Publisher Description
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?"
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“Kathleen Meyer has contributed to environmental awareness while lending a grand old English word the respectability it hasn’t had since Chaucer’s day.”
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Audubon
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, including 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. A whitewater
rafting guide, 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, she resides in an old, rather unrestored
dairy barn in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley.
About Khristine Hvam
Khristine Hvam has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards, placed three times as a finalist for the prestigous Audie Award, and won the Audie Award for Best Narration in 2012 and 2013. She studied acting for the theater and film, and her voice can be heard in Pokémon, World of Warcraft, and in various television and radio commercials.