HOW TO SHIT IN THE WOODS by Meyer, Kathleen - 1994

California: Ten Speed Press, 1994. (xviii) 107 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with drawings by J. S. McVey. An environmentally sound approach to a lost art, the Chapters are: Anatomy of a Crap: Techniques; Style; Getting Comfortable; Digging the Hole: Why and How and Where to Dig an Environmentally Sound Hole; Transmission of Enteric Pathogens; Symptoms of Giardia; Cryptosporidum; Soil Types; Locating the High Water Line; Stirring; The Latrine; Problems of Winter and Ocean Disposal. When You Can't Dig a Hole: Toiletry for Rock Climbers Arctic Trekkers and Sea Kayakers; High Use Areas; Sensitive Ecosystems; Packing It Out; Group Shitarees; Organic Sweeteners. Plight of the Solo Poop Packer: Becoming a Poop Packer; Containers for the Individual; Backcounrty Solar Outhouses; Beetles and Such; Frosting a Rock. Trekker's Trots: Diarrhea; Coping with the Unexpected; Prevention; Field Water Disinfection; Filtration Systems; Virus Protection; Traveler's Medical Sources; Recreational Reading. For Women Only: How Not to Pee on Your Boots: Peeing Techniques; Managing Menstruation in the Wilds; The Feminine Funnel. What. No T.P. or Doing Without: Wilderness Alternatives; Eating Like a Horse. Followed by definitions and an afterword.. Second Revised Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by J. S. McVey;. 8vo. Book.