[pct-l] Monkey butt

[Ben G]

Are you serious?  I hope this is a joke and I did not pick up on it.

"Obviously crapping right next to a water way is a major no no!!   Unless
you are actually sitting in the creek while you are crapping and
then it's ok as you won't need to use any toilet paper which will save lots
of resources."


On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Justin West <cjustinwest at gmail.com> wrote:

> Way more fun to get into the creek and wash off!  ;)
>
> Anyway, the salt coming off your body, while seemingly highly concentrated
> after a long day of hiking would rapidly dilute into even a low flow creek
> at parts per billion or less.  I cannot see how that would become a
> problem.
> If you are concerned with pathogens, I don't think a rinse with a little
> titanium pot full of water is going to do much one way or another prior to
> a dip.
> But if you know of some research that suggests otherwise I'd be really
> interested in checking that out as I have wondered about that.
>
> Obviously crapping right next to a water way is a major no no!!
>
> Unless you are actually sitting in the creek while you are crapping and
> then it's ok as you won't need to use any toilet paper which will save lots
> of resources.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 5:09 PM, JPL <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:
>
> > Whew.  Lets have another LNT lesson:
> >
> >
> > "also getting into streams and getting the salt off your body as often as
> > you can is important"
> > NO!
> >
> > Get some water, wash your salty bod *away* from the stream!  *Then* if
> you
> > want to get your clean self in the stream, go for it!
> >
> >
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