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Re: [at-l] All this poop and pee stuff..

In a message dated 98-03-05 09:48:04 EST, you write:

> Subj:	 [at-l] All this poop and pee stuff..
>  Date:	98-03-05 09:48:04 EST
>  From:	SSHARPE@WELLESLEY.EDU (Sharon Sharpe)
>  Sender:	owner-at-l@saffron.hack.net
>  To:	at-l@saffron.hack.net
>  
>  Hi everybody...
>  
>  Haven't posted in a while, (at least nothing worthwhile ;) ) but I have
>  always wondered how can our own little "deposits" in the wilderness be
>  so much worse for the environment that those of the forest critters??
>  Not that I am an advocate for a "dump and run" strategy without digging
>  a hole, etc... but.... as I am filling in my cathole I often wonder
>  about the horse, moose, ( to name a few of the larger "contributers")
>  and other animal waste products -- as well as all those livestock in the
>  stream!
>  
>  Before the flames start... I do understand that we as hikers confine
>  our donations to a narrow corridor and we are "guests" and not permanent
>  residents and all that.  I believe in minimizing impact, but I also believe
>  in common sense (until somebody proves me wrong).  So add me to the numbers
>  who won't be carrying a poop pipe either.  Now go ahead and tell me why
>  human poop is so different and so much more damaging than bear poop.
>  Maybe it's all that creatine!
>  
>  Waiting to be enlightened...
>  
>  Sharon

Poop pipe is not needed backpacking. It is needed when Big Wall Climbing. Big
wall climbing is spending multiple days and nights on large rock faces. 

Anyone wanting to read more on human waste in the backcountry can go to the
BACKCOUNTRY TOILET HOMEPAGE  
URL:  http://www.uvm.edu/~plachape/toilets.html

Wildbill
 
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