[pct-l] just think. just water.

[jeff.singewald at comcast.net]

For the past couple of years I have expressed my negative views on all the water caches in SoCal, but I now may need to rethink the benefits of the water caches with this idea of a backcountry bidet.

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From: Shelly Leavens <shellyleaves at gmail.com> 

> on the topic of TP. 
> I used it for the first week and then, my wonderful friend fire tounge 
> introduced me to the *backcountry bidet*. Besides the lovely concept of not 
> using ANY paper other than my journal on the trail, being toilet-paper free 
> is especially important in the over-populated and arid desert, where not 
> only are you more likely to come across established sites, but the TP is not 
> going to decompose for a long time. Guarantee some little animal is going to 
> dig it up and then..we get to look at it! All you have to do is plan for a 
> little more water and splish splash. The most important key is to sanitize 
> like you've never sanitized. just go crazy. Its liberating on more than one 
> level and I recommend that even if you are instantly repulsed, just think of 
> all the benefits, try it, and you will be converted. i swear. 
> love, gd 
> 
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