[pct-l] toilet paper, may be TMI

[Marcia]

We signed up to learn ice ax self-arrest with a professional outfitter/guide 
on Mt Shasta. We learned more than we bargained for. Our instructor spent 
LOTS of time talking about snow balls (demonstrating useful size and shape), 
pinecones (one use, one direction), various plant leaves (not mossy lichen 
hanging from tree branches because it is much scratchier that it looks), and 
smooth stones as substitutes for tp. All mixes in well in the cat hole.
We did not carry tp on our thru. = )
YMMV
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Wallace" <aaron at skeeky.com>
To: <pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] toilet paper is on the PCT



Some places, such as Yosemite, require that you pack out TP.  In this
age of double-zip freezer-grade zip-lock baggies and alcohol gel
sanitizer, it's really no big deal and should be standard procedure for
any backcountry travel.  There's nothing worse than little bits of
sun-bleached TP scattered around your dinner or camp site...

> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: [pct-l] toilet paper is on the PCT
>
> On my thru-hike last year, I tried several times, but to no
> avail, to convince people that toilet paper simply does not
> degrade and should be packed out. In fact, it has a way of
> sneaking out from under the rocks that people use to "bury"
> it. I took pictures of the toiltet paper and other waste I
> encountered along the trail. Not what you would call
> "aesthetically pleasing photographs", but my intention is to
> use them in any talks I might give of my experience on the trail.
> [...]
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