Kathleen Meyer, a longtime outdoorswoman and whitewater rafter, was the founding editor of Headwaters. Her travel essays have been included in the Travelers' Tales anthologies A Woman's Passion for Travel and Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures. Her Out West adventure memoir is Barefoot Hearted: A Wild Life Among Wildlife. Kathleen lives in Montana and at kathleeninthewoods.net.
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World changes come fast and furious, and in the backcountry it is no different. The practice of 'packing-it-out'-adopted to protect high-use areas and fragile ecosystems-is here to stay. We are now often urged or even required to haul our poop home. To as... SEE MORE