Timeline for Possible diet to avoid/delay defecation
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| Aug 3, 2022 at 10:25 | comment | added | Emma | It is not a wise idea to try to avoid defecation while on the trail. Some places you will find toilets along the trail. Then use them. Otherwise go away from the path to find shelter behind some bushes. Every experienced hiker does it, even though it mostly is not a issue brought up in conversations along the trail. Search on the Internet about LNT and you will find lots of advice on the practical side of it. | |
| Sep 2, 2018 at 20:34 | comment | added | jvb | I might add defecation is preferable over... the opposite... because it reduces the weight you have to carry. No sense "packing light" (e.g. Titanium spoon) while carrying all your metabolic waste :) | |
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| Apr 13, 2016 at 1:33 | comment | added | fyrepenguin | It also very much depends on the person. I have gone on a 7 day 6 night hike with only 1 defecation in the middle. Of course, the toilet I went to afterwards had more than a few problems, but I can go 3 days without having to dig a hole with no problem. I eat 5 bags of oatmeal, crackers, beef jerky, cheese, and meat+starch for dinner and don't really have problems. I will second Erik's mention of good tent ventilation though. It can vary a lot from person to person with how often you have to poop. | |
| Apr 12, 2016 at 13:40 | answer | added | Marcos Eliziário Santos | timeline score: 9 | |
| Apr 12, 2016 at 6:17 | vote | accept | OddDeer | ||
| Apr 12, 2016 at 6:13 | history | edited | OddDeer | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 12, 2016 at 6:05 | history | edited | OddDeer | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 12, 2016 at 1:34 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackOutdoors/status/719700268821164032 | ||
| Apr 11, 2016 at 13:04 | comment | added | Erik vanDoren | @OddDeer, it wont harm you to not go for a few days, if thats the decision. High protein low fiber diet can do it, you might miss the mark of a few days though... Hope the tent you guys are using has good ventilation... | |
| Apr 11, 2016 at 12:49 | comment | added | OddDeer | People... we hike for two nights :D I don't think that it's a problem to "hold it back" for let's say about 55 hours. | |
| Apr 11, 2016 at 12:42 | comment | added | fgysin | I really, really advise against just sealing your bum-hole with the use of Imodium tablets. This can lead to some serious hospital-worthy health issues. | |
| Apr 11, 2016 at 12:33 | comment | added | Erik vanDoren | An Imodium could put the train leaving the station on hold for that time, and depending on your body even more. I know of people being constipated for a whole week after having taken one tablet (and they had reasons to take it). But I really think its more uncomfortable to hike "with extra weight" rather than taking that pause in the morning. | |
| Apr 11, 2016 at 12:00 | comment | added | user2338816 | Keep in mind that up to half of the volume of your solid waste is dead bacteria from the gut. IOW, though you can reduce the volume by choice of foods, you're mostly only reducing a half part. Also, drastic diet changes can change consistency, perhaps resulting in less solid/more liquid residue. | |
| Apr 11, 2016 at 11:54 | comment | added | paparazzo | If the goal is no poo for 3 days then that is not a healthy goal. The amount is a problem as more volume then more volume. Unless you are going to bring a cooler then food choices are limited. | |
| Apr 11, 2016 at 11:07 | comment | added | Olin Lathrop | This is the first time I've given a +1 for a crappy title. | |
| Apr 11, 2016 at 8:49 | answer | added | Pont | timeline score: 34 | |
| Apr 11, 2016 at 8:41 | history | edited | OddDeer | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 11, 2016 at 6:16 | history | asked | OddDeer | CC BY-SA 3.0 |