[pct-l] TP decomposition

[Ellen Shopes]

Thanks for stating what I was hesitant to say again!
I spent many years cleaning up TP (as a ranger at the Grand Canyon) that 
others had left in the open, or hidden under a rock, or buried 
(shallowly--the animals love to dig up this stuff--urine for the salts, who 
knows why they like poop?).  In the desert, TP will not degrade as quickly. 
There are few things less appealing than a strand of TP stuck in the spines 
of a cactus (where the wind transported it)!
Please leave no trace.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <gwschenk at socal.rr.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 12:02 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] TP decomposition


> ---- Keith Robertson <surferkeith at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> May I suggest that everyone use marine or RV TP.
>
> May I suggest everyone, PLEASE, pack out their TP? Y'all can rationalize 
> this all you want, but the fact remains that there's too much TP in the 
> Sierra. While your experiments show it decomposes before you use it, 
> empirical evidence suggests otherwise.
>
> Thruhikers might come thru and never come back, but there are those of us 
> who use the PCT on a regular basis. Finding TP under every rock is not 
> cool.
>
> It's LNT, and it's the right thing to do. PLEASE, pack out your TP.
>
> Gary Schenk
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