[pct-l] just think. just water.

[Shelly Leavens]

that's right! and sometimes its messy. and sometimes you run out of water.
and sometimes you have to use snow! AND, as many a thru hiker can attest to,
the conversation topic of shitting is a near daily occurance, or at least it
was for the 2008 bunch. everybody poops!
shelly

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 3:50 PM, kcristler <kerouc at verizon.net> wrote:

> 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
>>> >>
>>> >> --
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>>> >> in spite of distances or thoughts expressed, can make of this earth a
>>> >> garden. Goethe
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