How to poop outdoors in a way that won’t harm the environment and other hikers
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Are you a horse?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]No of course not!
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It's very dry in most of the state so getting composting moving along can take some effort
If it is very dry, doesn't that also mean it is less likely to spread/leak into the aquifer?
E.g. dried cow-manure seems to be fine for the environment to handle.
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If it is very dry, doesn't that also mean it is less likely to spread/leak into the aquifer?
E.g. dried cow-manure seems to be fine for the environment to handle.
It's because herbivore shit is usually fine. Like you and I could have a shit-fight with horse poop and not get sick. Please don't, and especially please don't have a shit-fight with omnivore or even many carnivore shits.
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I've tried carrying a hole around in a bag but the darn thing always seems to get lost when it comes time to use it.
Rookie mistake. You have to be sure to use the whole bag. Anything less won't work.
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Rookie mistake. You have to be sure to use the whole bag. Anything less won't work.
I pack gallon bags in my back-country camping kit so logistics may be a challenge. Could leave the tent and sleeping bag behind in order to fit a sufficient volume of fiber and make it work though. Thanks for the tip!
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Will someone tell the animals ?
You are supposed to cover the hole with a relatively heavy rock to deter animals from digging it back up.
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do we not jettison it against a tree like other humans? this effectively marks human territory and sends a clear message to other humans that "this is my home".
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You are supposed to cover the hole with a relatively heavy rock to deter animals from digging it back up.
He meant to tell animals not to shit less then 30m from the trail.
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A 15cm (6 inch) deep hole 30m (100 feet) from the trail or water.
Make sure to know which direction the trail is when walking 30 m away from it. People died following this rule. Well, I know of one person that died because of it.
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Leave it less than six feet away from where they commonly walk around barefoot and they could get hookworm. If I remember the Radio Lab correctly anyway.
don't i have to have hookworm to give it to someone?
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Make sure to use Poison Ivy to wipe your ass.
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Rookie mistake. You have to be sure to use the whole bag. Anything less won't work.
Wait .. we're not carrying around our bag in our hole now? Am I doing this wrong?
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don't i have to have hookworm to give it to someone?
Yeah, maybe...unfortunately my only advice is to walk around in or near feces until you get some hookworm, because that's all I know about them. And I'm using the word "know" very loosely.
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tl;dr: dig a hole or carry it around in a bag. Saved you a lot of words.
A folding shovel is a must have in a car! I have dug my car out of so much snow and mud! Also good for burring your poo or a dead hooker.
Wait what?
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Yeah, you gotta get the bag of holeding instead
bag of hole dig
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Also we’re visitors.
At least in major watersheds the primary reason for picking up dog poop is because of the insane nitrogen content of the insane amounts of dog poop that’s generated. The environment isn’t ready for that influx.
Potential disease vector is 2, then it’s icky gross is 3
is there a general term for this? it's something that applies basically whenever we humans do anything these days and yet barely anyone thinks about it, it'd be good to have a word to throw at people when telling them about it
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Make sure to know which direction the trail is when walking 30 m away from it. People died following this rule. Well, I know of one person that died because of it.
tbf 30m is an arbitrary distance, just go as far as you can reach without losing sight of the trail and maybe dig an extra deep hole instead.
