An old oil drum works well too, but really any old campfire works.ġ. We use an old washing machine drum to contain the fire and increase its heat. You want at least two hours worth of wood. Remember the more volume of water the longer it will take to heat. On a beach we dig a pit just deep enough to lie in and line it with a tarp. In the pictures we used an old bathtub that we found lying around, but anything that can hold water works. Matching the inside diameter of the garden hose to the outside diameter of your copper pipe will make life easy, eliminating the need for connectors and soldering. The longer the section of pipe and the larger the diameter, the faster the hot tub will heat up. You can also check metal salvage yards for scraps. This comes in rolls available at plumping supply stores and costs about $2 per foot. To build your own dirtbag hot tub, you’ll need a few basic items:ģ0 to 50 Feet of 5/8 or 3/4 Inch Flexible Copper Pipe A safer method uses flexible copper pipe, a campfire, some old garden hose, and the benefits of thermodynamics. This method works well, but is labor intensive and-needless to say-picking up and carrying smoking hot rocks has serious risks. The crudest backcountry tubs fill some kind of container with water and are heated by dropping fire-warmed rocks into their depths. Luckily, the knowledge was not totally lost. By the 1940s, jacuzzi style hot tubs began to appear in the U.S. Using natural hot springs and mineral pools was the first step, but soon we began making our own soakers, carving out rocks, filling them with water, and then fire heated stones. Roman legions built baths all over Europe during their occupations. Since the fourth century BC, humans have known about the health benefits of hydrotherapy, essentially soaking in warm water.
I could use a nice, long soak in a hot tub. With nothing to do on this boat-access-only beach but surf, the tendons and muscles in my shoulders, neck and back crunch and grind by day three of our backcountry odyssey. I make the pilgrimage to the west coast every couple months, but that's not enough to keep the body in paddling shape. Living on the wrong side of Vancouver Island my body is not surf fit. It feels like heaven, except to the muscles in my shoulders and back. No one but a couple buddies are in the line up. Empty, head high waves break consistently across the beach.
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