[pct-l] just think. just water.

kcristler kerouc at verizon.net
Mon Feb 2 17:50:25 CST 2009


Now this is more like it! spell it out!
            Kerry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shelly Leavens" <shellyleaves at gmail.com>
To: "At Rerunner" <atrerunner at gmail.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] just think. just water.


> funny and very creative. kudos. the aforementioned hiker fire tongue
> preferred the "pour it down the small of your back" method. I liked this
> method too, but only in times of water abundance.  Bidet your own bidet, 
> you
> know?
> gd
>
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 6:59 PM, At Rerunner <atrerunner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So, practically speaking, a very flexible/squeezable water bottle with
>> closeable/squirt type cap, probably of a smaller size than a 'regular'
>> water-bottle, or....a mouthful of forcefully expelled water and a long
>> flexible tube, kind of like a reverse wet-rib/camelback?
>>
>> fenu
>>
>>
>> On 1/25/09, jeff.singewald at comcast.net <jeff.singewald at comcast.net> 
>> wrote:
>> > For the past couple of years I have expressed my negative views on all
>> the
>> > water caches in SoCal, but I now may need to rethink the benefits of 
>> > the
>> > water caches with this idea of a backcountry bidet.
>> >
>> > -------------- Original message --------------
>> > From: Shelly Leavens <shellyleaves at gmail.com>
>> >
>> >> on the topic of TP.
>> >> I used it for the first week and then, my wonderful friend fire tounge
>> >> introduced me to the *backcountry bidet*. Besides the lovely concept 
>> >> of
>> >> not
>> >> using ANY paper other than my journal on the trail, being toilet-paper
>> >> free
>> >> is especially important in the over-populated and arid desert, where 
>> >> not
>> >> only are you more likely to come across established sites, but the TP 
>> >> is
>> >> not
>> >> going to decompose for a long time. Guarantee some little animal is
>> going
>> >> to
>> >> dig it up and then..we get to look at it! All you have to do is plan 
>> >> for
>> a
>> >>
>> >> little more water and splish splash. The most important key is to
>> sanitize
>> >>
>> >> like you've never sanitized. just go crazy. Its liberating on more 
>> >> than
>> >> one
>> >> level and I recommend that even if you are instantly repulsed, just
>> think
>> >> of
>> >> all the benefits, try it, and you will be converted. i swear.
>> >> love, gd
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is
>> >> understanding,
>> >> in spite of distances or thoughts expressed, can make of this earth a
>> >> garden. Goethe
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> understanding,
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