Poopin' in the woods.

[Nomad]

Poop in the woods long enough, and you'll figure out what works and what doesn't. moss is generally bad to use because you'll be itchin like crazy in about an hour from the dried pieces of moss left behind. tree leaves work good as does a handfull of tall grass stems folded in half. I try to stock up on napkins from fast food joints when I get a chance. there's a hundred ways to take care of business in the woods. The real quandry here is that were so far removed from basic living that we don't know how to do the basics without a flush toilet or little wipies for our tender wittle bottoms...

[klkak]

A hand full or two of snow works.

[tsitenha]

can't wait till fall/winter got to go now.

I prefer squatting, over a cat hole and lichen

[Rick]

Just walk down a small sappling. (I just know someone is going to try this) (shaking his head).

[wareagle69]

see i like aster leaves or meullin leaves both are rather large and work well, i don't like the idea of leaving toilet paper in the bush i know it biodegrades rather quckley just doesn't seem right to me

[Sourdough]

Bless GOOGLEs little heart. They have to place advertising appropriate to the subject of conversation, so look up top. We talk about poop so they advertise the 2008 elections.

Is this a great country or what....??????

[nell67]

Now thats funny,I don't care who you are!

Good one hopeak!

[Runs With Beer]

I dont know about where you live, But dont use the mose around here. ONE word CHIGGERSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

[crashdive123]

A friend of mine went hunting last season and got the brilliant idea to make a field expedient ghille suit with Spanish Moss....bad idea. As Runs With Beer says - chiggers! He said that he had seen other people using it as camaflauge, but what he didn't know is that they had harvested it and put it in the freezer to kill the chiggers.

[Rick]

Man! Talk about masochistic tendencies. That would be the pits!

[Fletcher]

A.. why not use paper?????????????????or a bandanna or a sock or your underware?

[Mr.Pickles]

Eating your own feces to survive?????

1. If you gone without eating for so long that you are even considering this, I doubt very seriously if you could produce any. If you can and are still considering it.......well I guess you're a sick and desperate basTURD.

2. If it comes to that, I will calmly make amends with my maker.....cause I'm gonna starve to death.

Very true Crash, if you are starving, nothing much would come out, except maybe some slight "Country Crock" or "Go-Gurt" like discharge. But I agree with you, if it came to that, I feel that would be the time to meet my maker.

[nell67]

From this day forward,I will never eat go-gurt again......

[red lake]

no leaves up my way, I prefer pine cones....if there is no more traditional method available.

As far as method goes I prefer facing a tree, grabbing on and leaning back.

Most places I have travelled are the roads less travelled so I don't bury mine. I kick a few leaves or pine needles over top and then that's it. It decomposes much quicker like this. This would not work in a heavily used wilderness park but most of those place are likely to have thunder boxes.

[Mr.Pickles]

no leaves up my way, I prefer pine cones....if there is no more traditional method available.

As far as method goes I prefer facing a tree, grabbing on and leaning back.

Most places I have travelled are the roads less travelled so I don't bury mine. I kick a few leaves or pine needles over top and then that's it. It decomposes much quicker like this. This would not work in a heavily used wilderness park but most of those place are likely to have thunder boxes.

Jesus Red Lake, I'd be scared to meet you in dark alley! J/K. Pine Cones LOL!!! I think Red Lake is really a Grizzly Bear who took some typing classes. LOL

Now what kind of tree are we talking here? A Pine tree, oak tree, give us some more detail.

[Mr.Pickles]

From this day forward,I will never eat go-gurt again......

Hey Nell,

Sorry about the GO-GURT comment, I'm sorry that I defiled them for you forever. Have you ever tried freezing Go-Gurts? My Gosh, that is the best little after-dinner dessert, and somewhat healthy I might add. And because it will be a completely different consistency (frozen), maybe you can eat them again.

Yogurt in general, due to the natural bacterial cultures are extremely good for your bowels and your entire intestinal tract for that matter. I know that's pretty common knowledge, but if I can educate even one person on that, it's worth it.

[Mr.Pickles]

A.. why not use paper?????????????????or a bandanna or a sock or your underware?

Yup, I'd be down to continue to tromp around in my socks and underwear that I just used to clean up my brown-star.

Sorry Fletcher, I just couldn't resist. You are right, if you have an excess of these items, you might as well use them for cleaning your A-hole, but when the SHTF, I don't know how many 'extras' you'll have lying around to clean your pooper with.

[crashdive123]

Who would've thought that taking a ......., well going to the ........, um this subject would've attracted so many flies.

[Cleankill47]

The way I figure is anything that can be made into a soft tinder bundle will make good woods TP (like the inner bark of cedar), other than that, nontoxic leaves always work fine...

[Reiver]

Love this thread. Apologies for getting serious

Otay if you're still there, you asked:

4. Washing my hands? Ok lets say I have no soap and I just got done emptying my colon. Lets also say I got some on my hand, now I don't want to have hands smelling like feces, so what do I do? I heard washing in a stream with sand or dirt will get your hands clean but I'm worried about having Mr. Hankey hands. Does washing with dirt/sand really get the smell to go away? I heard you can make soap from the ashes from your campfire anyone know how to do that?

You only need two ingredients to make lye soap: 1) an alkali and 2) an oil (NOT mineral oil)
The oil can be fish, animal fats, vegetable oils etc, just not mineral. The alkali is where your fire ash comes in. Burn either wood or maybe seaweed if on the coast. If you can get some pine resin from a tree, or maybe find and crush some horseradish root, it will make the soap antiseptic. Use a bit of trial and error to get the mix right in a bowl, or pannikin etc. NB: Start with mostly oil and add ash so you don't make a strong alkali mix which might burn your skin. The soap will keep for ages and will disinfect your hands etc.

Be careful about washing your 'bits' with this soap until you have the mix right, or you might join the Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire club