, various small hand tools. The belt also holds water bottle, canister of powerful bear spray, binoculars, flashlight, multitool, and, once I find it in my luggage, a hatchet. Lunch and rain wear is in a separate bag.
Photo taken at the Yanayacu Biological Research Station, Cosanga, Napo, Ecuador.