Privy Survival

[tjforrester]

I'm honored to say that the esteemed ATPC (Appalachian Trail Privy Committee) has asked me to compose a list (http://tjforrester.com/2011/04/24/appalachian-trail-hike-privy-survival/) of safety suggestions that should quell any reservations about using the facilities.

[mweinstone]

you forgot one.
if theirs a rock your useing to hold the door open cause its impossible to breath otherwise, and if theirs a busy road in veiw, as in the pavillion privys at port clinton, act like your just sitting repairing the door hasp.

[mweinstone]

if your suddenly aware that the clearence you so despratly require is possibly lacking but you worry moveing to check could cause contact with the great pyramid of sleeza, dont flinch. hold steady. your commited. escape is impossable. you must concentrate on ice water filling the privy. as it creeps higher, you feel better.

[Blue Jay]

Make sure the floor is built really well, it sucks when you fall thru.

[Jay_NJ]

^ It's imperative to bring a bandanna for breathing in the summer months.

[sbhikes]

I once dropped a bomb in a privy and ice water splashed back up and hit me. My worst nightmare.

[trailangelbronco]

I heard that the bears are starting to crawl down in the privies to attack people from below. Be careful...

[Sierra Echo]

I heard that the bears are starting to crawl down in the privies to attack people from below. Be careful...


I would rather have a bear bite my ass then a black widow!
Thats my big creep out about privies. Who knows what is lurking in em!

[Jersey Tim]

I heard that the bears are starting to crawl down in the privies to attack people from below. Be careful...
So that's what the recent reports of "brown bears" in the East are all about. :rolleyes:

[LDog]

If this privvy's rockin', don't bother knockin'!

[skooch]

So now im wondering do I have to use a privy if it Id rather dig a cat hole?!

[wrongway_08]

During the swummer months, a quick spray of DEET helps keep the biting things away from the boys - it is NO FUN to get bit on the family junk while doing your drop-off.
Nothing more painful then trying to hike with 2 or 3 bites on them!

[mweinstone]

no. no one does that. deet on my genitals? yeah. right. spiders in privies? no. nothing lives down there. not on top of the pile anyway. to freash and hot. nobody wants that. it aint no ones home. snakes aint there. just some casting worms and a few weirdo bugs way down where its broke down and sterile dirt being made. spiders like the inside of the outhouse but not the pit part. and never use a privy you dont want to. if its a restricted area, hike to where you can poop free. it only ever takes a moment to walk out of a area being repatriated or protected. privis suck unless its utterly downpouring cold rain. utterly downpouring warm rain dont get me inside one of those germ transfer stations .

[Skidsteer]

I once dropped a bomb in a privy and ice water splashed back up and hit me. My worst nightmare.

One of the inherent risks of the great pyramid of sleeza.

[Pedaling Fool]

Nearly all the posts before mine list much of the reasons I don't use privies any more. There's a few more reasons, but too early in the morning... Nasty, nasty, nasty....

[Grampie]

http://Bear in Privey

I can't agree with #6...Took this picture on my thru in 2001.

[fudgefoot]

Beware the well-camouflaged privy relo (trust me on this one).

[trailangelbronco]

The trail system, shelters and privy's were not intended to handle so many people.

Try to only poop on zero days in town, remembering not to trust a fart

[Sarcasm the elf]

Beware the well-camouflaged privy relo (trust me on this one).

Do I dare ask you how you got your trail name?

[klpicktown]

during the winter months beware of the polar bears hiding down in the........

ummmmm, its now a brown bear, beware of the brown bears hiding in the privy hole.....

[tjforrester]

I would rather have a bear bite my ass then a black widow!
Thats my big creep out about privies. Who knows what is lurking in em!

Funny!!!!!