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How to Shit in the Woods We all do it sooner or later, and believe it or not, there's a certain amount of skill to it. This book provides tips to make it all "come out" alright and cautions for preserving the environment and the health of animals and other humans.  I reviewed another book here called How to Have Sex in the Woods which was clearly meant to do for sex what this book does for shitting. That book failed where this one succeeds charmingly.
Kathleen Meyer's approach is comfortable and engaging. Her jokes are actually amusing, though she does tend to use bigger words than necessary. She covers the practical techniques of finding a good spot, squatting versus hanging your ass off the side of something, disposing of the evidence, and what to use as toilet paper. I can't help but cringe as I read about the complex, but necessary, process of carrying and disposing of your own poop when camping and hiking in the extreme wilderness. You can't just leave your business out there in nature anymore because of certain bacteria that cause problems in nature. I personally don't enjoy outdoor activities or wilderness enough to carry my shit around with me in a baggie, but I gather some people do. This book is for them.
Review by Tess.
Title: How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art
Author: Kathleen Meyer
Publisher: Ten Speed Press; 2nd edition (August 1994)
ISBN: 0898156270
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