From: Julio MacWilliams <juliom@cisco.com>
Message-Id: <199807142323.QAA18494@monarch.cisco.com>
Subject: Re: [baidarka] answer the call of nature
To: baidarka@lists.intelenet.net
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 16:23:12 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <35AA956B.6B7ADC5E@home.com> from "Carl R. Jerls" at Jul 13, 98 06:16:59 pm
It all depends on the conditions in which one is paddling.
If you are not wearing a wet or dry suit, and the water is calm and warm,
one of those wedge trays that they use in hospitals to relieve the
patients who can not get out of bed would work fine; just sit on it and
then put the whole thing in a plastic bag.
If one has a wet or dry suit, and is paddling in conditions that
require the paddler to brace frequently and control the kayak, then
there is only one viable solution, which is what some sailplane pilots
do; use adult diapers inside your suit and clean up when you get to shore.
In between these two extreme situations there are endless posibilities,
but try to aim to a method by which you do not leave anything behind, as
any residue you leave out in the wild has an ecological impact. One example
of that are animals abandoning their homes after detecting a foreign odor
nearby.
The best idea I have heard about containers for human residue are PVC
pipes with end lids. You can either toss them with the public garbage
or clean and reuse them when you get back to your residence.
I would prefer to transfer this topic to the paddlewise mailing list,
as it is not specific to skin boats.
- Julio
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> All must be in agreement before the trip begins. Derek Hutchinson this topic as
> part of NorthSea crossing lecture and takes the matter as quite serious. None the
> less manages to get a big laugh from all.
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> dldecker@mediaone.net wrote:
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> > >Ted Gallo wrote:
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> > >> I have never made a long trip in a kayak. But after listening to the
> > >> exploits of this group I would like in all seriousness to ask a question
> > >> that has been bothering me. When you are far from shore in a narrow kayak
> > >> with a spray skirt attached, how do you answer the call of nature? ( ie.
> > >> urinate or defecate) I have never seen any mention of this potential
> > >> problem.
> > >>
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> > At 08:42 PM 7/12/98 -0500, Carl R. Jerls wrote:
> > >Get out of the boat with a little help from a friend.
> > >
> >
> > Would this be a very good friend you might lose after this option???
> >
> > Dana
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