Would that be Brad for him or would he just have to cary more water treatment.

Ali way you look at it -- a pee bottle is worth its weight in gold -- esp. when it's pouring or snowing out there.

Ben,

Was the astronaut drink named after you?

Maybe Tang = sugar?

I went to public school Ben, I know all about rhymes, trusut me! Why do you think I spend all my spare time in the backcountry wearing all my sweaty clothes to sleep and peeing in a bottle. Oh yes, Mike C., and wiping my butt with rocks.
But yea, sleep in your clothes and change your socks.

Edited by kilgoretrout2317 on 04/11/2009 15:09:51 MDT.

Being female, I don't have the option of the "pee bottle." And being elderly, I have to make several middle-of-the-night trips. So pardon me if I'm not altogether amused at "pee bottle" jokes--envy, I know!

A perhaps apocryphal story that made the rounds of the Colorado backcountry in the 1950's: A young couple was camping in the mountains on their honeymoon. Unfortunately, it rained and rained and rained--every day and every night. The young wife got sick and tired of going out in the rain every night, so she decided to take a coffee can to bed with her. In the middle of the night, her husband heard first, "tinkle tinkle tinkle" and then "!!@@##%%&&##!!!" The coffee can was upside down!

Rick, I trust you. :)

Good to know a fellow hiker with the good sense of using a pee bottle.

"Maybe Tang = sugar?"

Ah, I see you are a 'closet' Chinese expert! :)

Now tell me, why is Nalgene the perfect brand name for a pee bottle?

Edited by ben2world on 04/11/2009 15:55:01 MDT.

i immediately made that connection & wondered if there was a reason they chose that name, since the drink is mostly sugar

Hey, Mary two words, Wide mouth. Just keep it right side up!

Cheeky!

Yes, I am but your safe Ben. Cuz I know the Wu tang clan ain't nothing to mess with :)

You got it, Rick.

I'm still waiting for Richard Matthews -- our resident Chinese scholar -- to answer my question above why Nalgene is the best brand name for pee bottles.

I'm gonna fall asleep tonight trying to figure that one out, I know it. I don't know any Chinese but there's a pun in there somewheres.

Oops. I wish I'd read Mike's advice more carefully. I've been peeing on rocks and wiping my butt with my drink bottle.

Folks down under -- figures! :)

No prob there, dual use is dual use!

I do not know Ben. I have a friend that is a "branding" expert. They have to do a lot of research to make sure a brand name does not have negative meanings in the worlds dominate languages.

The Tang branding is thought to be unintentional. Yes, I know that it was not formulated for NASA.

But, I would like know about Nalgene.

Whew - the pee bottle comment really got some attention.

I "usually" keep a separate pee-bottle for winter trips, just a plastic gaitor-aid bottle.

I use it as a water bottle early in the trip UNTIL the first filling late at night in the snow shelter.

I *have* on occation, rinced it out, and used it as a water bottle again. It's not a big deal.

I know a LOT of NOLS instructors (outdoor professionals) who do it all the time. I have gotten up early to start the stove, and then been handed a nalgene bottle full of urine plenty of times by a tent mate, and had him say: "Just rinse that out and fill it with coffee. Thanks."

Happy Easter.

Romance is the only reason to share a tent. Yuck.. that is just sick!!!!

Yep, the pee bottle thing isn't all that helpful. You still have to get out of your bag and get upright somehow, so you may as well just go outside.

I once tried one of those Lady Js to try to even the score a bit. I learned a lot about the proper balance of inflow and outflow that fateful day.