How to Shit in the Woods, Kathleen Meyer
How to Shit in the Woods, Kathleen Meyer
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How to Shit in the Woods
An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art

Author: Kathleen Meyer

Narrator: Khristine Hvam

Unabridged: 4 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/30/2014


Synopsis

World changes come fast and furious, and in the backcountry it is no different. The practice of "packing-it-out"—adopted to protect high-use areas and fragile ecosystems—is here to stay. We are now often urged or even required to haul our poop home. To assist with all this responsible human waste disposal, Kathleen Meyer discusses the latest in product innovations, from classy high-tech to inexpensive do-it-yourself. She covers the most current solutions to the health risks of drinking straight from wilderness waterways, presents a raft of natural substitutes for the purist swearing off toilet tissue, and offers a wealth of new recommendations for ladies who must make do without a loo.

In rowing hundreds of urbanites down whitewater rivers, Meyer honed her squatting skills. Her delightfully shameless discussion of a once-shameful activity, her erudite examination of its associated vocabulary, and her unapologetic promotion of its colorful vernacular make How to Shit in the Woods essential—and vastly entertaining—listening for anyone who has ever paused at the edge of the forest and pondered: "Where do I go to go?"

About Kathleen Meyer

Kathleen Meyer is a longtime outdoorswoman and the founding editor of Headwaters, published by Friends of the River. Her travel essays have been included in the Travelers' Tales anthologies A Woman's Passion for Travel: More True Stories from a Woman's World and Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures: Funny Women Write from the Road. Her Out West adventure memoir is Barefoot Hearted: A Wild Life Among Wildlife. Whitewater rafting guide and canoeist, sea-kayaker and sailor, she is also a draft horse teamster, having traversed three Rocky Mountain states by horse-drawn wagon. Ever the nontraditional spirit, Kathleen resides in an old, rather unrestored dairy barn in Montana's Bitterroot Valley.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul

Required reading if you have to "go" outdoors! To the uninitiated, the art of having a dump in the woods probably seems no more complicated than "squat, squint, squeeze and squeegee"! But, alas, as the world shrinks and the use of the world's limited wilderness terrain by outdoor adventurers increase......more

First thing - you can't be put off by the title. This is another book that I picked up at a gun show and, honestly, I don't think I would have bought it in a "normal" bookstore. The author isn't going for "shock value" - she has a very humorous preface detailing the anguish she went through in tryin......more