Drinking Pee?????????

**Ole WV Coot** · 08-03-2008, 12:17 AM

SOMEBODY GET IT STRAIGHT. DO I NEED A CANTEEN OR NOT ???? INQUIRING MINDS (MINE) WANT TO KNOW. Not that it matters, what we drink would lay both British & French low.

**VampireRanger676** · 08-03-2008, 02:29 AM

I definetly joined the right fourm and I have a few of my dad's S.E.A.L's buddies have drunk urine and do not recommend it said once you are crazy enough to do it you are deillsional enough to not notice what you are drinking and Remy were you born in france or did you move there and je paler francais not great at it but i'm still learning

**Sarge47** · 08-03-2008, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by Ole WV Coot

SOMEBODY GET IT STRAIGHT. DO I NEED A CANTEEN OR NOT ???? INQUIRING MINDS (MINE) WANT TO KNOW. Not that it matters, what we drink would lay both British & French low.

Yep! You need a canteen to hold your urine! using both hands cupped together just doesn't seem to work!

**Ole WV Coot** · 08-03-2008, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by Sarge47

Yep! You need a canteen to hold your urine! using both hands cupped together just doesn't seem to work!

Now I have to go to Wally's and see if I can buy an extra large mouth canteen. Hope that cute young gal in sporting goods will be there, probably need help

**Sam Reeves** · 08-03-2008, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by Ole WV Coot

Now I have to go to Wally's and see if I can buy an extra large mouth canteen. Hope that cute young gal in sporting goods will be there, probably need help

Make sure you've primed yer pump first.

**Pict** · 08-03-2008, 05:12 PM

"When one thinks about drinking urine, you actually think of gulping it like water. This is wrong. Drinking a cap full of your water bottle is safe to do so, but any enourmous porportions of it can bring you harm." Buckball

First off, I'm in the non-drinker class, but the above is a good point.

There is urine and then there is concentrated urine. In a fully hydrated person his urine should be running free and clear, a capful of it it that stage would have little negative effect but would replace some lost electrolytes. At that stage it will be more water than anything. As that same guy dries out over the next few days his urine will turn dark yellow and have a much more concentrated waste to water ratio.

Typically people who are driven by circumstances to begin drinking urine are also peeing dark yellow sludge at that point. People who also get to that point typically don't collect their urine when they aren't dehydrated yet and it was running clear.

So my question is this, if clear, free running urine is a far less concentrated waste product, at what point do you start collecting it for either drinking a capfulll here and there or future distillation? Can the collection and distillation of urine be part of a plan or does it always have to be done as an act of desperation? If when going into a place that water is a serious problem isn't it also smart to carry some means to make a still? IMO distilling it somehow is the way to go, but you can't do that if you aren't collecting it. Distilled urine or distilled seawater is just distilled water, the good stuff.

I was thinking about this watching "The Flight of the Phoenix" remake. They had big jugs of water , plenty of pipes, fuel for fire yet they made no attempt to collectively collect urine and then distill it to refill a jug or two. They litterally pissed away a golden opportunity IMO. Mac

**Ole WV Coot** · 08-03-2008, 10:52 PM

Originally Posted by Sam Reeves

Make sure you've primed yer pump first.

Thanks Sam, the pump will get primed and the hose will make me proud

**klkak** · 08-04-2008, 12:24 AM

Hey Mac, I like your video on the mods you make to a Machete.

Back on subject, The only way I'll be in a position to have to even think about drinking my urine is if the airplane I'm flying on crashes in the middle of the Sahara. As I have no plans to ever travel to Africa any time in this life I will never have to stress over it.