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April 14, 2008 Erica rated it did non like it

This book can be summarized thusly: Dig a hole for your shit, away from water or your camp. If you can't dig a pigsty, put information technology in a baggie and pack it out. Wash your hands. The cease.

She doesn't talk well-nigh the decomposition process, or give any supporting evidence for her methods, or even whatever handy tips for dealing with carrying effectually baggies of poo for a calendar week. She advocates peeing past sitting on a rock and and then propping your feet upward on another rock - not a bad method, if y'all want to spend twenty minute

This book can be summarized thusly: Dig a pigsty for your shit, away from water or your military camp. If you can't dig a pigsty, put it in a baggie and pack it out. Wash your hands. The end.

She doesn't talk about the decomposition process, or give any supporting evidence for her methods, or even whatsoever handy tips for dealing with carrying effectually baggies of poo for a week. She advocates peeing by sitting on a rock and then propping your anxiety up on some other rock - not a bad method, if yous want to spend 20 minutes looking for appropriate rocks rather than just copping a squat! All of this would be fine, I approximate, except that and then she gets into all this fear mongering bs about how women shouldn't sit on public toilets. Dude, unless y'all are in the addiction of licking the seats, you'll exist fine. Continuing or squatting just leaves the seat splattered with pee for the next person to encounter - at least she could have advised continuing pissers to elevator the seat!

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Oct 13, 2007 Mont'ster rated it really liked information technology

Recommends it for: anybody serious nigh camping ground

First thing - yous can't be put off by the championship. This is another volume that I picked upward at a gun show and, honestly, I don't think I would take bought it in a "normal" bookstore. The writer isn't going for "shock value" - she has a very humorous preface detailing the anguish she went through in trying to pick a championship that conveyed her subject and the seriousness with which she treats her subject.

Meyer states that she felt that all euphemisms for "doing your business concern" were distracting and honestl

Starting time matter - you can't be put off by the title. This is another volume that I picked up at a gun show and, honestly, I don't think I would take 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 trying to pick a title that conveyed her subject and the seriousness with which she treats her subject.

Meyer states that she felt that all euphemisms for "doing your business organisation" were distracting and honestly unnecessary.

I disagree with most of what I hear from the "greens" just this volume is actually useful and applied. Meyer wrote it because in her own camping experiences she quickly saw that she (and her urban center friends) were pretty clueless when it came to taking intendance of i of the most basic human needs - how to take a dump outdoors without getting a turd in your kick.

One lesson that all of us could take from this is "If you lot pack information technology in, and then pack it out" (or if you lot're too sqeamish to practise that) know what to practise with your waste material so the area will exist unspoiled for the next person that comes along.

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promise to acquire how to pee in the woods without soaking my socks.

Jun 15, 2010 Jc rated it it was amazing

I have known of this book for twenty years and ever been curious. Of course, it is a rather limited audience, only for those of you who backpack, canoe camp, or otherwise hit the wilderness exterior of pit-toiletville, the topic of this book is really very serious and important. Written in a friendly straightforward manner (equally evidenced past the writer'due south carefully described argument every bit to why it was of import to say "shit" instead of beating effectually the bush with a more than polite plow of phrase), this boo I have known of this book for 20 years and always been curious. Of course, it is a rather limited audition, but for those of you who backpack, canoe campsite, or otherwise hit the wilderness outside of pit-toiletville, the topic of this book is really very serious and of import. Written in a friendly straightforward manner (every bit evidenced by the author's advisedly described statement as to why it was of import to say "shit" instead of beating effectually the bush-league with a more than polite turn of phrase), this book sounds like a joke only is actually a very practical primer near how to do something you lot thought you already did perfectly well. Of course, the book normally shows up in jokey novelty shops -- but it really tain't no joke. ...more

May 11, 2019 Robert rated it liked information technology

This book is expert in that the relevant data is sound, unfortunately the topic merits only a long magazine article. The rest is padding.

Aug 29, 2021 Sarah Paull rated it it was amazing

For anyone who spends time in the dorsum state this is a crucial read! Be cognizant of the way yous dispose of your poop!!!

Interesting and quite well written. withal, nothing i did non already know and/or cautiously skillful.

I was not expecting the book'due south title to exist and then literal. I was not expecting the book'due south title to exist so literal. ...more than

Dec 05, 2017 Wendi Lau rated it it was amazing

Lots of stories. Funny. Enlightening. Very useful. Using a snowball on my ass might be the most realistic affair I'd try for number two. A stick sounds scary. Lots of stories. Funny. Enlightening. Very useful. Using a snowball on my donkey might be the most realistic thing I'd try for number ii. A stick sounds scary. ...more

If you lot spend any fourth dimension at all in the nifty out of doors, yous'll demand to know how to properly use the bathroom. The writer has researched all of the various methods - packing it out, burying information technology, etc. and has presented the results of her research in a clear, curtailed, and occasionally amusing volume.

I would NEVER accept chosen to review this book. Just when my married man heard me laughing near the title, he assured me that the book was somewhat famous and purported to be highly amusing. I didn't see anywh

If you lot spend any time at all in the keen out of doors, you'll need to know how to properly use the bath. The author has researched all of the various methods - packing information technology out, burying information technology, etc. and has presented the results of her inquiry in a clear, concise, and occasionally amusing book.

I would NEVER have called to review this book. But when my hubby heard me laughing virtually the title, he assured me that the book was somewhat famous and purported to be highly agreeable. I didn't see anywhere listed that this was an audio book. I would have never gotten an sound volume. I detest audio books. So bear that in listen when reading this review.

The author begins the book with the history of how the tertiary edition came to exist (a fleck dull) and why she thought this was the all-time title (okay?!). She then sets out to give her reasoning for writing the book with several amusing stories of people and their "accidents." She then gain to explicate how and where to properly use the bathroom in the wild. I had hoped for way more funny than I actually received. The reader'southward vocalism was agreeable, but the content was just way to wordy. If I'd been reading a newspaper book I call back I could have skimmed and would have been a lot less glassy eyed when I finished.
In summery, I wouldn't recommend the audio book. Only the paper book might be worth a skim for the avid outdoors men who wants to hear the pros and cons of poop in the wood.

I received this volume costless of charge from Goodreads in substitution for my honest review.

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Jul 16, 2008 Erin rated it liked it

I didn't think an entire book on how to shit in the woods would exist necessary, simply this ane has some good info in it and some funny stories. I've seen enough stupid stuff in the woods to know that more people should read this book. The book covers ideas for proper form, location, etiquette, how to pack information technology out, water filtration, and most chiefly - the environmental impacts of our actions. I didn't think an entire book on how to shit in the woods would be necessary, but this 1 has some good info in it and some funny stories. I've seen enough stupid stuff in the woods to know that more than people should read this volume. The volume covers ideas for proper form, location, etiquette, how to pack it out, water filtration, and well-nigh importantly - the environmental impacts of our actions. ...more

Jan 05, 2008 Dioscita rated it really liked it

Not only is this funny, information technology'due south totally correct. Not merely is this funny, it's totally correct. ...more

my bestfriend bought this for me every bit a gag gift. all-time thing ever! haha

Oct 14, 2018 Paul Weiss rated it it was amazing

Required reading if you have to "get" outdoors!

To the uninitiated, the art of having a dump in the woods probably seems no more complicated than "squat, squint, clasp and squeegee"! Just, alas, as the world shrinks and the utilise of the globe's limited wilderness terrain by outdoor adventurers increases to the limit of the land'south ability to withstand the stress of that apply, it's just not that simple. When considerations such as ecology, weather, temperature, privacy, courtesy, hygiene, biodegradati

Required reading if yous accept 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 duster"! Simply, alas, as the earth shrinks and the use of the globe's limited wilderness terrain by outdoor adventurers increases to the limit of the country's ability to withstand the stress of that use, it'due south just not that simple. When considerations such as ecology, weather, temperature, privacy, courtesy, hygiene, biodegradation, density of camping use in an expanse, terrain and then on are factored into the decision every bit to where and how to complete the necessary feat, all is non as simple equally it would seem. The methods one should choose are every bit varied as the terrains one might cull to visit and the times of twelvemonth in which those choices are made.

How to Shit in the Wood is a book that should exist 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 calendar 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 natural language-in-cheek jokes, a good number of belly laughs and a very earthy commitment to be certain - but the message ultimately is entirely serious and well worth the read! In that location is very fiddling humorous when it concerns encountering the leavings of someone who trod the trail in front of yous.

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

Paul Weiss

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Mar 28, 2021 Jillian rated it liked it

Not the kind of book I e'er expected to review, merely here we are! A friend loaned me this book every bit part of her campaign to convince me to try backpacking in the wilderness. I recall her plan backfired though; the author delighted in sharing real-life vignettes about extreme solutions and highly unfortunate mishaps, which are theoretically humorous and advisory, simply could also be sort of horrifying to someone who spends minimal time away from civilization. Likewise while I capeesh a expert (or bad Non the kind of volume I always expected to review, but here we are! A friend loaned me this book every bit part of her campaign to convince me to effort backpacking in the wilderness. I call up her program backfired though; the author delighted in sharing real-life vignettes well-nigh extreme solutions and highly unfortunate mishaps, which are theoretically humorous and advisory, only could also be sort of horrifying to someone who spends minimal time away from civilisation. Also while I capeesh a good (or bad) pun, somewhen the humor style and general wordiness started to become a bit dried. But for the right audience I could encounter this book being an highly-seasoned resource. (Plain it could also work equally a gag souvenir, though note that the title is 100% literal.) There is definitely a lot of information covered here about methods and environmental bear upon, and she includes detailed product reviews. I don't understand why there are generic mural drawings merely nearly no diagrams or informational illustrations though; seems like a missed opportunity if she really wanted readers to understand the products and procedures. Props to this author'south passion for promoting environmentally-aware shitting in the woods, even if I'one thousand not really on her wavelength and now know far more than I ever personally wanted or needed to know about the topic. ...more

I bought this for a nephew who is into bushcraft. I previewed it a bit and concluded up keeping it for myself for a few reasons. 1. My nephew is dyslexic and this book was too academic to have been very approachable for him (I had expected diagrams in how to dig latrines in various environments. The volume does non contains these). 2. I establish it very approachable and a quick read for myself. iii. I have 2 young daughters and teaching them to enjoy the outdoors as much equally I practise means agreement their I bought this for a nephew who is into bushcraft. I previewed it a bit and ended up keeping it for myself for a few reasons. one. My nephew is dyslexic and this book was also academic to accept been very approachable for him (I had expected diagrams in how to dig latrines in various environments. The book does not contains these). 2. I found it very outgoing and a quick read for myself. three. I have 2 immature daughters and teaching them to bask the outdoors as much as I practice means understanding their sanitation needs. This book, written by a woman, does that very well.

The best parts for me were the affiliate on the pathogens, the "simply for women" chapter, and the tp alternatives chapter. Her frank assessments were very applied, humorous, and approachable.

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It sounds more interesting than it is. It reads like an old school scouts guide. While it does offer good tips for the subject matter, I would skip information technology entirely unless you're REALLY into exploring the outdoors.

If you're an outdoor hiker then by all means, you'll be able to put the knowledge in this book into exercise. Otherwise skip. The novelty wore off pretty apace and the humor was just mainly the novelty of a book about pooping in the woods heeheehee.

It sounds more interesting than information technology is. It reads similar an one-time school scouts guide. While it does offer expert tips for the subject matter, I would skip it entirely unless you're Actually into exploring the outdoors.

If you're an outdoor hiker then by all means, you lot'll be able to put the knowledge in this book into do. Otherwise skip. The novelty wore off pretty quickly and the humor was but mainly the novelty of a book about pooping in the woods heeheehee.

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Honestly I don't know what I expected. Did I call up that the championship was a way to bring me in, and we'd be discussing the environmental bear on that camping ground has on the country, and ways to combat that? Or did I retrieve that the unabridged book would literally be nigh shitting in the woods?

The title was not just to exist funny. It was legit. The whole book is about how to shit in the woods and how to bring your shit out of the forest so we don't ruin them.

Honestly I don't know what I expected. Did I retrieve that the title was a fashion to bring me in, and we'd be discussing the environmental impact that camping has on the state, and ways to combat that? Or did I call up that the entire book would literally be about shitting in the woods?

The title was not merely to be funny. Information technology was legit. The whole book is almost how to shit in the forest and how to bring your shit out of the forest so we don't ruin them.

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To become to the bottom of things, here's my book summarization: Dig a hole for your shit, away from water & your camp. If yous can't dig a pigsty, put it in a baggie & pack information technology out. Launder your hands. The end! 🙄 The book doesn't fifty-fifty talk about the decomposition process, give any supporting bear witness, or even any helpful tips similar dealing with caring around baggies of poo for days! 💩 Non to be a political party pooper, simply this book stinks!

The data was useful though outdated by the time I read it. The humor was irritating afterwards 2 paragraphs. If it had been a pamphlet of half the length it would have been twice as skilful. There are numerous outdoor-related websites that you should read instead for the aforementioned information. Simply google information technology.

I picked upward this book to understand on compost toilets and stick to the natural and nigh surround friendly way of shitting. It has been a hillarious read and quite informative( for those travelling outdoors). It definitely broadened by view on ickiness of the matter and get over it to brand it easy for mother Earth.

Jul 17, 2020 Max One thousand rated it liked it

A very informational book about the best practices, poses, and tools to use when pooping in the woods. The writer also spoke of waterborne protozoic, bacterial, and viral infections you might experience in the wild and how to go about treating them. She had a shout-out to Darwin OnTheTrail so that was a pleasant surprise!

Got this volume as a gift and was hoping it would be a bit more direct.

It would be a good bathroom reader every bit there is a lot of fluff.

In the end I retrieve the volume could exist whittled down to 10 or less pages.

This book was given to my parents as a joke souvenir when I was a kid, and I took information technology with me for nostalgia sake, but never read information technology until at present. Information technology was about as yous'd expect for a novelty book... not a ton of substance.

Once y'all get over yourself almost the topic there is a lot of very useful, frank data in this little book. It is dated (you can tell by the extensive product lists which were critical in a pre-commonplace-Internet age) but the bulk of the work doesn't suffer for it.

Mar 04, 2020 Sue rated it liked it

Every bit a weekend walker and an occasional camper, picked this up expecting a fun, silly , read, only instead learned a ton about ecology, nature, electric current laws and some great suggestions for taking care of a common concern for outdoor enthusiasts Who knew there were funnels for women???

Nov 04, 2021 Trish rated it really liked information technology

Informative and surprisingly entertaining. The author, a white water rafting guide, relates many stories that have been shared with her - successes and epic failures. Data most bachelor products is given without commercial bias.

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