When nature calls and it's cold out!!

**gmcttr** · 12-20-2013, 20:54

Originally Posted by Jsaults

Just don't leave your boots on the ground midpoint of your rig!...

**Brian Miller** · 12-21-2013, 02:18

Originally Posted by oldbiker

Having had and still have bladder cancer, (hospital @ 5am tomorrow for second operation) getting up 5-6 Times a night is not a option... As the young Croud gets older they will understand the effects of age & mileage. It's a choice of quit or do what you have to do.

From a geezer, I applaud your determination and pragmatism. May God Bless You beyond your wildest dreams, with a swift, complete healing and total restoration.

**JP_dog** · 12-21-2013, 03:21

Doesn't everyone carry water purification tabs or drops? You are telling me that thoroughly rinsing a bottle with a few drops of dr bronners, then filling it in the stream and purifying it is out of the question? I am not saying this is a practice, like plan this for weight savings after i have drilled all the holes my toothbrush will allow. However, i have done it out of necessity. I darn sure didn't tell any of my camp mates

It might be gross, but I think eating shrimp with the legs attached that i have to rip off is gross. 'To each his own', I say. For my part, a bottle in a hammock is way easier than peeing from the side of a pitching boat when halibut fishing. And both are better than holding it.

**CB200T** · 12-21-2013, 04:32

No friggin' way am I attempting a wee in, on, or over the side of my hammock. Additionally, I am absolutely not going to be toting around a pee bottle. If it doesn't serve 2 purposes, it probably isn't coming.

**CeeVee** · 12-21-2013, 06:33

Hmm thinking about it an alfresco "water the lilys" feels better (!) then when at home. Can't figure why that might be though.
Cvt

**FireInMyBones** · 12-21-2013, 08:01

Originally Posted by oldbiker

Having had and still have bladder cancer, (hospital @ 5am tomorrow for second operation) getting up 5-6 Times a night is not a option. I have never had a spill or accident in a hammock but without the bottle I would have had. I never buy a used hammock or sell one. Still have all 10 of them. As the young Croud gets older they will understand the effects of age & mileage. It's a choice of quit or do what you have to do. I want go down without using all options.

I'm glad you don't have to get up to go. I wish you the best of luck and pray for your healing along with wisdom on behalf of your doctors, sir.

**hairbear** · 12-21-2013, 08:30

Originally Posted by gmcttr

Not picking on you guys, you're just the ones that happened to say it in this thread and this has been bugging me for a long time.

While I agree that I'm more comfortable and "feel" warmer if I don't hold it, I'm not buying the concept that your body wastes energy keeping the bladder contents warm. Pee entering the bladder is body temperature and with the bladder being inside the body, the only place it can lose heat is back to the body (so it can't lose heat).

Just my 0.02 and thanks for letting me state it.

Not to single you out either but the science is true.
The body including your full bladder is thermal mass.
Maintaining a constant temperature of that thermal mass requires calories burned.
So a larger thermal mass will require the burning of more calories. This is evident in the fact that a large hot water heater will consume more energy than a small one.
By emptying the bladder you reduce thermal mass therfore making the body more efficient at keeping the rest of the mass at body temperature. The conservation of spent calories will allow the body to have a reserve tank of fuel at the end of the cycle. Peeing in hammock will also save heat loss that will consume calories to readjust body temperature.

**Tinmar** · 12-21-2013, 08:32

So, it is good science to pee in your hammock.

**hairbear** · 12-21-2013, 08:37

Originally Posted by OldMart

So, it is good science to pee in your hammock.

Lol should have typed peeing in a bottle in the hammock.

**halfastronomical** · 12-21-2013, 09:28

Originally Posted by Gustavus

Makes me wonder, "Should I Buy a Used Hammock".

That made me laugh so hard I woke up the rest of the house. A fine point!

FS:
1 nearly new hammock from a non smoking, pet free home. Only peed in once!

I generally get up to pee no matter how cold it is, but I make a contingency plan. I just keep my boots and jacket close, cause I know that I will probably have to get up once, especially when it is cold.

Now, I guess I need to read the whole thread to see where this leads...