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[perdidochas]

It's part of your colon that makes a curved shape.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmoid_colon

[skinnbones]

You could try to hold it all in until town visits? Only what... 4-5 days max ???

[Pottsalot]

Lol funny comments here

[CHRISTINE2015]

You could try to hold it all in until town visits? Only what... 4-5 days max ???

That's my plan!

[HikerMom58]

#2 with a view. I had to share!

[Trebor66]

Why would someone pack out their own waste? There are thousands of animals crapping in the woods everyday, what makes ours any different? I can understand if you were in the desert, but in the woods?? What difference does it make....

[QiWiz]

Dig small hole....squat.....wipe.....cover hole!

Here's some more detail on the cathole process, since you are interested . . .

The most widely accepted method of backcountry human waste disposal is the cathole. The advantages are:

1. They are easy to dig in most areas.
2. They are easy to disguise after use.
3. They are private.
4. They disperse the waste rather than concentrate it
   (which enhances decomposition).
5. It is usually easy to select an out-of-the-way location where you can be certain no one is going to casually encounter the cathole.

A problem with catholes is that animals will often dig them up to get at partially digested buried food particles in feces. This tends to mix soil with feces (a good thing), but changes animal behavior (a bad thing), and possibly worst of all can leave dug-up toilet paper “flowers” in the area (another bad thing). One solution is to pack out toilet paper (TP) or use leaves or other natural materials as TP, but animals will still be attracted to the cathole as a food source. Another solution is to make "P00P Soup".

A further benefit of the “P00P Soup” technique is the funny name and the humor that can be put into teaching youth and adults an effective cathole technique.

Selecting a Cathole Site:

1. Select a cathole site far from water sources, 200 feet (approximately 70 adult paces) is the recommended range.
2. Select an inconspicuous site untraveled by people. Examples of cathole sites include thick undergrowth, near downed timber, or on gentle hillsides.
3. If camping with a group or if camping in the same place for more than one night, disperse the catholes over a wide area; don’t go to the same place twice.
4. Try to find a site with deep organic soil. This contains organisms which will help decompose the feces. (Organic soil is usually dark and rich in color.) The desert does not have as much organic soil as a forested area. (See number 2 below.)
5. If possible, locate your cathole where it will receive maximum sunlight. The heat from the sun will aid decomposition.
6. Choose an elevated site where water would not normally collect during runoff or rain storms. The idea here is to keep the feces out of water. Over time, the decomposing feces will percolate into the soil before reaching water sources.

Digging a Cathole:

1. A small trowel is the perfect tool for digging a cathole.
2. Dig the hole 6-8 inches deep and 4-6 inches in diameter. In a hot desert, human waste does not biodegrade easily because there is little organic soil to help break it down. In the desert, the cathole should be only 4-6 inches deep. This will allow the heat and sun to hasten the decay process.

Making Poop Soup:
After depositing waste and TP / materials into the cathole,

1. use a sturdy stick (not your trowel) to mix all of this with some loose soil,
2. then add a cup or so of water* and mix again.

The TP, soil, and feces should not be recognizable as such once thoroughly mixed in this soup. The thorough mixing of all of the cathole contents with soil and water will speed decomposition, make animal digging less likely, and will completely avoid the “TP flower” problem.
* there is some disagreement as to how essential it really is to add water to the mix,
but if you can spare some, it does speed the mixing process


Topping Off the Cathole:
When finished, the cathole should be topped off with the rest of the original dirt and disguised with native materials.

[Francis Sawyer]

Really folks? I assume that most of the comments are for comic relief but do we really need a tutorial for basic bodily functions. My god, What if I have to fart?! People have been doing it outdoors since Adam and Eve. Lol

[JustaTouron]

Step 1: Make sure you are not near any water sources and are off the trail.

step 2 :

Dig small hole....squat.....wipe.....cover hole!