[pct-l] TP ???

[patti kulesz]

yeh it's pretty nasty to step over a rock and accidentally kick it and then wella...TP! eewwww

patti

--- On Sat, 1/24/09, Halfmile <halfmile at pctmap.net> wrote:

From: Halfmile <halfmile at pctmap.net>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] TP ???
To: sue.kettles at comcast.net
Cc: "patti kulesz" <peprmintpati88 at yahoo.com>, pct-l at backcountry.net, "AsABat" <AsABat at 4jeffrey.net>, afishnamedcarl at gmail.com
Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 8:57 PM

I'm not sure what "pretty well disintegrated" means or what would
happen if you buried 100 pieces of TP in your back yard year after
year and consider that most of the PCT gets less rain than your back
yard in Oregon.

Packing out TP is a basic part of Leave No Trace hiking etiquette that
all hikers should follow. In many areas it it required. Here are a few
links that discuss this, I am sure many more could be found.

http://www.lnt.org/programs/principles.php

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia//maps/brochures/leave_no_trace.pdf

http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/wildregs.htm

http://www.nps.gov/archive/crla/brochures/backcountry.htm

What is exceptionally bad are the hikers that leave a pile of unburied
TP, I guess as a warning, like the trace wire David discusses. I can't
believe anyone would actually do this, but I have seen it many times
along the PCT.

Another option that has been discussed quite a bit over on
backpackinglight.com is not using any TP at all. I can't say that I
have tried that approach, I always just pack mine out in a little zip
lock bag.

Keep the PCT pristine.

-Halfmile



On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 7:41 PM,  <sue.kettles at comcast.net> wrote:
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