Photos of Locations in Manuscript

Unless otherwise noted - all photos are from John Rust 

Food Storage in Bear Country

Satellite Based Emergency Devices

Bear Deterrents 

Cold Water Safety

Survival gear: Tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, kayak repair kit, bug spray, hats, emergency beacon, bear spray, flashlight, water bottles, compass, binoculars, food bag rope, bowl, cup, silverware, two stoves, water filter, UV pen to purify water, lighter, pot scrubber and soap, rain jacket, dry suit, toilet paper, water shoes, extra prescriptions, first aid kit, toothbrush and tooth paste, alcohol wipes, dental floss, aluminum wind break for cooking, tarp.  It all fits in my kayak. 

Not shown in photo:  Food, extra clothes, cooking fuel, PFD/lifejacket.  

Staying Safe in the Outdoors:

Stay Warm - have spare dry clothes (dry socks for night)

Stay Dry - have rain gear available

Stay Found 

know where you are on the map 

know major peaks and landmarks when hiking, know islands and bays when paddling

try to follow trails - bush whacking thru thick growth can turn you around 

know how to use a compass - know the magnetic declination for the area you are in 

Stay with your Food and Gear 

Stay Hydrated 

Especially in hot weather or if water sources are scarce

In cold weather eat hot food and have hot drinks

Stay away from steep ledges and rough terrain

Be careful crossing large streams - cross at braided channels

Stay Together

Camp along American Creek - Katmai National Park. 

This is what you can see walking by your tent or on shore when paddling on American Creek.  Stay away from the shore when paddling in the kayak. Katmai National Park.  

Alaska Range - Autumn.  Alaska.

Saskatchewan Glacier  Banff/Jasper National Park. 
It has advanced and receded 3 times in the last 350 years. 

6 wolves of the Shrimp Lake Pack - Soda Butte Creek - Yellowstone National Park. 

Snowshoeing across Seagull Lake BWCAW

While canoeing on the Tawa Reservoir Satpura National Park - India.   Marsh crocodile.  

Seagull Lake BWCAW 

Mother bear and cub - Denali National Park .
Well fed - no salmon in Denali.  Eat mostly grass, roots, berries, carrion, or occasional young caribou. 

While kayaking on American Creek in Katmai National Park came across this brown bear on shore.    

Elephant Seals - Male, Female, pups. 
Found off the west coast of California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and off the coast of Alaska.
At one point thought to be hunted to extinction. 
A small population of 20 - 40 were discovered on an island west of Mexico. 

Elephant Seal Population has expanded from below 50 to over 150,000 today

Soda Butte Creek Yellowstone National Park 

Giant Squirrel - Satpura National Park - India. 

Update: State of Colorado Releasing 30 - 50 wolves on the Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains 

Wolf Locations Yellowstone National Park  

Wolf trotting by my tent, Slough Creek, Yellowstone National Park.  

Beaver in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

This is not an antler shed. Notice it is attached to part of the skull.  I have found many elk skulls and remains in this area.  Of course it could be the result of wolf predation.
There are some rocky areas nearby, so I suspect this could also be an ambush area for a cougar.  Slough Creek - Yellowstone National Park  

Wolf den or bear den - Denali National Park 

4 wolves of the Shrimp Lake Pack - Soda Butte Creek - Yellowstone National Park

Slough Creek - Yellowstone National Park 

Tiger Range Map 

Female Bengal Tiger - Satpura National Park - India. 

Island in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness 

Boundary Waters

Boundary Waters

Alaskan Brown Bear - watching me on shore. Katmai National Park. 

Bengal Tiger - right before it charges. Satpura National Park  - India 

Arctic Lupine - Katmai National Park .  Don't eat the pea pods. 

US Forest Service Cabin - Seymour Canal, Admiralty Island - Alaska.  
Western hemlock, Sitka spruce, Western red cedar and Yellow cedar - Up to 1000 year old growth trees. 
Devil's Club - 5-7 feet tall - giant Maple leaf shaped plants with thorns. 

Ponderosa Pine. Waking up in the Chiricahua Mountains of Southern Arizona - looking for a jaguar.  

Camping on an island, Seagull Lake - BWCAW 

Congregations of bees - Satpura National park, India.  

Walking stick insect - Satpura National Park - India.  

Sotol Plant - Sonoran desert - Southern Arizona. 
Purple-Pink flower indicates female plant.  White flower indicates male plant. 

Glacier valley - Denali National Park 

Dominate Male Tiger roaming its territory - Satpura National Park - India.  

Recent Jaguar Sightings Southern Arizona and New Mexico 

Chiricahua Wilderness - Southern Arizona.  

Big cat track - could be Mountain Lion, Bob Cat or Jaguar - Chiricahua Mountains. 

Be careful when walking thru thick grass.  Jim Corbett National Park - India.  

Century Plant - Southern Arizona.  Doesn't really live to be 100 years old, more likely only 25 - 30 years.  Central stock can reach 25-30 feet. 

Red Rock Bay of Saganaga Lake - BWCAW.   The mate of this fox came to investigate as well. 
They were cautious about wolf howls in the distance.  

I think these are female and young Dall Sheep - Denali National park

Bear near Brooks Lake - Katmai National Park
I spent three days and three nights Exploring and kayaking Brooks Lake.  

Folbot Yukon - folding kayak.  Transportation in BWCAW and Katmai National Parl.  

Trumpeter or tundra swans on the Savanoski River - Katmai National park.  

Mother Grizzly and two cubs - Calico Creek Canyon - Denali National Park

Camping in the rain forest on an island of the Seymour Canal of Admiralty Island. 

Gaur - Satpura National Park - larger than an American Bison. 
Largest bovid species .  males can weigh up to 3000+ pounds. 

Pine Marten - Yellowstone National Park 

Deciding whether to kayak around this massive brown bear on American Creek - Katmai National park.  

Malabar pied hornbill - Satpura National Park, India.  The female lays  2-3 eggs in a nest inside a tree cavity. While the female incubates the eggs, the male using  mud and fruit pulp closes access to the nest, leaving a small hole.   The male brings food and inserts it into the hole for the female and the chicks.  

Ermine or Least weasel - Slough Creek area - Yellowstone National Park.  

Campsite along River Denali National Park - One day there was a severe sandstorm. 
The next several days the rain came down for 36 hours and I had to move the tent.  

Bison - Slough Creek Area - Yellowstone National Park.  

Grizzly Bear - Denali National Park

Big Horn Ram - near Lamar Valley - Yellowstone National Park. 

Caribou has retrerated North.  Caribou used to live in Northern Minnesota in the 1930s. 

Stalking Caribou with a camera - Denali National Park.  Once I was noticed, the two caribou took off.
By the time I got to the top of the hill, and saw a vista for miles, they were nowhere to be seen. 

Nilgai - or Blue Bull.   Satpura National Park, India.    In Texas - they are an exotic species and thrive.  

Canada Lynx found in Minnesota. 

Canada lynx kitten.  On of 4 kittens following mother across the road in Denali National Park.  

Sloth bear - mother and two cubs - Satpura National Park.  India.   Sloth bears eat ants and termites, using its long claws to dig them out of the ground or termite mounds.  

Common Kingfisher - Satpura/Pench National park - India.  

Spotted Owlet - Satpura National Park, India.    

Dhole - Asiatic wild dogs - Satpura - India.  Very few remain on earth. 

Langur monkey - Mother and young - Satpura National Park, India.  

Moon - sea jelly - Admiralty Island - Alaska.  

Tiger prints - Satpura national Park - India.  

Crested hawk-eagle - Satpura National Park - India.  

Rusty- spotted cat - Satpura - India.  Much smaller than a house cat.  Weighs only 2 - 4 pounds.  

Melting permafrost and wetland in the tundra - Denali national park.  

Campsite - Teklanika River. Red beacon so we can find the tent again while out day hiking.  Denali National Park - Alaska.

Wooly-necked Stork - Satpura national park - India.  

Denali - the highest mountain in North America - 20320 feet.  Autumn. 

Sleeping Alaskan brown bear - near a moose carcass on Grosvenor Lake - Katmai National Park - Alaska.  

Saganaga Lake - snowstorm. BWCAW. 

Lion's Mane - Sea Jelly - Visible near Admiralty Island

Camping on Iliuk Arm of Naknek Lake, Katmai National Park. 
Kayaks set between the tents, to protect them from curious bears at night. 

Making lunch in the protection of an area thick with trees - offering protection from the wind. 
Yellowstone National Park.  

Calico Creek Canyon - Denali National Park - Alaska

Brown bear capturing salmon - Katmai National Park - Alaska.  

Common merganser - Red Rock Bay - Saganaga Lake - BWCAW. 

Canada Lynx - Grosvenor River - Katmai National Park - Alaska 

Black-backed woodpecker - Katmai National Park - Alaska.  

Petrified Tree - Specimen Ridge Yellowstone National Park 

Common Merganser mother and chicks - Katmai National Park - Alaska.  

Canada lynx tracks - Denali National Park. 

Caribou Antler shed - Denali National Park.  

Camping on the East Fork of the Toklat River - Denali National Park.  

Caribou - Denali National Park.  

Denali - The High One.  Alaska.  

Grizzly bear diggings for either arctic ground squirrels or roots and tubers. Denali National Park. 

Grizzly mother and cub walking by my campsite - Denali National Park.  Cub is not in the photo.  

Making lunch - Denali National Park.  All food must be stored in the bear-proof container.  

Grizzly mother and two cubs come down the rocky slope behind my back while I was quietly reading.  Denali National Park.  

Arctic ground squirrel. Denali National Park.  

Hawk - Satpura National Park India. 

View from tent - Denali National park.  

Tiger Tracks - found on a 20 mile hike adjacent to Satpura National Park - India. 

Ptarmigan - Late winter - early spring plumage. Denali National Park.  

Wild boar - Satpura National Park, India.  

Coyote pouncing for mice - Lamar Valley - Yellowstone National Park.  

Red Fox - foothills of Lamar Valley - Yellowstone National Park.  

Spotted deer - Satpura National Park.  

Picher Plants - Bog - BWCAW. 

Asian Elephants and Spotted Deer (chital) - Jim Corbet National Park - India.

Monk's hood - Katmai National Park.  Contains Aconitine - extremely poisonous.
Used by people of the North Pacific on spear tips for whale or walrus hunting.
Aconitine is 10 times more poisonous than strychnine. 

Jackal - Satpura National Park - India.  

Sambar deer - Satpura National Park - India.  

Leopard - Satpura National Park - India.  

Tiger Kanha National Park - India.  The guide listened to Sambar and Langur monkey alarm calls as the tiger walked through the forest.  The tiger came out of the brush right in front of us. 

Pacific Blue Mussels found along the Pacific Coast. 
Part of the food web -  Eaten by sea stars, otters, and crabs.  Gulls may grab them, fly high then, drop them on rocks to crack the shell. 

Lamar Valley - Yellowstone National Park  

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