Peeing and Pooping in the Field
If you need to pee or poop without a toilet around… Don’t be embarrassed. Everyone needs to. It is dangerous not to let your body remove waste – it can cause serious health problems. There are many ways to find …
Category: Field Work Tips
These posts are tips for doing science in the field, with an emphasis on how to take care of yourself.
Links to advice for doing well in the outdoors
Here’s a nice page with information for recreational camping from REI: https://www.rei.com/learn/series/intro-to-camping. And they provide a whole suite of pages on general outdoor skills: https://www.rei.com/learn/c/outdoor-basics Locally, there is the Bay Area Wilderness Training organization. There are some good sites from Canada and …
Camping in the Rain
A good tent can keep you nice and dry, even in a major rainstorm. However, it is also possible for water to pool on the floor of a tent, getting everything sopping wet. I’ve done this to myself, and it …
Keeping Warm When It Rains
It is easy to get cold when you are wet. Thus, one of the most important things to do to stay warm on a rainy day is to stay as dry as possible. If you are doing field work, you …
A Gear List for an Overnight Sed/Strat Trip
Here is a gear list for our sedimentology/stratigraphy field trip in California in May. It won’t be cold, and it won’t rain (most likely), so if you are heading out in different weather, this won’t be sufficient. Field Gear Jacobs …
Keeping Warm While Camping
It is actually fairly easy to stay warm at night if you prepare in advance. My dad is a mountaineer who has climbed Mt. McKinley several times and was on an expedition to K2. He has given me lots of …