I sent this video to my 18 year old daughter who is leaving for a vanlife adventure with her boyfriend to the Pacific Northwest. Very well done.

OMG! I laughed so hard at this one I almost peed my pants! Great tutorial Mandy! Probably a first on teaching women how to go in the woods! Love how you keep life real! Eventually we all have to go! 🤣

I want to see ALL of the outtakes on this one! Thanks for tackling and honestly discussing a sensitive but important topic for those really in the outback.

Hands down the best video I've seen yet about dealing with the wee wee business outdoors. Thanks for the clear and non-embarrassing way you explained all of this. The she-we thing is certainly helpful for a circumstance where there is little "cover" like bushes etc making it difficult to not feel exposed with trousers/pants down!

I was a tree planter for 20 years so I got pretty good at the squat thang! Love your message to not let having to pee in the woods hold women back from being in the woods :) Awesome video!!

I love the Go Girl!! I've taken my to a few festivals and a many road trips. Great video!!

Brilliant! Very informative and to-the-point; I'm so glad someone has taken it upon themselves to demystify the knack of wilderness business (and nothing feels better than that natural squat in the woods, ya feel?). This is only my second video of yours and I see myself on a binge-journey. Thanks

I grew up camping and backpacking, and was very comfortable with the full squat. With the issues of my knees and hips, I can no longer do a full squat, and a half squat is iffy. I love the idea of a rope. Thank you Mandy!

Great "field demonstration" and thanks for showing the other options! A tip my friend once told me is to "commit to the squat". As for stp devices, I've tried a funnel similar to the Go Girl, but it didn't end well... beware that you need to get it fully under you and "attached", which is difficult if you're wearing fitted jeans - at least it was for me. I wish more people would actually show how to use things. Good for you not being embarrassed - it's helpful!!

Good morning Mandy. Yvonne and I had some good chuckles while having our coffee, lol. She’s a bush girl and nothing stands in her way! Good for you making a video about issues most people won’t discuss. 👍😊

Thank you for being bold to give awesome and necessary info to us ladies!!!! 👍🏻

Finally got to see this video. Good job keeping it real! I personally really like the Go Girl. I practiced with it first in my bathroom standing over the toilet before I used it while hiking.

Mandy, thank you😊 this has been the most comprehensive how to video on this subject that I’ve seen. Much appreciate it👍

Your helpful (and succinct) tips were the BEST.! Thank you also for explaining and identifying each product. Great job, very full advice. Brandy

Great job covering the leave no trace method of doing ones business in the woods. I hope this video gets lots of views because I see so much toilet paper while hiking as well as soiled campsites in areas where level ground is at a premium. When people know better, hopefully they will doo better.

Ha... I chuckled at your video but it is the best I have ever seen covering the topic. I grew up camping and using the restroom of nature. I'm 60 now, but it never failed that I almost always had my period during my camping trips. Ugg. It just happens that way, ha. You gave excellent tips and now that I'm older I'm going to try the tree/rope trick to help my knees out. Thanks for the suggestions . I'm sure you helped out tons of viewers .

Exactly the info I was looking for. Thank you for your detail and honesty

You've got a new subscriber with me. I love your videos. Me and my guy are getting ready, researching, trying to learn all we can from start to finish , to look for an RV and move out of this apartment life. We both hate it. We are at the stages in our lives that this is ideal and we both are looking forward to it. We've traveled but never like this. Wish us luck and keep the videos coming. Hugs, peace and love

Well done Mandy. I have never seen a demonstration of the how to best and easily squat. I think this is a unique video!

First time watching your channel and I appreciate you talking about really things that no one wants to talk about. I've now subscribed to you channel Love & Light🐾

Thank you for the great tips, along with the modest way you presented this. It was a refreshing change from the vulgarity that is normally used in this world.

I grew up in the PNW backpacking and camping. I wanted to see if there were any hints I didn't know about. This is a fantastic video! So well done. Thanks so much for putting this together. Sending to my outdoorsy daughters.

THANK YOU!!!! Yes, this has been getting in the way of experiencing the camping/hiking life, well, at least the #2 part anyway. As an older person I tend to use the tree method as a brace. Depending on the time of year, I often don my rain poncho which affords one some privacy while bracing against the tree. The tips on how far one's pants should be rolled down are golden, uh, no pun intended.

Great video! Answering the questions girls are embarrassed to ask in a very direct & informative presentation. Really want to see about getting the Thunder Box.

This video is the best : instructions are clear and details, differents options. Love it ! thank you!

Great video! Thanks for your no-nonsense candor about a subject that people need to learn about.

OMG where have you been all my life lol! Great video!

You are amazing!! You do the best video’s. Thanks for thinking of us ladies!!

Awesome video. I had not gone in the woods in a looooonnnngggg time and was concerned how I was going to do my business now that I am older. You gave me a lot of ideas. Thank you

I just subscribed to your channel. Very clear. Very much needed info! Thx!

This is one of the best videos that I have seen about toilet in the wild!!!!! Good on you for the vid, demo's and Great Advice. Have never seen or heard of anyone approaching the issue head on! Diane and I tried the Assist method right here in the living room and it really helped her to regain standup from the squat, she saved the pee for the washroom here in the house. Also when you said the Thunder Box was good up to 500 lbs, I almost split a gut until I realized it was the weight it was able to bear as far as person sitting...... The Question that Diane was wanting to have addressed is what happens when you bare you bottom to the Wild and the Mosquito's attach........new video?

One of the most valuable videos on the subject since Bob’s original “Poop” video. Great job!

Very good job! As always we love your videos, especially since Covid. You and Kendrick are doing a great job with the channel. I married my wife because she could pee off the running board of our truck! She also has a go girl and we used the bottle method to keep us from dumping our black tank for over 35 days in Colorado! David and Juanita

When I was very young and we went camping in the bush I asked my father where I should go to the bathroom...he said find a log. Your tips where really good. I find it surprising that so many women are afraid to try any of these methods and would make themselves sick holding it for a toilet. Before Go Girl type products I just used a funnel. Now with COVID I hope many people are using some of these technique. Great video.

I clicked ready to say who doesnt know how to shit in the woods but after watching i am impressed how much knowledge this chick has to offer and she put together a GREAT video!

Thanks Mandy, I'm 69, so I figured out how to pee in the woods already when hiking with our friends( they are 75 and 73, married 50 years and they hike 3 times a week usually 10 miles each) anyhow, her and I go our separate ways in the woods and pretty much do as your video says. Thanks for telling others who haven't figured it out how to.

Kudos to you for showing it real!

I was actually searching for tips on how to better manage an overactive bladder. But this video is very helpful, thanks!

I love my PStyle. And I’ve tried the go girl. Great video well done. Thank you.

Great suggestions! Thank you for tackling this topic!!

Always wondered how it worked for you gals! 😉 Great lesson Mandy!

Thank you! Thank you! I'm dang high maintenance, and going to the bathroom outside is one thing I've not mastered. Here is to saving room in my black tank!

Cheers 🍻, thanks for the brilliant tips. ThunderBox, the GoGirl items and Shovel are going in my kit for the ladies. Safe travels. G🙋‍♂️.

Wow, the last part of the video had stuff I haven't seen elsewhere, great job. That thunderbox looks especially interesting and easy to use. I had a female funnel and it definitely overflows easily. I will try the other one you suggested.

Yes! We have that Thunderbox, it's great 😁🙌. A well done vid, thanks. Ladies, look into menstrual cups instead of tampons and pads too, definitely recommend.

Super sensitive topic that you handled beautifully and super helpful info! The only little thing I would add is if someone’s uses a bottle at Walmart or anywhere else, PLEASE don’t leave it behind! Great job👍..... lol no pun intened🤣😂🤣

This is a wonderful, clear demonstration of the options. Next time, it would be super helpful to show some of the ways to take care of business in a camping rig without holding tanks. So, the Thunderbox would be a wonderful idea in a rig. But, in my rig, I pee standing up by peeing into a plastic container and then pouring it into a bottle that gets emptied each day. Also, the use of coconut coir for number 2 as well as some of the other options would be so useful to have demonstrated. I love, love, love that you spoke about LNT!!! Hurray!!

Thanks for doing this video. It's much needed info.

Glad you addressed this issue. Funny I’m 65 now but most of my adult life ive had a bad left knee, weak left side altogether and no thigh muscles even when dancing etc. in my early 50s for 4 years i was relegated to grocery store clerk in the economic downswing of 2007. Needless to say i gained muscles and lost weight bagging beer packs and dragging in carts but I still couldnt bend over to get spots on floors. I ended up doing same thing I had always done. I bend knees slightly less than half squats put my left elbow on top of my knee. When peeing I do the same, elbow on knees and yes holding the crotch of pants. Leaning forward like this with elbow on knees keeps me balanced and I pee backwards. Nothing goes toward pants or feet. Look for a downhill slope too. Where I live now there are some areas you have to pack the pee and poop out. I do not do those trails. Called wag bag?

The thunder box....sounds pretty badass !! Never thought about the tree or rope and tree trick...

Loved your video! When I started hiking, I remember the first time I peed in the woods off trail. (I'm female,btw.) Wow! I felt like I'd discovered fire! It was such a sense of accomplishment and freedom from worrying if the next bend in the trail held a miraculous porta-potty. I tried the GoGirl. It was literally "hit" and "miss". I really envied how guys aim those things of theirs. Pooping was another story. I remember just feeling relieved. :)

This was great! Super informative!

😂 this is awesome! I have a funnel thingy which I haven’t used in the woods (squatting is just quicker/easier) but I’ve never thought about the bottle idea 🤯👍😁

Hey, Mandy Lea! I came to give you a hard time about spelling (casette), but stayed for the great content! As an LNT Master Educator, I loved this video. Let me toss out a couple of other things that you might find useful. 1) For #1, when you pee in the wood, you leave behind salts when the water evaporates. Animals (esp. deer) like to take advantage of this. That’s why you don’t pee on trees; the pee doesn’t damage the bark, but the deer going after the salt will just chew up the bark, possibly killing the tree. So, if you can find a nice big rock, you can pee on that, and create a diy salt lick for the critters! 2) For #2. Your cathole demo is great, the only problem being that more and more areas are recommending (or requiring), carry out of all solids. My “go to” choice for this is Cleanwaste’s Go Anywhere products. The main item is a bag that contains “poo powder” rendering any waste into an inert gel. You can put TP in there, and they are often good for several uses. They are also approved for disposal in any municipal or commercial trash receptacle! They also make a small, portable toilet that you can actually back pack with. Anyway, I look forward to watching more videos!

Love this morning nonsense no shyness answering questions someone might not have dared ask

Thank you. My little brother can do it easily when he gotta go but when I gotta go I always end up having to hold it for so long or wetting my feet. I saw this video some days ago and I already tried it on a walk! Works perfectly when I gotta relieve myself on the outside 😌

I love my p style! It was such a liberating tool. No more need to find a far bush to hide and if you do it right, no need to wipe after. It hangs in my pouch off my backpack. Easily accessible but discreet. I then just clean it in the shower when I get home. I'm now also using it in our camper with a bottle with a large opening. Soooo much easier.

Wow! This is incredible advice. I'm taking notes✍

Great video!! I'm still surprised when I run across women who have never peed out in nature. I've used the rope or tree tip when on hilly or slipped or slippery (rain snow) . I just can't poop in the woods, and have refused to backpack longer than 3days away from a real toilet or outhouse. Definitely thinking about that Thunder box👍

Perfectly executed thanks Mandy

Tuff subject to cover! Awesome Job!

Omg, I so need this coz I’ve been wanting to camp for awhile now

Excellent video! Thank you! This is such an important topic and you handled it like a pro. I wear dresses and found it pretty easy to pee standing up without anything extra but I won’t go into too much detail. It reminds of of how I tried to pee like my brother when I was a kid. Hahaha and pee hard is the key.

GREAT video! Thanks for the info. I love how frank you are!! xoxo

Lol...it's been a long time since I had to go outside. All good advice. Big fan of the back brace on a tree as I recall.😉

Great info and well done!!!

love the transparency

I'm 76 and cant squat without falling back on my butt, and I like the go girl. But that rope trick around the tree gave me an idea. I would have to have maybe a carabiner on 1 end and steel circle or clip on other so I could hold the now secure circle rope with 1 hand while other hand holds the go girl in place. Sounds like an acrobatic act doesn't it?!

So I found you while looking for a video for a diy PUD. I DONT like my flimsy gogirl! Just wanted to add, make sure you pack out all that monthlies stuff in a scent proof bear bag! You sure dont want anybody with claws sniffing around your camp! This is reason #1 I'm glad to now bè in my 50's!!😉 Love your video!!

Perfect, thank you for sharing! MommaFaye 🌺

What is it about going to the bathroom that makes us giggle? I LOLOLOLOL so much and watched in joy. VERY informative. I really needed to know. Thank you Mandy, what a joy!

Thank you! Great tips and demonstration!

This was super helpful, thank you for your effort. I’ve yet to work up the nerve to pee in the woods, but someday soon!

I don't know what I was expecting when you called for your assistant, but I definitely wasn't expecting a Greek god. I've totally overflowed the pee funnel when standing up and not into a bottle. Super gross. Great tips and way to demonstrate!

Great video Mandy👍

Instead of using the shovel or some digging gadgets, I use my machete as a shovel as well. It cuts roots and buried branches too. After that, cover the hole or spillage with soil and leaves.

I'm an over the road semi driver for 30+ years. The back brace against the sleeper wall is best for older ladies, can be done against the rear of a pick up truck too.

This is VITAL to know . Thank you very much ! 💗

Thanks. I’m going to check out the thunderbox. One thing you should add is the Kula cloth. A little pee rag, buts is not a rag. It is excellent. No more carrying out tp from peeing or getting hands wet with urine, etc.

great vid on something we all need to do

Being a truck drivers daughter, I have an oil funnel. It's small enough around that it goes in between my legs great. I use it either in my pee jug or while i am out in the woods. I have a bag that it goes in while out and clean it up when I return back to camp. Works for me!!

Excellent Video!! Thanks.

Great video! Makes me want to go out in the back yard and try them out 😉 but I’m kinda old and outa shape and might fall over. I wish I were younger, that’s for sure! 😉

Wet wipes are great for #2 and for pee dribble. I use a menstrual cup-- less waste and more comfortable.

Who'd a thought this would be a video I would watch! Well here we go

Great video... and I love the thumbnail you made for it! HaHa! ~ Maria

That was really helpful thank you so much!!!

Great job. Over 50 bad- bad knee was concerned about such problems. We not all young healthy and flexible.

That was very helpful!!!

Thank YOU!! Very informative! I don't even camp!

Great information !

Great advice, young people these days just think you can’t possibly go because of the blood or just the trouble. I’ve camped for yrs. and done a lot of squatting 😜. Love the thunder bod- my husband used to build me a lil thunderbox when we would go out for a while. Now we just use them5-gal bucket-which stores all the TP and wipes -shovel, etc... good storage and easy to use. We have a toilet seat attached to the top. Same principal.

Great video. I have a Go Girl and like it. It's easiest to use wearing a dress or skirt but I can stick it up the pant leg of my shorts and not take them off.

Interesting Mandy. Kendrick is a trooper.

Well!!! 😜😂🤪 Thank you for the great info... it was actually wonderful information, but I laughed my ass off!!! And I think Dwight had a couple of heart attacks! 😜🤪😂 Lol!!!

I am 61 years old and you just showed me new techniques....thank you. ✌️

Great information! Thanks.

Great tips!

So many comments I did not read them all, so this may have already been brought up. More on the topic of the period. I use the diva cup. It has worked great for me. Can stay in place longer than other options, yet it will be another item to clean back at camp.

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing