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How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art Paperback – Aug. 1 1994

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The author continues to expand her investigation into better methods of conduct in the outdoors, reviews health concerns, and shares some of the extraordinary mail her book has generated.

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Ten Speed Press
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Aug. 1 1994
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12.83 x 0.89 x 20.96 cm
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0898156270
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten Speed Press; 2 edition (Aug. 1 1994)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 107 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0898156270
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0898156270
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 160 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.83 x 0.89 x 20.96 cm

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Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada on June 10, 2017

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Great gag book funny stories bought it for friend who wiped with poison ivy

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Gordon William Marsden

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Reviewed in Canada on February 22, 2016

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Kind of funny

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Al the Pal

Comprehensive Guide for the "Fecal Tourist"

Reviewed in Canada on May 16, 2001

Despite the vulgarisms in the title and splattered throughout the text, there is a load of good information contained in this book. Having been a Boy Scout, I thought I was well prepared for these weighty contingencies. But, I found that the Boy Scout Handbook was deficient when it came to defacation.
Ms. Meyer punctilios not only techniques for maintaining privacy and decorum while relieving oneself, but the environmental consequences of so doing. She vents about fecal-born bacteria and disease and how to minimize contaminating surface and ground water. The precautions that must be taken to avoid disease when drinking backcountry water are discharged here, too.
There are also heaps of anecdotes and funny stories, that will have you rolling at the foibles of the less informed "eliminators." She covers methods for many types of terrain and ecosystems and also spouts information on the delicate subject of off-road "runs."
If you are planning a backcountry trip, guided or not, I'd suggest you "dig in" to this book before departing. Through its guidance you can avoid piles of potential embarressment and, at the same time, be more friendly to the environment. Urine good hands with Kathleen Meyer's book. No ifs, ands, or butts. And, wipe that smirk off your face!!!

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Read the sample pages

Reviewed in Canada on February 19, 2002

This is one of those books that will either amuse you or offend you, so I suggest you take advantage of Amazon's sample page views before buying.
For myself, I was gently amused but, after twenty pages or so, found my eyelids closing and sleep looming threateningly over my head. Why?... well, frankly, it's just not very interesting!
If you've nothing important on your agenda, by all means take a trip through Kathleen Meyer's world of bodily functions. Otherwise, go for a brisk walk - you'll learn more.

Reviewed in Canada on January 12, 2000

I love the humorous, down to earth way this subject is approached. Originally I bought this book because the title and the picture on the cover made me chuckle. I've had it in my possession for at least five years. Then a little over a week ago, I decided to read it. To my surprise, I learned that this is a serious book with important information to help a would be hiker stay healthy and leave the environment no worse for the wear. Wish I'd had this book years ago before I started trekking around in the wilds. I found this book fast paced and full of vital information. Though I'm a grandma, this book made me feel like I was receiving counsel from an older wiser grandma imparting to me the secrets of how to take care of the intimate processes of life when venturing away from the accoutrements of running water and the other trappings of civilization. I recommend this book to all who like hiking, camping and otherwise messing around in the great outdoors.

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How to Keep Your G.I. Tract Healthy While Enjoying the Woods

Reviewed in Canada on January 4, 2000

Book Review: How to Shit in the Woods 1/3/00 Mozella Rainwater Sunshine If you want to enjoy the woods and leave the place so others can come behind you and enjoy the same space, then this is the book to read before you shop for supplies. And be sure to also put it in your backpack to consult in case you forget a detail or two. In reading this book, it is evident that the author backed her material with solid research and the experience of years of trekking in the wilds all over the world. Ms. Meyer tells you how to keep your entire gastrointestinal track healthy and how to be comfortable when nature has to eliminate your private bio-waste material. There's even a chapter devoted to women and our special concerns in this delicate category.
Be sure to read this book with your children before sending them off to camp so they can come back to you as healthy as they left you.
I wish this book had been available before I went on my first backpacking expedition back in the early 80's. Thanks to the Powers That Be for freedom of the press and the unhindered flow of information.

Reviewed in Canada on April 30, 1998

Kathleen Meyer would be the one lady I would not want to go in the woods without! Her insight to the obvious will keep you rolling until your sides ache! As for cetain kinds of devilish little buggers getting loose into the water supply, Kathleen takes a no-nonsence approach as to how to poop and not pollute! She has a chapter for women only and solutions to the "flat rock problems" most women have to deal with in the woods as well. I strongly recommend this book, especially for scouting mom's!

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Reviewed in Canada on April 17, 2001

WE BOUGHT THIS BOOK AND FORGOT TO BRING THE T.P. IF THIS HAPPENS TO YOU ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS RIP THE PAGES OUT CRUMPLE UP IN A BALL AND ROLL UNTILL SOFT AND USE LIKE REGULAR T.P, BE SURE TO READ THE PAGES FIRST........

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THE ART OF LEADING FROM THE REAR

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 3, 2011

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In 'Tales From Djakatar' by Pramoedya a Ananta Toer, there is a conversation between a Houseboy and a Maid which goes "How simple life is. It's as simple as this: you're hungry and you eat, you're full and you shit. Between eating and shitting, that's where human life is found." Kathleen Meyer's book gives the first two stages of life a miss and concentrates solely on the last in the trinity of simple life stages namely defecating. More precisely how to rid the body of it's intake of food and liquids whilst in the great outdoors without causing an environmental 'tsunami' or debasing one's apparel or filling up one's boots to overflowing.

Whilst the toilet humour aspect of the book might well have made a major contribution to it becoming "The International Best-Seller With Over 1 Million Copies Sold", the book is not merely a comedic escapade into outdoor toilets. It is a very conservation orientated work of helpful hints for causing the absolute minimum impact on our fragile environment in pursuit of the ultimate and possibly overwhelmingly pressing objective of bowel and bladder relief. Interwoven into the narration and advice is the most comprehensive collection of information possibly to be found on the subject of crap, as well as a veritable treasure trove of useful gadgets, and the 'bottom' line facts about the effects of excrement on the land and water.

This book when left prominently on your coffee table will soon cause either great hilarity or acute embarrassment among your guests, far more than the latest copy of 'Harry Potter' or similar, but either way it will solicit a reaction, that should lead to a fruitful and enlightening conversation on this most fundamental of all human bodily needs.

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Mr. G. T. Martin

Its amusing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 29, 2013

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I couldn't finish this book because I was backpacking in the Lake District and ran out of toilet paper. So I missed the last 20 pages or so.............

Ok, that's a lie. It's a good read. I suppose some things are pretty obvious in it (I hope anyway, or the world is in trouble). I got the updated edition and I think my wife and daughters were more interested in how as a girl you keep your boots dry at those important moments.

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Interesting Title

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 6, 2014

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A very interesting book that tells of how the natural world has become polluted because so many people no go off in to the wilderness....well worth reading....

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Personally I was hoping for this to be printed on ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 15, 2014

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Personally I was hoping for this to be printed on 162 sheets of triple-quilted, ultra-soft paper. Unfortunately this was not the case, as a result it was quite a rough wipe, however, it still did the job.

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mrs angela preece

very funny to watch your friends face when opened at xmas

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 28, 2015

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got it for a xmas pressy very funny

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