BillyVance 35 #26 August 31, 2009 Not responding to you, but the only time I remember pooping outside was the summer of '84 when I joined an outdoor expedition for 6 weeks, which involved hiking parts of the Appalachain Trail, canoeing down a river, bicycling through the countryside, and sailing up the Atlantic coast. We started the trek on the AT and the food was downright terrible. I didn't eat much. It was also the longest stretch of time I've ever gone without dumping a load... 5 fucking days. We get to a point and decide to rest. I see a log and walk over to it, take off my 75 lb hard frame pack, and start to sit down on the log when a sharp pain stabbed me in the bowels as I bent over. Feeling my abdomen, I noticed it was hard and a little over stuffed. The group leader knew just by watching me what I needed to do and handed me a roll of toilet paper. So off into the woods away from the group I went. Picked a spot, and squatted. At this time I did not have that urgent need to poop where you're hurriedly trying to take your pants off before you shit yourself. I did not have that feeling. So, 5 minutes later I was done and stood up to take a look, and holy fucking shit batman, that was the biggest pile of steaming shit I've ever dumped! I wished I had a scale so I could find out how much weight I lost during that dump. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingJ 0 #27 August 31, 2009 QuoteDon't burn down the woods. Please, please don't burn down the woods! I go with the burn it approach too, though more often then not when I'm in need of a wilderness deuce it's because I'm on a fire somewhere, so setting one isn't much of a problem. There was a guy in Oregon a handful of years ago that started a 3,000 acre wildfire trying to burn his paper. If you decide to do so, make sure to dig a deep enough hole to avoid embers being blown, and use your body like a wind break. The guy in Oregon has not yet and never will live that down. The fire was named the Deuce fire.Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #28 August 31, 2009 QuoteQuoteDon't burn down the woods. Please, please don't burn down the woods! I go with the burn it approach too, though more often then not when I'm in need of a wilderness deuce it's because I'm on a fire somewhere, so setting one isn't much of a problem. There was a guy in Oregon a handful of years ago that started a 3,000 acre wildfire trying to burn his paper. If you decide to do so, make sure to dig a deep enough hole to avoid embers being blown, and use your body like a wind break. The guy in Oregon has not yet and never will live that down. The fire was named the Deuce fire. Thanks for that emphasis. Yes, the toilet paper is very lightweight, and red-hot fragments can float right up out of the cat hole and drift away. So watch it closely and keep it under control. Be ready to shove the pile of dirt in on top of it to smother it quickly if necessary. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #29 September 1, 2009 QuoteYes, the toilet paper is very lightweight, and red-hot fragments can float right up out of the cat hole and drift away. So watch it closely and keep it under control. Be ready to shove the pile of dirt in on top of it to smother it quickly if necessary. Much easier and faster to put the used TP in a ziplock and carry to the next trash can, imho. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingJ 0 #30 September 1, 2009 QuoteQuoteYes, the toilet paper is very lightweight, and red-hot fragments can float right up out of the cat hole and drift away. So watch it closely and keep it under control. Be ready to shove the pile of dirt in on top of it to smother it quickly if necessary. Much easier and faster to put the used TP in a ziplock and carry to the next trash can, imho. In my experience I'm typically two to three weeks without a trash can, and I'm a pretty regular guy. Even attempting to keep it at just a few squares of paper per poop that's a heck of a lot of paper to be packing around. Certainly safer to pack it out if feasible, but if not, be careful!!!Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DJL 235 #31 September 1, 2009 QuoteQuoteYes, the toilet paper is very lightweight, and red-hot fragments can float right up out of the cat hole and drift away. So watch it closely and keep it under control. Be ready to shove the pile of dirt in on top of it to smother it quickly if necessary. Much easier and faster to put the used TP in a ziplock and carry to the next trash can, imho. I think that's kind of silly. If I'm close enough to a trash can then I'm close enough to a bathroom. If I'm not close enough to a bathroom then I can bury it. If you're talking about the effect of your biodegradable poop and TP on the environment then how is adding a plastic bag making it any better? What, just because it's a landfill it's OK to add another plastic bag."I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
