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So, I kept it. I bought this book to give as a gag gift. It turned out to actually be about sh**ting in the woods, something I do a lot as a backpacker.
All of us placed this book in a bathroom in our homes. She was living with a master Farrier, Patrick McCarron - in Montana.My horse had a problem with his rear hoofs, that needed special attention.Patrick spent hours building shoes from bar stock - Never was with such an artist. Women, watch out when you squat to pee in the woods, don't fill your shoes by mistake. Everyone agrees, it is the best reading material in the Bathroom. Kathleen mentioned that she was a writer and wrote this book. 2 years previous to meeting her, I had purchased 5 of these books to give to my close friends, for Christmas and kept one.
The methods one should choose are as varied as the terrains one might choose to visit and the times of year in which those choices are made."How to Shit in the Woods" is a book that should be read by EVERY person who would choose to venture into the out of doors - whether you want to spend a weekend at the local campground or you're a hardcore toughened backwoodsman heading out into the bush for a week long solo canoe trip in Canada's northern boreal forest.Be prepared for lots of silly toilet humour, hilarious anecdotes concerning toilet misadventures, lots of tongue-in-cheek jokes, a good number of belly laughs and a very earthy delivery to be sure - but the message ultimately is entirely serious and well worth the read. When considerations such as ecology, weather, temperature, privacy, courtesy, hygiene, biodegradation, density of camping use in an area, terrain and so on are factored into the decision as to where and how to complete the necessary feat, all is not as simple as it would seem. There is very little humorous when it concerns encountering the leavings of someone who trod the trail in front of you.Highly recommended for campers of all stripes, sexes, ages and experience levels. To the uninitiated, the art of having a dump in the woods probably seems no more complicated than "squat, squint, squeeze and squeegee". But, alas, as the world shrinks and the use of the world's limited wilderness terrain by outdoor adventurers increases to the limit of the land's ability to withstand the stress of that use, it's just not that simple.
The title may be offensive to some but, the books provides excellent information A well written book about a subject that people normally don't think about till they are out in the middle of nowhere and it's too late to find a restroom that is miles away.
There is simply too much tedious waffle diluting the interesting stuff to make the book useful to anyone as a quick reference, and it simply isn't funny enough to warrant it's size (which, given its smallness, is saying something). This is a serious subject, and I hoped the book would contain some good info and be a useful and light-hearted read for the inexperienced campers I often escort into the country. Perhaps it is intended to be used for wiping yourself after practising some of the poorly described techniques within. At best it is mildly amusing in parts - and at worst it is a painfully protracted waste of paper. Sadly, the useful info in this book would barely fill a magazine article - which is where it should have been. The bulk of it is a painfully inept attempt at humour, over-complicated and pompous storytelling and self-apology.
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