I know you pondered on this toilet use on the tundra

[EnterwebsJohn]

[Ocelot II]

1. I know it has to be done very quickly, having experienced winter camping, but

I did not have to fend off reindeer.

[Grasswire2]

2. thinking about my grandparents, homesteading on the Saskatchewan prairie.

If it were easier to post personal pics here, I'd show them sitting on the steps of the cabin, five young children, my grandfather holding a 12 gauge shotgun (cattler rustlers about).

[CatWoman]

3. you know what's so weird

just last night i watched that on You Tube.

amazing the strength and tenacity of those nomads living in areas with outlandish temperatures.

they even wash their kids in freezing water!!!

[keithbvadu2]

4. Hot water? A cold water bath is a treat.

[3catwoman3]

5. Oh, no way. No way, no way, no way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The young man who conducts the workout classes we attend takes cold showers on purpose all the time. I think that is nuts.

[Prairie_Seagull]

6. I guess it's a ligitimate thing, some folks swear by them.

I have done no research on it because it just sounds painful especially when I am looking out my window at snow and a pond that has formed on the snow across the street. I can't imagine jumping in that pond.

There are many examples on-line of people using cold water as some sort of health treatment. Hell maybe it is the fountain of youth for all I know. I don't mind a chilly dip when it's hot out. I am a water baby. Loved surfing when I was younger, Love swimming in lakes and rivers even ditches after gully washers when i was a kid.

I have considered it in the past but I will just wait for summer.

[3catwoman3]

7. "...some folks swear by them."

I would be swearing at them!