[pct-l] toilet paper is on the PCT

[Aaron Wallace]

Some places, such as Yosemite, require that you pack out TP.  In this
age of double-zip freezer-grade zip-lock baggies and alcohol gel
sanitizer, it's really no big deal and should be standard procedure for
any backcountry travel.  There's nothing worse than little bits of
sun-bleached TP scattered around your dinner or camp site...

> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: [pct-l] toilet paper is on the PCT
> 
> On my thru-hike last year, I tried several times, but to no 
> avail, to convince people that toilet paper simply does not 
> degrade and should be packed out. In fact, it has a way of 
> sneaking out from under the rocks that people use to "bury" 
> it. I took pictures of the toiltet paper and other waste I 
> encountered along the trail. Not what you would call 
> "aesthetically pleasing photographs", but my intention is to 
> use them in any talks I might give of my experience on the trail.
> [...]