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Post by rangewalker on Aug 13, 2018 19:42:24 GMT -8
What is your potty kit? Clockwise industrial TP, wipes, doggie waste bags for soiled wipes and TP, poly carb trowel and sand stake, hand sanitizer and fire starter with it's own baggie, and mesh bag. If you are not carrying a trowel, you probably are not going deep enough for health and safety
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Post by hikerjer on Aug 13, 2018 19:45:47 GMT -8
Pretty much the same. Trowel, TP, lighter, hand sanitizer and sometimes, when appropriate, a wag bag. Wet ones arde good idea.May add them.
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Post by jazzmom on Aug 13, 2018 19:48:06 GMT -8
Yeah, pretty much what I take. I have a titanium trowel. The doggy poop bags are the best.
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Post by joevogel on Aug 14, 2018 5:34:39 GMT -8
I carry a snow stake to use as a trowel and it works quite well. I think you can totally dig a hole deep enough with a stick or trekking pole but i'm not interested in exerting that much time and energy, especially if i have too take a poop.
I bring about 0.5oz of dr. bronners to wash up with that i also use as toothpaste and any other cleaning needs i have. I'm one of those crazies that don't bring any toilet paper. A smooth rock and soft leaves works better for wiping than most thing.
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Post by tigger on Aug 14, 2018 6:52:39 GMT -8
Nothing. I use a stick to dig a hole. Up in the PNW, the loam is soft and can be dug deep. I use moss, leaves, rocks, and snow. I wash my hands with moss, sand & water.
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Post by zeke on Aug 14, 2018 7:07:19 GMT -8
I think you can totally dig a hole deep enough with a stick or trekking pole but i'm not interested in exerting that much time and energy, especially if i have too take a poop. Quick hint: Dig before you need it. I know my body, and can dig the hole in the evening for my morning rituals.
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Post by Lamebeaver on Aug 14, 2018 7:55:24 GMT -8
I have a trowel but rarely carry it. Most of the places I frequent don't see much traffic.
My "kit" is 1/2 roll of toilet paper stuffed in a Ziploc sandwich bag.
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Post by BigLoad on Aug 14, 2018 8:32:40 GMT -8
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Post by zeke on Aug 14, 2018 8:35:22 GMT -8
Any trowel that either has depth markings on it, or can be used to verify the cat hole is deep enough, is wonderful. Light, strong, easy to hold. That's all I ask.
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Post by rangewalker on Aug 14, 2018 12:14:17 GMT -8
The reason I even posted the kit was in response to issues we face in the backcountry with human impacts. Humans can introduce particularly virulent forms of ecoli and cryptosporidium into water systems. Many of our wilderness and roadless area in the Mountain West are the headwaters of our municipal water supplies and high reservoirs. If we don't get a handle on proper disposal of human waste we are going to see closures, access quotas and pack your poop out. In my local National Forest, one popular basin in a Wilderness is pack your poo or a $750 fine. The rational for the Special Order from the FS was a human health issue. Of course my pet take on it is simply too many people and we are now in the cusp of an explosion of folks headed into the wild.
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Post by texasbb on Aug 14, 2018 12:20:09 GMT -8
Quick hint: Dig before you need it. I know my body, and can dig the hole in the evening for my morning rituals. ^Yep. I try to always do this. To date, I've never had a pre-dug hole go unused.
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Post by gabby on Aug 14, 2018 20:05:33 GMT -8
Don't use TP - have a baggie full of Viva paper towels (more clothlike & much tougher - though heavier - than TP) cut down to approx. 4" squares w/ a tiny 2 oz squeeze bottle of Purell, plus a 3 oz bottle of Dr. Bronner's (elsewhere in pack). Trowel is various things, depending. I used a V-stake with a short length of vinyl tubing forced over the end for a while (to keep the sharp edges away from my palm), but I've pretty much gone back to using either an SMC snow stake, a stick or just about anything else sharp enough and long enough to dig a hole. (If I already have a tool that works, that's what I use.) In rocky country, I move a moderately-sized rock, smear the underside & replace. My most efficient potty tool is a high fiber diet: just need a single 4" square of paper towel.
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Post by johntpenca on Aug 14, 2018 20:39:27 GMT -8
Quick hint: Dig before you need it. I know my body, and can dig the hole in the evening for my morning rituals. Yep. Dig the hole before you need it. Allows one to pick the best place before one is in a panic. Cottonelle TP and a montbell Ti trowel for me.
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Post by rebeccad on Aug 14, 2018 21:21:12 GMT -8
I use pretty much the standard kit, though instead of TP, I carry a packet or two of kleenex (you know the pocket packs). It's much tougher than TP, and you can use a whole or half sheet as needed. I never used to use the wet wipe things, but I've started carrying them.
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Post by Freestone on Aug 15, 2018 7:18:35 GMT -8
I admit that I do not carry a trowel and many times my cat holes are less than ideal because of the terrain, but I ALWAYS carry out or burn the TP because I find half buried TP way too often! Like rebeccad, I use tissue packets instead of TP too. Some high use areas in the Sierra require WAG bags (carry it all out) so that's my kit when required and wished that this method would become more acceptable and mainstream instead of the traditional cat hole.
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