[pct-l] about potty trowels,

[Kevin Cook]

Do you have a link to the type you're talking about?
My orange plastic one is starting to break, so rather than buy another of
those, I'm looking for an alternative.


On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 1:43 PM, Mike Cunningham <hikermiker at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I have found that a "snow stake" weighs about 1 oz & makes a mighty nice
> hole in the dirt & doubles as one of my tent stakes.
>
> hm
>
> --- On Sun, 12/12/10, Paul Robison <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Paul Robison <paulrobisonhome at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] about potty trowels,
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Date: Sunday, December 12, 2010, 5:52 PM
>
>
> lots of talk going around about potty trowels, some of it not completely
> respectful.
>
> My opinion,  i think we all need to keep the trail clean.  a trowel does a
> good
> job digging a hole,  as does a tent stake (but much more slowly).
>
> the montbell handy scoop weighs under 2 ounces.  i'm ordering it, i'm
> useing an
> oldschool one currently.
>
> wether you use a stick, a rock, a tent stake, or a dedicated trowel ...
> the
> idea is to get plenty of dirt on top of all your poop.  4 inches or so on
> top of
> your poop.
>
> personally, i carry the trowel because a tent stake just doesn't do if i
> get hit
> with a case of the squirts,  the trowel leaves a nice vertical wall and a
> nice
> square hole plenty deep to hide any evidence.
>
> i have seen lots on the AT poop that has made it's way back to sirface by
> those
> shallow holes created by boots and sticks.  if you're going to use your
> boot, at
> least try and do a good job, and i think that's the problem,  some people
> are
> lazy about it.  i personally don't know how you could possibly get a deep
> enough
> hole with running shoes...  my holes would go up to my ankle, so obviously
> a
> boot won't do for me.  i do think we need to have enough depth to cover it
> and
> stomp on it so it wont find it's way back to surface.
>
> respect to all,  but whatever you do,  keep the trail nice for next
> generation
> when there's 20,000 thru hikers and not 300.
>
>
>
>
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