Once again, the Trout Underground leaves no rock unturned in our search for ways to boost traffic make your life better — in this case by dusting the rugged, wild, dirty backcountry with a hint of… sex….

The Best Hike blog touches on this randy new territory with a post about a probably overhyped book called “Sex in a Tent: A Wild Couple’s Guide to Getting Naughty in Nature.”


Subtle book cover, eh?

And to think my forays into the backcountry were foolishly aimed at catching trout and experiencing the world as it was a few centuries ago. What the hell was I thinking??

It’s not about communing with nature — it’s about getting it on in a place where a pissed-off bear could basically kill both of you because he hasn’t had sex since that one time last spring (and who could blame him).

From the book publisher’s press release:

Sex in a Tent is a new book that tells you everything you need to know (but were too embarrassed to ask) about thoroughly enjoying the outdoors with a romantic partner. Sex in a Tent is a mostly fun, sometimes serious guide to love, sex, and adventure in the great outdoors. In this penetrating look at what really goes on behind the tent flap [ed: yup -- they said "penetrating." Subtle, eh?], expert camper and outdoor love-maker Michelle Waitzman reveals everything you need to know to fulfill your wild fantasies.

Showing you the best positions for campers (the tent tango), to recipes for a romantic meal in a Ziploc bag, to how to look and feel sexy when you’re wearing grimy zip-off hiking shorts and haven’t bathed in days (hint: zip em off and go skinny-dipping), she inspires you to leave behind the boring bed sheets and crawl into a tantalizing tent.

And here I thought “the tent tango” was that part where you tried to wriggle out of your soaked waders and into your sub-zero sleeping bag while trapped in your coffin-sized tent because the rain was absolutely pouring down outside.

Boy, did I have it wrong. (It’s not the first time.)

Lately, there’s been much hand-wringing in the fly fishing industry about declining participation, and all along, the answer was staring right at us — sex.

Accordingly, I’m starting right to work on my new book, “Sex in Waders: A Wild Couple’s Guide to Getting It On Even Though You’re Absolutely Exhausted And Sweating Like a Pig From Fishing All Day And You Couldn’t Look Less Sexy Because You’re Basically Wearing Rubber Pants.”

I already smell the New York Times best-seller list. Can’t miss.

[tags]sex, sex in a tent, shameless traffic grab[/tags]

Posted in Underground Entertainment.