[pct-l] Burning TP

[James Lott]

 I could not agree more with both your statements. The fact is humans are here and we leave a trace.  All animals leave some kind of trace.  The key it keep it's impact as small as possible.  > Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 20:55:25 -0700
> From: tjg at tgustafson.com
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Burning TP
> 
> Maybe I'm totally out of touch, but what happened to just using
> biodegradable TP and burying it along with your #2?  That's what I was
> always taught in Boy Scouts, and it seems to be the least
> environmental impact and the least gross.  The bacteria and enzymes in
> your #2 ought to be enough to break down plain unscented
> non-lotion-containing TP pretty quickly.  Or am I totally out in left
> field here?  And isn't biodegradable TP distributed widely throughout
> the environment less impaction than concentrating it all in landfills
> (which is what happens after you pack it all the way into town)?
> 
> I'm all for LNT, but the fact is that humans on the trail will always
> leave a trace - foot prints, smooshed grasses and other plants that
> get under foot, and we even have the nerve to take thousands of
> gallons of water from springs and waterways each year.  In fact, the
> trail itself is a giant, 2,200-mile long trace that we've left behind.
>  As with all things in life, there's a happy medium.  We can't be 100%
> LNT unless we just don't go.  I think LNT is misguided.  I think it
> should be "LMT: Leave Minimal Trace".  Or perhaps "LRT: Leave
> Reasonable Trace".
> 
> Just my $0.02.
> 
> Please give me a minute while I get my popcorn before the flaming starts...
> 
> -- 
> 
> Tim Gustafson
> tjg at tgustafson.com
> http://tgustafson.com/
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