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World changes come fast and furious, and in the backcountry it is no different. The practice of packing-it-out--adopted to protect high-use areas and fragile ecosystems--is here to stay. We are now often urged or even required to haul our poop home. To assist with all this responsible human waste disposal, Kathleen Meyer discusses the latest in product innovations, from classy high-tech to inexpensive do-it-yourself. She covers the most current solutions to the health risks of drinking straight from wilderness waterways, presents a raft of natural substitutes for the purist swearing off toilet tissue, and offers a wealth of new recommendations for ladies who must make do without a loo. In rowing hundreds of urbanites down whitewater rivers, Meyer honed her squatting skills. Her delightfully shameless discussion of a once-shameful activity, her erudite examination of its associated vocabulary, and her unapologetic promotion of its colorful vernacular make How to Shit in the Woods essential--and vastly entertaining--listening for anyone who has ever paused at the edge of the forest and pondered: Where do I go to go?

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Kathleen Meyer has contributed to environmental awareness while lending a grand old English word the respectability it hasn't had since Chaucer's day.-- Frank Graham, Audubon magazine Kathleen Meyer has contributed to environmental awareness while lending a grand old English word the respectability it hasn't had since Chaucer's day. -- Audubon

"Kathleen Meyer has contributed to environmental awareness while lending a grand old English word the respectability it hasn't had since Chaucer's day.-- ""Frank Graham, Audubon magazine"" ""Kathleen Meyer has contributed to environmental awareness while lending a grand old English word the respectability it hasn't had since Chaucer's day."" -- ""Audubon"""

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Kathleen Meyer is a longtime outdoorswoman and the founding editor of Headwaters, published by Friends of the River. Her travel essays have been included in the Travelers' Tales anthologies A Woman's Passion for Travel: More True Stories from a Woman's World and Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures: Funny Women Write from the Road. Her Out West adventure memoir is Barefoot Hearted: A Wild Life Among Wildlife. Whitewater rafting guide and canoeist, sea-kayaker and sailor, she is also a draft horse teamster, having traversed three Rocky Mountain states by horse-drawn wagon. Ever the nontraditional spirit, Kathleen resides in an old, rather unrestored dairy barn in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. Khristine Hvam is a professional voice artist whose work includes audiobooks, video games, and voice-overs, including as Professor Juniper in the Pokemon television series. Among her narrations are the Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa, Dare Me by Megan Abbott, and Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. Khristine lives in New York City.

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