How to Shit Outdoors
More Articles Related to HealthThe following How to Shit Outdoors series is some of the most important survival information you will ever read. More people die each year from fecal contamination of water and food supplies than in war.
Learn it and live.
The How to Shit Outdoors Series
How to Shit Outdoors IntroProper Outdoor Defecation
Where to Defecate Outdoors
Outdoor Defecation Techniques
Outdoor Defecation Considerations
In wilderness survival and even urban survival situations you need to know how to shit outdoors without the use of a household toilet and modern plumbing.
Don’t laugh – this is serious survival skills 101. Deadly serious as we shall soon see.
In this series Survival Topics will show you how to crap outdoors without making a mess of yourself or the environment you and others need to survive. Don’t be a vector of disease and misery for your fellow man, yourself, your family, and animals you share the planet with. Learn how to properly shit outdoors.
You Don’t Know Shit
The uninitiated often think there is nothing to urinating and defecating outdoors and many will laugh at the idea of having to learn how to do it properly. After all, we have done it thousands of times in the comfort of home and perhaps even outdoors.
The majority of people believe themselves properly trained in the art of taking a crap; simply move clothing out of the way and let loose. Wipe. Repeat as necessary. Some small percentage of people wash their hands afterwards, but studies have shown most do not.
If you think that’s all there is to excreting bodily wastes then like most people your potty training is inadequate and you have much to learn.
Feces Everywhere
It is evident that proper potty training has been denied the masses of people who think themselves the epitome of civilization and education. Consider this common scenario that nearly everyone can relate to: even under ideal circumstances public restrooms that have comfortable seating and ample opportunity for cleanliness are often smelly, filthy germ ridden sties.
Public restrooms paint an interesting picture of the general state of personal hygiene in the world and provide a glimpse into what will happen in a large scale disaster survival situation when people are excreting human waste all over the landscape. Water and even food supplies are likely to become contaminated with human feces due to improper hygiene.
But it doesn’t take a disaster survival situation to make fecal contamination of water supplies a problem. Even in rural and mountainous areas people routinely contaminate water by improper disposal of human waste due to ignorance and laziness. In point of fact the vast majority of people do not know how to properly defecate.
Proper Technique is Key
According to the World Health Organization over three million people die throughout the world each year from water borne diseases caused by water sources being contaminated by raw sewerage. This toll is greater than the loss from war, terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction combined.
There are a variety of problems associated with the common method of simply taking a dump and urinating outdoors wherever you please, as the wilderness survivor will soon discover.
For one, long association with household living has grown us accustomed to using toilets with comfortable seats and the privacy of closed doors to do our business. Often when attempting to relieve themselves in unfamiliar outdoor surroundings, newbies find it very difficult to relax and allow nature to take its course. Lack of the familiar commercial toilet paper and comfortable seating contribute to this problem.
In one part of this series we will explore various methods of "going to the bathroom" outdoors that work well in leu of the common toilet we are accustomed to at home.
Proper Human Waste Disposal is Important
The health and survival of others and yourself depends upon the proper disposal of body wastes. Millions of people throughout history have died of diseases attributable to human body wastes entering food and water supplies due to improper disposal by ignorant or lazy people.
The list of water borne diseases that have sickened or lead to the sickening and demise of millions due to improper disposal of human body waste include Typhoid, Hepatitis, Giardiasis and Cryptosporidiosis. And that is just for starters.
According to the World Health Organization over three million people die throughout the world each year from water borne diseases caused by water sources being contaminated by raw sewerage. This toll is greater than the combined loss from war, terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction.
During a large scale disaster scenario in populated areas you are almost guaranteed much of the local water supply will be contaminated with improperly disposed of feces and urine. Anywhere near roads and trails you can rest assured there is plenty of human poop laying about that has not been disposed of properly. For this reason Survival Topics advocates that you consider ALL sources of water as contaminated until you treat it.
Even if you are totally uncaring of others consider this: diseases you spread can easily come back to you via the people and animals you infect. For example the common water borne parasite Giardia is spread by fecal contamination of water by people and animals that are carrying giardia cysts. Should you infect a body of water by defecating in close proximity, many other people and animals that use this water may ingest the parasite. As the infection you caused spreads into other water supplies throughout the area and beyond, it could very well come right back to you, your friends, and family long after your body had rid itself of the initial infection.
That is Karma in action and a cycle that can be avoided altogether by simply taking a few simple precautions.
More How to Shit Outdoors
Proper disposal of your feces is exceedingly important to wilderness survival yet so overlooked by the masses of ignorant people that Survival Topics has created a lengthy discourse on the subject. It is my goal to hammer home to you and others that:
- you must dispose of your wastes properly AND
- take great precaution with the water you ingest into your body. because most people will not do #1.
In the next Survival Topic we will explore the goals you need to consider so that your fresh steaming pile of feces has a minimum impact on the environment and reduces as far as possible the odds that you become the next typhoid Mary of the outdoor world.
See Proper Outdoor Defecation.
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Hey, I got my firesteels today. Thanks! This is a very important topic. Most people are ignorant and act like animals.
Survival Topics - Let me know how the firesteels work for you, TR. And yes, many people do not know there is a proper way to dispose of human waste when outdoors. Hopefully this series of articles will get the word out and protect our health and water supplies, especially during a large scale disaster. And ALWAYS be sure to treat any drinking water for pathogens.