Nothing feels better

+1.
And you get clean feet too.

cheers

Nice!

Ouch! :)

Try that in a lake full of glacial runoff— they will think Sasquatch is whooping!

than a nice fire!

South Fork Trinity River

than letting me help with what comes next…

Sorry, couldn't help it when I saw the fire in the duff!

Fun pictures though.

LOL Jason..That's a good one! For the record the fire pics were taken after a good thunderstorm in the Trinity Alps..
Damp Duff

then using the facilities out in the middle of now where.

Peter Grubs Hut

Jay – you are cracking me up… good stuff man!

my best privy view:

Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow

Jay, you didn't mention that the outhouse at Peter Grubb Hut is a two-story structure.

I was on a work party there one autumn, and we had the unenviable job of cleaning out the bottom of the outhouse!

One worker showed up with a complete Tyvek suit, rubber boots, and a two-stage respirator.

Yes, that outhouse is famous.

–B.G.–

We better clean up this thread before Roger enters. He will claim that the thread is getting pretty crappy.

–B.G.–

than supplementing your protein intake on a backpacking trip.

Toulmne River

than arriving safely at the trail head and finally gettig off the highway.

HWY 108 before Kennedy Meadows

That's one way to get off the hwy! OUCHHH!!!

…an ice cold Coke at the trailhead, or are these the "Bear Use Only" machines?

A dip in a mountain lake after 6 days of hiking. Ahhhhhhhh(brrrrrrrrr)

…than when prolific blown hail stops pelting you above treeline:

from this:

…to this:

…in about 25 minutes (some serious rounds of paintball the heavens unleashed):

then creating good KARMA and picking up backpackers on the side of the road. Pay it forward!!

… than enjoying with friends after a long hike: