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Do you bury your to or pack it along with you?
Johnny Swank
04-11-2010, 11:09
we either burn the tp or pack it out. No big deal.
daddytwosticks
04-11-2010, 12:01
I personally bury. Get ready for some very opinionated comments...:)
Cabin Fever
04-11-2010, 12:02
Cathole it. That's what LNT says. Why would you pack out tp just to throw it in the trash which ends up in a landfill anyways?
http://www.lnt.org/programs/principles_3.php
Jonnycat
04-11-2010, 13:13
I usually just go poop on the trail, so I leave the TP on top of the pile so people don't step in it. I do this because I am considerate of others.
Couldn't resist. I usually wipe with my finger, then lick it clean.
I poop in my pack and then bury the pack.
white_russian
04-11-2010, 13:57
I just use springs and streams as bidets.
If you really care about the environment you will hold it in until the end or your hike and deposit your poo in a certified poo reclamation facility.
I usually just go poop on the trail, so I leave the TP on top of the pile so people don't step in it. I do this because I am considerate of others.
Don't like this. Its littering. Stick a stick in the ground if you want to mark it.
(I'm pretty sure he was kidding.) ;)
warraghiyagey
04-11-2010, 16:08
I just hold it til I get to the next town. . .
Graywolf
04-11-2010, 16:11
I just wait till I get to a privy..Thats easy...
warraghiyagey
04-11-2010, 16:17
I just wait till I get to a privy..Thats easy...
Actually that's my serious answer. . . I've rarely had to deviate from the privy plan . . .
Don't eat and you won't have to worry about it.
Jonnycat
04-11-2010, 18:08
If you really care about the environment you will hold it in until the end or your hike and deposit your poo in a certified poo reclamation facility.
This is the correct answer.
http://jonnycats.home.comcast.net/~jonnycats/SureStop03.jpg
Surplusman
04-11-2010, 18:17
Wow...a lotta good poop in this thread.
Lots of peanut butter helps.
Lots of peanut butter helps.
Carry a block of cheese in your pack.
Rocket Jones
04-11-2010, 18:40
Carry a block of cheese in your pack.
Hard cheese. It doesn't spoil as quickly and it's easier to carve into the cork shape.
warraghiyagey
04-11-2010, 18:59
Lots of B-12 . . .
I just let my waste fall where it may as I hike like some sort of animal. I dont even stop there is not time on a strict through-hiking schedule to take the time out to stop, drop pants, and go through the arduous process of wiping. The extra poop in my crack helps lubricate and gaurd against chaffing. Kind of like vasoline.
Just eat the paper; less to carry and less food to pack between towns
I just let my waste fall where it may as I hike like some sort of animal. I dont even stop there is not time on a strict through-hiking schedule to take the time out to stop, drop pants, and go through the arduous process of wiping. The extra poop in my crack helps lubricate and gaurd against chaffing. Kind of like vasoline.
Funniest thing I've seen all day. :)
WalkingStick75
04-11-2010, 19:58
I take ex lax pills daily so the liquid poop is no worse than taking a pee. No need to carry TP either.
Use sticks, rocks, leaves and bury your poop. Wash off with water and soap. See Backcountry poo poo clinic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwmwxkD86Ec).
Kerosene
04-11-2010, 21:38
Bury if I can't hold it until a privy. It's much much better to go off-trail than simply contribute to the mine fields around privyless shelter. I search for a big rock I can dig up.
You'll only be able to hold it between town stops if you're not getting enough fiber!
i have taken the monkey boy approach. i go off trail and stockpile it until some damn thru-hiker comes by and then i throw it at him.
i have taken the monkey boy approach. i go off trail and stockpile it until some damn thru-hiker comes by and then i throw it at him.
Do you put some spin on it or do you just fast ball it.
depends on who's walking by.
I'd like to read some customer reviews on that cork, if it works I'm in!
Monkeyboy
04-11-2010, 23:04
I don't throw it............
....I fling it.
Big difference.
I collect it too, but I can't fling it.... My brothers say I throw like a girl.
So I hide behind a tree. K2
Graywolf
04-12-2010, 02:17
I think this thread has gone to poop!!!
Graywolf
this thread started as poop!
Now for the proper technique. Just wait until you come to a flat rock or a liftable log, well away from water supplies and camp sites. Just choose a log that's too big for fire place use. Cover any wastes with the rock or log. Walk on. You will have achieved the best available human waste disposal existing in the United States today.
We've been preaching the proper message for decades. But sadly the message remains unheard. There's no "away" in a finite world where one can safely throw things.
All disposal is a compromise. The best compromise is close to the surface of the soil where soil organisms will quickly cause all human wastes to decompose, but under sufficient cover to keep the wastes from being spread about. Rocks and logs work best, regardless of what LNT may say.
Weary
Not to rain on Weary's parade.......ok, I'm raining on Weary's parade, but I have my first hiking kilt on order. After it arrives, let the poop fall where it may. :D
oh dear god. i am never hiking with you again.
oh dear god. i am never hiking with you again.:banana:banana:banana:banana
Ladytrekker
04-12-2010, 20:06
I hate to admit how much I have enjoyed this thread it truly was a laugh out loud one.
Not to rain on Weary's parade.......ok, I'm raining on Weary's parade, but I have my first hiking kilt on order. After it arrives, let the poop fall where it may. :D
Like a horse.
gunner76
04-12-2010, 20:14
For the ultra liters, let your poo dry and use it for fuel.
Lone Wolf
04-12-2010, 20:15
Do you bury your to or pack it along with you?
huh?.........bury my to?
You people are totally full of crap. :banana
huh?.........bury my to?
Stupid auto correct on my Droid.
Lone Wolf
04-12-2010, 20:37
Stupid auto correct on my Droid.
huh?.......
Skidsteer
04-12-2010, 20:49
He gets a robot to poop for him.
Brilliant!
Monkeyboy
04-12-2010, 21:10
oh dear god. i am never hiking with you again.
Just don't hike behind him.
Kinda like the horses in parades.........
huh?.......
Droid = Verizon smart phone.
You people are totally full of crap. :banana
Not anymore.
Hikingsasquatch
04-17-2010, 18:13
Time to invent the portable composting privy.
This is the correct answer.
http://jonnycats.home.comcast.net/~jonnycats/SureStop03.jpg
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Do you bury your to or pack it along with you?
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ragincajun
04-18-2010, 07:02
plan on doing the deed right on the trail so next hiker accidently slips in it :eek: