Clearly it wasn’t just a tinkle. But yeah. Even so, why go so far off the trail that you can’t see where it is?
Maybe it was too wet to start fires, but over 3 weeks? Surely one day would be dry, and there are for sure fire starters. And why not a solar phone charger? And why didn’t she find the trail rather than to search for cell bars?
Sad story.
And why do they always say “she died doing what she loved best.”? Starving to death??
“Maybe it was too wet to start fires, but over 3 weeks...”
Nah, the weather records show that Maine was very hot and relatively dry during that timeframe:
https://weatherspark.com/history/31343/2014/Portland-Maine-United-States
If she really had to go and that was it why would you go far off the trail at all. How busy would the trail have been for necessary modesty? You wouldn’t want to do your business on the trail itself but anything beyond a short distance would be overkill no? I am not an expert on hiking but for those who are is there a standard procedure for a bathroom relief break?