[pct-l] TP and poop in cathole - - - stir it

[kcristler]

well this reminds me of a joke from my childhood. the mailman comes up to 
the house and sees a young boy stirring a pot. He asks, what have you got in 
the pot? the boy says , "chickenshit and water? the mailman asks "what are 
you making". the kid says "a mailman". the mailman leaves and meets a cop 
and tells him about the boy. the cop goes to the house and the boy is still 
there.
"what are you making " says the cop. Oh nothing says the boy. "how come you 
didn't say you were making a cop?
because i didn't have enough chickenshit, says the kid.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jereen Anderson" <jereenanderson at yahoo.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 4:46 PM
Subject: [pct-l] TP and poop in cathole - - - stir it


>From MendoRider/ Ed Anderson

Good posts from Ron, Adam, and Georgi. The presence of bacteria and insects 
in decaying organic material is so obvious that I forgot to mention it. Of 
course that along with the carbonic acid will help break down the waste. 
Ron, I never thought of stiring it. Thats a great idea. Water on the TP or, 
better yet, pee, then stir well with a stick. Also, break off the stirring 
end of the stick and bury it in the hole along with the waste. One of you 
might know the answer to this question: It seems logical that the smell of 
the pee might keep some animals from digging up the contents of the hole, Do 
you know if this is so? Remember in "Never Cry Wolf" Farley peed in a circle 
all around his camp while doing his research with the idea that the wolves 
would respect this site as his territory. My theory is that the coyotes 
might just pee on the hole rather than dig it up. I think that's what a dog 
would do. From now on I will be stiring the waste in my holes.



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