Re: [Paddlewise] The call of nature?

I was talking with the owner of the Freshette Co. several years ago and
he said the female pilots in Desert Storm had bought up most of his
stock at that time. He laughed and wondered what the "natives" would
think of all these little yellow bags scattered across the desert.....I
guess they are better than land mines.
Pat

--- Kellerin <kellerin_at_ionsys.com> wrote:
> Reading the description of "the trip that nobody
> wanted", the author, a
> male, describes relieving himself in a bag. While
> canoeing we are never
> too far from shore and so I am regularly able to
> pull over and find a
> place to squat. But what do the female sea kayakers
> do when they are on
> a trip and can't pull over? I remember flying around
> the north with bush
> pilots who would either pee in a baggy and drop it
> out the window (I
> know, I know, who wants to find burst baggies lying
> around in the
> wilderness, or worse still, be hit by one!) or just
> pee in a jar. I was
> so envious of them as I wiggled around in agony
> trying to figure out how
> to copy them without 1) exposing myself to a
> stranger, or 2) peeing all
> over myself or the plane. I would really like to
> know if any of the
> women on this list have come up with a workable
> solution to this problem
> since my husband is in the process of getting his
> pilots license and I
> am envisioning having to relive those old, painful,
> memories.
> Irene
> 
>
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