[pct-l] about potty trowels,

[Bill Burge]

Just make sure you don't have to go real bad when THAT stake is the one holding your tent together!  ;-)

http://www.backcountrygear.com/images/smcsnowstake.jpg

BillB



On Dec 13, 2010, at 12:55 PM, Kevin Cook wrote:

> Do you have a link to the type you're talking about?
> My orange plastic one is starting to break, so rather than buy another of
> those, I'm looking for an alternative.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 1:43 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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