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Kathleen Meyer

How to Shit in the Woods, Second Edition: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art Paperback – August 1, 1994

by Kathleen Meyer (Author)

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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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128 pages
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English
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Ten Speed Press
Publication date

August 1, 1994
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5.05 x 0.35 x 8.25 inches
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0898156270
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978-0898156270
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten Speed Press; 2nd edition (August 1, 1994)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0898156270
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0898156270
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.05 x 0.35 x 8.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,037,905 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,221 in Mountain Climbing
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- #27,697 in Humor (Books)

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Pofsa

Humorous but extremely informational!

Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2013

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It is funny, but way more than that too! How to take of not only yourself but also the environment in which you are doing your business.

I bought this book as a gift for a friend. She had just been hired on to a wildland fire Hotshot crew out west and her biggest fear in life was popping outdoors. A hotshot lives outdoors all summer long, on the fire line for 14-16 days at a time. Being able to poop in the woulda would be a very necessary skill! I read it before I gave it to her and she has told me that not only did she read it and love it, but that she purchased copies for others.

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ALLFLUKSD

Both informative and funny!

Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2016

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I received this book many years ago as a gift and I bought this copy for someone I work with (we work outdoors a lot of the time). I absolutely love how informative it is, but she does not take herself too seriously. I highly recommend this for anyone who spends time outdoors (working, camping, etc).

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michael mete

Informative with some good info. Makes for a great book to leave ...

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2016

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Informative with some good info. Makes for a great book to leave out for the guests to peruse. They can't help it:)

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T. Norris

When you gotta go, you gotta know how!

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2013

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Good humor and an actual lesson about the most basic part of living. Important for horseback trial riders, campers and bird watchers. Just some basic lessons that modern man has forgotten.

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Dan

For my Brother

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2014

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Got this as a gag gift for my brother for christmas gift. All gags aside, it does have some interesting information in the book. Would be very good for someone going camping, or one who wishes to live off the land for awhile. Life before indoor plumbing.... so weird....

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Fiji Laural

S.*.*.*.

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2014

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Great book. Would add one suggestion, and that is the story behind S.*.*.*. "Store high in transit" when loading manure on board a ship in transit, that means store up on deck so the methane off gas does not explode in closed quarters. True story.

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CaptainVideo

Funny, but actually full of good invaluable information

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2012

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I bought this to give to a friend who is skiddish about doing his business in the woods (which he won't). My wife found if very helpful.

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Vadim Mikhaylyants

I have to say - I still do not know ...

Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2016

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I have to say - I still do not know how to s*** in the woods. I followed the instructions to the letter - but somehow, I ended up s***ing in the car on the way to the woods.

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DOPPLEGANGER

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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Border Reiver 45

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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