[pct-l] TP vs Vegetation

[Heather]

Brick, good point. I moved away from So Cal in 1996 and have been hiking and camping in forest-y areas since. I bet I will pack it after all. I'm still a few years off from my planned 2016 thru so lots more may change.

> I just don't pack TP, but choose natural vegetation.

Try that in SoCal too. :-(

HYOH, YMMV


Scott, the idea is to "gather" downed vegetation, not "harvest" fresh, soft greenery ;) 

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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:01:17 -0600
From: Scott Bryce <sbryce at scottbryce.com>
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Burning TP
To: "pct-l at backcountry.net" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
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On 10/2/2012 7:26 PM, Heather wrote:
> I just don't pack TP, but choose natural vegetation

I have never understood how gathering vegetation to clean up with fits
in with the leave no trace ethic. If we all tore leaves off of plants
for any other purpose, it would certainly not be LNT.