Required reading if you have to "go" outdoors!

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	• How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art Kathleen Meyer Ten Speed Press, 1994 - 128 pages average customer review:based on 20 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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 increases to the limit of the land's ability to withstand the stress of that use, it's just not that simple. When considerations such as ecology, weather, temperature, privacy, courtesy, hygiene, biodegradation, density of camping use in an area, terrain and so on are factored into the decision as to where and how to complete the necessary feat, all is not as simple as it would seem. The methods one should choose are as varied as the terrains one might choose to visit and the times of year in which those choices are made.

"How to Shit in the Woods" is a book that should be read by EVERY person who would choose to venture into the out of doors - whether you want to spend a weekend at the local campground or you're a hardcore toughened backwoodsman heading out into the bush for a week long solo canoe trip in Canada's northern boreal forest!

Be prepared for lots of silly toilet humour, hilarious anecdotes concerning toilet misadventures, lots of tongue-in-cheek jokes, a good number of belly laughs and a very earthy delivery to be sure - but the message ultimately is entirely serious and well worth the read! There is very little humorous when it concerns encountering the leavings of someone who trod the trail in front of you.

Highly recommended for campers of all stripes, sexes, ages and experience levels.

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More serious than imagined

I bought this book to give as a gag gift. It turned out to actually be about sh**ting in the woods, something I do a lot as a backpacker. So, I kept it.

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It's a body function get over it!

A well written book about a subject that people normally don't think about till they are out in the middle of nowhere and it's too late to find a restroom that is miles away. The title may be offensive to some but, the books provides excellent information

I met Kathleen Meyer

She was living with a master Farrier, Patrick McCarron - in Montana.
My horse had a problem with his rear hoofs, that needed special attention.
Patrick spent hours building shoes from bar stock - Never was with such an artist. Kathleen mentioned that she was a writer and wrote this book. 2 years previous to meeting her, I had purchased 5 of these books to give to my close friends, for Christmas and kept one. All of us placed this book in a bathroom in our homes. Everyone agrees, it is the best reading material in the Bathroom. Women, watch out when you squat to pee in the woods, don't fill your shoes by mistake........

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