[pct-l] TP decomposition

[Will Hiltz]

Thirded.


PLEASE! LNT



Easy

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Ellen Shopes <igellen at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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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