[pct-l] about potty trowels,

[Austin Williams]

Nice suggestion!

-Austin

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Mike Cunningham <hikermiker at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I have found that a "snow stake" weighs about 1 oz & makes a mighty nice
> hole in the dirt & doubles as one of my tent stakes.
>
> hm
>
> --- On Sun, 12/12/10, Paul Robison <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Paul Robison <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] about potty trowels,
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Date: Sunday, December 12, 2010, 5:52 PM
>
>
> lots of talk going around about potty trowels, some of it not completely
> respectful.
>
> My opinion,  i think we all need to keep the trail clean.  a trowel does a
> good
> job digging a hole,  as does a tent stake (but much more slowly).
>
> the montbell handy scoop weighs under 2 ounces.  i'm ordering it, i'm
> useing an
> oldschool one currently.
>
> wether you use a stick, a rock, a tent stake, or a dedicated trowel ...
> the
> idea is to get plenty of dirt on top of all your poop.  4 inches or so on
> top of
> your poop.
>
> personally, i carry the trowel because a tent stake just doesn't do if i
> get hit
> with a case of the squirts,  the trowel leaves a nice vertical wall and a
> nice
> square hole plenty deep to hide any evidence.
>
> i have seen lots on the AT poop that has made it's way back to sirface by
> those
> shallow holes created by boots and sticks.  if you're going to use your
> boot, at
> least try and do a good job, and i think that's the problem,  some people
> are
> lazy about it.  i personally don't know how you could possibly get a deep
> enough
> hole with running shoes...  my holes would go up to my ankle, so obviously
> a
> boot won't do for me.  i do think we need to have enough depth to cover it
> and
> stomp on it so it wont find it's way back to surface.
>
> respect to all,  but whatever you do,  keep the trail nice for next
> generation
> when there's 20,000 thru hikers and not 300.
>
>
>
>
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