Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

Yippee!

I just got my first (and to date only) Christmas present, and it’s still 2004, even!

And it’s a good’un!

Rachel, Graham & Chris – although I suspect the latter 7yo wasn’t really involved in this one – provided me with a copy of this mavellous book and a close-packed travellers loo roll, or toilet paper as American colleagues would probably more prosaically have it.

As Rac put it: What do you get for a man who has everything?

No doubt there are more worthy answers I could suggest, but I have to admit that “a length of bogroll” is a pretty good contender in the everyone needs it, and you can never really have enough stakes…

⊞

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4 responses to “Yippee!”

  1. Dan Lacher
    re: Yippee!

    Welcome to the world of the owner of this book. I was given a copy shortly after I purchased my backpack and before I headed out on my first backpacking adventure. The reading is… ah… amusing at times. There are some good key points that the auther brings up and things to keep in mind for while you are out in the wilderness. <P> dl

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  2. Tess
    re: Yippee!

    This does sound like a rather excellent read. What sort of book is it though? Is it full of anecdotes, or an outdoorsy instruction book? Or both?

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  3. alecm
    re: Yippee!

    it seems to be prettymuch what it says on the cover; a combination of Ray-Mearsesque solutions to the challenge of doing number 2s in the outdoors, along with a synopsis of risks/illnesses of not addressing the matter seriously, and hardware to buy or make at home that aids the rough pooper.

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  4. Tess
    re: Yippee!

    Golly, I had no idea it would be so poop-focussed.

    I am a big fan of Ray Mears though. I went on one of his survival courses a year or so back. Just an introduction, but it was very enjoyable. Ironic that a member of the human race needs to go on a course to learn how to make fire.

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