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

[Julianne Baker]

Bag Lady's use of a pee rag is excellent for women. Normally use of TP for
urine, even for women, is unnecessary when on the trail for a day or 2.
However, good hygiene and the desire to avoid UTI's or other urinary issues
requires more cleanliness, and the pee rag is perfect. Rinsing the pee rag
in a stream is another way of cleaning the item. This method has been
recommended by various outdoor programs.
Yellowstone

On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Kathryn Zimmerman
<thebaglady07 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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