Fire in the (shit) hole!...and a guest blogger.

Okay boys and girls, help me welcome our guest blogger. She (and possibly others) will be helping me out with the blog. She too is a wildlife biologist who has endured the frustrations and excitement of the job.

Hi everyone! A little bit about me. I have lived in a two-person tent for two months and believe me when I tell you, it was better than the 18 months of living in a condemned FEMA trailer! Who knew! Although the frustrations of being a wildlife biologist are endless, there is seldom a dull moment. Enjoy!

Question: What do you do at the end of a field season (in remote Alaska) with a wooden shitter that’s filled to the gills and needs to go bye-bye?

Answer:

a. Sling it out of a helicopter into a boat and take shit-full shitter with you OR
b. Burn it!

Uh, duh...you burn it. Cause let’s face it. No one wants to take that home with them. And fire is fun! But dangerous. So remember safety first. We did. We took our shitter to the beach. No, not for a vacation. Less vegetation. Water... you get my drift. Okay so now that we’re completely safe, let the fun begin!

Step 1. Pour A-1 helicopter fuel over shitter. That’s right, HELICOPTER FUEL! Regular gasoline is for babies.

Step 2. To ignite, shoot shitter with slugs from a 12-gauge shotgun. Shoot it again. And again. And again.

Step 2b. Because shooting it with slugs didn’t work, shoot it with a flare. Again and again and again. We’ve got ignition! But not nearly enough so...

Step 1b. Add more fuel. It’s a good idea to walk up to a fire and pour more gas on it from a 1-gallon can, right? Wait...is it bad if the flame leaps up into the can?

Step1c. Fill garbage bag with 10 gallons of gas and throw into flame...SUCCESS!

What we learned...

Thompson’s water seal is not only water resistant, it’s fire resistant, too!