Nature Calls... Too Often

[snapdragen]

Practice! With the balance issues you may need to lean against a tree or something. You haven't lived until you've hiked in British Columbia during black fly season, and tried to pee without getting your bum bit!

There's actually a book "How to S**t in the Woods", that covers all forms of "outdoor potty life"

[spazzdog]

Yo Mel! I hear ya grrl! In the woods I must find a spot with a tree on either side so I can hold on and lean a bit back... otherwise I fill my shoe.

[RoadRaven]

I have heard from my partner that some of the men in one of his training packs can do it on their bikes as they ride...

Personally this has never appealed to me.

I have been fortunate enough not to HAVE to go durng an endurance ride, but I guess I will need to one day... and then I think I will choose to squat and pee... don't think I could bring myself to pee as I ride, or leaning against a tree...

[singletrackmind]

RAGBRAI was a good example that there are lots of riders in your boat-
cornfields on either side of the road marked "His" and "Hers", complete with toilet paper on a post!

I'm a four-hour or more girl myself but have no prob with going in and undesignated potty zone if it's that or my shorts!
Lucky, I've not had that situation on the road. On dirt I pay attention to the lie of the land and pee facing uphill so's I don't get my shoes wet. Oh, this has actually happened to friends-watch out for poison ivy and stinging nettle.

I want to know why is it you always have to pee while in the starting line at a race?

[Crankin]

Just get really good with squats and you should be able to balance. I have peed in the woods a lot on hikes and mountain biking.Somehow, my normal urge to go every 30 minutes seems to go away when I ride on the road. I probably need to drink more, but it does seem like I shut down a little. When my son raced, he used to pee in his shorts all of the time. He did not smell nice when he came home.....

[caligurl]

I want to know why is it you always have to pee while in the starting line at a race?

and at the start of an organized ride too!

[slinkedog]

Okay, I know I saw somewhere on this board that there is some sort of contraption that looks like a medicine spoon you get with your liquid prescriptions that you can use to just pull down the front of your shorts, stick it between your "lips" and it shoots the pee away from you. I tried a search and can't find it, but I'll keep trying!

Of course, that doesn't help with the other end, but that's usually not as much of a problem for most of us, it seems.

[slinkedog]

http://www.travelmateinfo.com/page002.html

Check it out. I'm seriously considering getting one!