Thanks for joining me here on the SheWee Diaries!
I haven’t broken the news to many people yet:
I’ve taken leave from my desk job in Ohio and have planned to hike the 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail for the next 4 months. All this is of course pending my ability to walk 20 miles a day without losing my mind, my nerve, or my will to finish this Tolkien-esque journey (def going to pretend I’m a hobbit on the way to Mt. Doom most of the time)
So the main question….why would any sane person choose to do this?
“The core of man’s spirit comes from new experience… It is important in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong. To measure yourself at least once. To find yourself at least once in the most ancient of human conditions. Facing the blind death stone alone with nothing to help you but your hands and your own head.” -Into the Wild/Primo Levi
But really, any person who knows me but a little also knows that I’ve been obsessed with peeing standing up ever since I was potty trained. I remember one afternoon spent with my brothers trying to fashion a paper device to free me from the restraints of woman-kind. It was a pulpy disaster. Happy ending to this story, though; I’ve since discovered the SheWee, an amazing little funnel that I pretty much blab about to anyone who will listen at parties, work gatherings, or chance encounters. It’s designed just for ladies like me, who want to experience new things, like standing while peeing, or adventures that will require living without some of the less favorable qualities that I admittedly possess in excess: vanity, laziness, lack of follow-through, and the tendency to gravitate toward comfort above all else.
I’ll be updating this blog hopefully on the daily with miles traveled, views beheld, and foodstuffs binged on after burning 6000 calories a day. I can’t wait to use full size candy bars and jars of nutella as legitimate energy sources! I hope you all check in once in awhile if you need a break from real life, want to see how an indoor-girl posing as an outdoor-girl takes on such a feat, or just want to make sure I haven’t been eaten by a bear (or more likely fallen over and peed on myself in a reenactment of my middle school experience at Girl Scout camp).
“Maybe she’s born with it….. maybe it’s SheWee-pean” -no one ever.
The SheWee Diaries 
Your’e a crazy girl. Go for it and keep us posted.
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Thanks Aunt Joan. Trying to catch up on all the days I’ve been out, hope you guys follow along!
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I am going to order my own shewee for my next rim to rim Grand Canyon trip. I too am tired 💤 of all that squatting…ugh!! Ingenious Becky!! 😂 Kelly 👼🏼 would most definitely be impressed! Happy trails and safe travels! xoxo 😘
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Oh Carol the SheWee is game changing! Just make sure to practice in the shower first!
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Just remember that when you shower, you can’t just let the shampoo run down. Scrub those crevices.
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Bwahahahaha but I like the smell of beef! Those 2 years of pseudo-showering is the formative experience that I think will most aid me on the trail, actumally😁🤗😘
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I love that I know this whole story…and then some
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Well the “box” portion of the story you might be referring to, teehee, is helping me overcome the grossness of packing out all my tp and other trash!
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Hahaha you are so funny. AND BRAVE. I love that quote from one of my favorite movies of all time Into The Wild.
Now GO REP ALL OF US INDOOR GURLS!
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Woohoo I didnt know you were an Into the Wild fan! I’m guessing this is Mizz Liz Cress, sí?
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u defo got to practice wiv this. oh and not be busting, gotta just trickle. i think it cud be a bit wider to wee in tho or a bit deeper.
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Oh yes it definitely takes some practice, but I swear once you find the sweet spot it’s like riding a bike! I’m almost as fast as all the man-hikers now
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You are on a fantastic adventure, enjoyed your first day post especially how you emphasize the journey and not so much the destination. You really have to take one day at a time and just put one foot in front of the other many times! Once the blisters heal you will be a walking Bek fo, keep the faith in yourself!!!!!
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Thank you for reading, I’m glad you liked it! My feet are slowly toughening up, but am still waiting on my hiking machine status. Who is this btw?
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Sorry for the delay on this comment: but this is such an amazing thing you are doing! And I absolutely love that you said you were pretending to be a hobbit. Maybe cause I have done this on my own hikes (although they were MUCH shorter). Can’t wait to see what adventures you have!
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Katie Grines I presume? Yesss hobbit roleplay is especially helpful during mount doom-like times! I actually got all the LOTR on audiobook and am enjoying the help out of em. Hope you keep following along, it feels so great to know I’m not alone in this adventure!
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A “terodactyl” never reveals their identity 😛
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The Shewee has a knack to using it. I’ve found not squishing anything very handy and relaxing. Also use a small microfibre towel to wipe with to catch the drips.
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I totally agree, you have to find the sweet spot and the sweet angle, and your aim will always be true! I’ve found that if you have to go really badly and your flow is really strong, holding the shewee as parallel to the ground as you can accommodates the heaviest stream without any overflow.
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