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“I can't bring myself to crap in the woods. So what does everyone else do?”

“I don't have much of a choice, I crap in the woods. In a hole in the woods, anyway.”

“Sounds like Exlax might be in order.”

“i don't have a problem with it.”

“LOL! It’s much better than a public restroom and even cleaner than your own.”

“Boy, with all the food you eat, if you don't crap, you'll blow up!!!”

“"Just do it" ~Nike”

“All this time in the woods and still haven't done it yet.”

“Don't think I want to go hiking with bbinkley, he might EXPLODE!”

“now, I know what that smell was on the Sipsey trip.”

“Maybe some raisens or dried apricots would help "matters" out.”

“I don't have a problem with constapation factor. No need for that. I just refuse to crap in the woods.”

“Here bbinkley, maybe this'll help. The Forest Service is doing this up on Mt. Shasta:

Rangers began hauling heavy packs of human waste they collected from the vanishing snow. Lead climbing ranger Matt Hill said the journey with packs full of poop "got pretty old after a while." One day Hill tumbled and the need for a better policy came sharply into focus.
"It kind of exploded on me,"he said. "That kind of motivated us right there to start the program. I didn't think I'd signed on to pick up after people."

Each sealable plastic bag contains lined paper bags and an 11-by-17-inch instruction sheet marked with a bull's eye on the opposite side. The sheet is pinned to the ground with rocks or snow. After the target is struck, the sheet is rolled like a burrito, stuffed in the first paper bag, placed in the second bag and then deposited in the plastic bag.

Article”

“Good God bbinkley, when you hike you are full of it!”

“What a load of crap!







Sorry, I couldn't resist.”

“Yummers!!!”

“Allow me, as I am somewhat of an expert on the subject. Western society has lost the art of the squat. Efforts to evacuate the colon without porceline support are comical at best.

Study more primative cultures. They squat around the campfire on their haunches with the buttocks low and the knees high. This is a comfortable and effective position for relief. The wobbly crouched over with buttocks in the air techniques of most western campers are ineffective and difficult.

There is a crude drawing of Squatman and a link to a similiar discourse on Phil's page.”

“Some threads degenerate to sheeyat; this one started out that way.”

“Maybe not Binkley, but enough raisens and apricots and there'll be no holding it back! =D have i ever told you about the time Birch ate a pound of apricots around the campfire one night? Heeheehee!”

“So mostly weekend trips for you ...eh? LOL!

Depends?

I must agree with the others....
I would prefer to use the woods over a public restroom any day of the week!

Just be careful not to crap in the tops of your boots ;)”

“Funny article aero.”

“There was once a draftsman who was constipated.











Eventually, he worked it out with a pencil....”

“LMAO @sass.”

“3 to 5 day trip for me.”

“A lot more places should have the pack your crap out rule.”

“I think '#&%!$brick' should be your new name.

Wrapping crap in plastic baggies is just plain stupid. Why not just wear eco friendly diapers”

“ok am I the only one that wants to know why bacpac said "Allow me, as I am somewhat of an expert on the subject"”

“Yes, you are the only one.”

“When the dookie dog starts barking loud enough, eventually you'll have no choice but to take him for a walk.

Don't worry son, you'll be pressing a$$ pasta in no time.”

“Is bacpac a lawyer?
Sure sounds like one.
An expert on s##t. ;)”

“oh. my. gosh. i don't even know where to start, LOLOLOL!!”

“yukk ya'll.I just wanted to eat lunch.”

“Lyra, First you make sure you have toilet paper, then...”

“What a load of crap!







Sorry, I couldn't resist."
Phil
12:15:51 PM
11/07/02

Phil is bringin' it baby! I didn't know ya had it in ya!”

“rosey is right about some locations. A good friend of mine tells horror stories about bping near his home in California where there is a green eyed fly plague as a result of no one laying to rest there crap. Of course, if no one will bury their crap, I doubt they will pack it out.”

“well since bacpac is posting, that means it is lunch time for him, so in 30min he will be in the bathroom.”

“I pressed the tortellini this morning.”

“oohhh, TOILET PAPER!! why didn't someone tell me? sheesh!
;-)

okay, this is probably a dumb question that's been asked before, probably with a completely obvious answer...butt...

why would you have to pack it out? why not just bury it? doesn't it decompose? what's wrong with people poo-poo that's not wrong with other animals' poo-poo?”

“deir aint anythin' wrong wit' sucka's crap. it will decompose plum propa'. some kinda' o' da damn rockia' arais may give trouble in diggin' some propa' hole.”

“I think it might have something to dodo with all the chemicals that is in the foods we eat.
the animals like to eat berries and good stuff and not bother with stuff like-sodium bicarbonate,as emulsifiers, ect.....”

“I couldn't understand you. Please remove the turd from your mouth.”

“oh! so, if you eat only organic, healthy stuff, then it's all good? no partially-hydrogenated-oil-coated-MSG bars like newgirl likes? ;-)”

“hmmm.

I can't bring myself to NOT crap in the woods.”

“Lyra, who said there was something right with animal doodoo? You certainly don't want to be drinking from a pond that a moose took a dump in or near (i.e., you must treat all inland water on Isle Royale so you don't get tapeworm) or from a beaver infested stream (giardia).

China is the King Kong of human waste societies -- they fertilize all the fields with it. As a result, since it carries numerous pathogens of the human persuasion, you must boil all water that comes from local taps, and you can't eat vegetables raw (unless they are dipped in bleach water). It is not a system I would recommend we emulate, not even in the backcountry.

Cat holes are great for low use areas with appropriately bio-active soils, but other terrain and high-use areas will become contaminated and less than pleasant.

But bacpac is absolutely right about squatting. The coming of the Western-styel toilet to China is a conundrum. The Chinese squat pot, wherein the toilet is a hole in the bathroom floor, even when the bathroom is on a rockin' and rollin' train, may not seem stylish, but it does put you in the best position for effective evacuation.”

“Primarily Lyra, if people did the proper thing and dug a 6"-8" hole everytime and covered it appropriately, no problem. But a lot of people don't. I'm sure you've seen some TP flowers and if you haven't yet, you will.

Also in some environments, like on Mt. Shasta, it's a delicate alpine ecosystem that's well used. There aren't a lot of places to bury crap and the environment doesn't respond well to loads of loads.

I've got no problems with packing out my poop.”

“"loads of loads," ha! alrighty then. :-) well, if i ever go somewhere where i can't bury it, i guess i'll pack it out... however, i can't even bring myself to pick up dog crap with a baggie, so...”

“just throw your dog poop in Micah's tent or pack. Micah loves dogs.”

“I know Lyra. It's a #&%!$y job!”

“bb, you are in rare form today.....

hehe”

“So lyra . . .

Tell us the story of how you picked up Tarpy using a baggie!!!

(You said: "i can't even bring myself to pick up dog crap with a baggie")


j/k. I have always been one of Tarpy's biggest fans on this site.”