A 15cm (6 inch) deep hole 30m (100 feet) from the trail or water.
Comment on How to poop outdoors in a way that won’t harm the environment and other hikers
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
tl;dr: dig a hole or carry it around in a bag. Saved you a lot of words.
unmagical@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
Will someone tell the animals ?
bobzer@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
There’s a lot of bad shit in our poop that isn’t in most wild animal shit.
Particularly transmissible diseases for other humans.
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Also were visitors.
At least in major watersheds the primary reason for picking up dog poop is because of the insane nitrogen content of the insane amounts of dog poop that’s generated.
Potential disease vector is 2, then it’s icky gross is 3
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Spicy surprise
WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
You are supposed to cover the hole with a relatively heavy rock to deter animals from digging it back up.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 11 months ago
He meant to tell animals not to shit less then 30m from the trail.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 11 months ago
Make sure to know which direction the trail is when walking 30 m away from it. People died following this rule. Well, I know of one person that died because of it.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
tbf 30m is an arbitrary distance, just go as far as you can reach without losing sight of the trail and maybe dig an extra deep hole instead.
localhorst@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Thanks! Now I finally know How To Shit In The Woods
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Congrats, you’re one step closer to the papacy
PacMan@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’ve tried carrying a hole around in a bag but the darn thing always seems to get lost when it comes time to use it.
exu@feditown.com 11 months ago
You should get a bag of holding
altasshet@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
*bag of holing
snooggums@piefed.world 11 months ago
*portable hole
bear@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
If you get a hold of such a bag, one with a whole hole in its hold, whatever you do, don’t place a whole other bag of holing with a hole in it, inside it.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
DO NOT use a bag of holding for this, you will regret it.
faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
Yeah, you gotta get the bag of holeding instead
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
The thought of turning a bag of holding inside out to dump out its contents when it was used exclusively as a toilet is horrifying
Threeme2189@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You need a bag of whole dung, not a bag of holding!
otacon239@lemmy.world 11 months ago
A Lemmy switcharoo? Rare find!
Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
You obviously have to plant it in the ground first, silly!
BlackVenom@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Be careful which hole you do this with. Some are invasive and it can wreak havoc on your environment.
nathanjent@programming.dev 11 months ago
Rookie mistake. You have to be sure to use the whole bag. Anything less won’t work.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I pack gallon bags in my back-country camping kit so logistics may be a challenge. Could leave the tent and sleeping bag behind in order to fit a sufficient volume of fiber and make it work though. Thanks for the tip!
Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Wait … we’re not carrying around our bag in our hole now? Am I doing this wrong?