[pct-l] TP - use a pee rag!

[Kathryn Zimmerman]

One thing I learned on my AT hike was the use of a pee rag for women - saves
TP!  Just have a bandanna or silk rag that you use when you pee and tie it
to your pack to dry.  When it gets stinky, boil some water and wash it
briefly in a freezer bag.  Voila!  Less TP used.  I loved it!

And I pack out my TP - did it the whole AT and never got sick.  It's so much
easier.  Just put it in a ziplock.  Throw it out when you get to town.  No
biggie.

Bag Lady

On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:19 AM, William A. Chavez <
wctrekker at dslextreme.com> wrote:

> Just an observation.
>
> A few years back, the last time I was at Trail Camp(Whitney).  The
> south side of the trail was covered with wads of TP and it all seem
> to have a distinct smell of urine.  There was little or no effort to
> cover up the little wads of paper, of course the terrain is very
> rocky making it difficult to dig a cat hole.  There was seemingly no
> evidence of accompanying poo so I assumed this was the "girls" area.
> Of course the boys do not leave any such evidence so they probably
> contributed to the aroma.
>
> Bill
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- Kathryn