Re: [Paddlewise] Disposal of Human Waste

Kellerin wrote:
> 
> When you are out exploring beautiful wilderness areas nothing drives me crazier
> than coming upon a pile of shit complete with a pile of toilet paper. This is
> totally unnecessary and very inconsiderate. A few weeks ago we were camping on
> crown land in Ontario and we found a wonderful campsite that even had a privy,
> but believe it or not, some moron had chosen to take a dump right on the trail
> about 15 feet from the privy. I guess they didn't feel that the privy was
> sanitary enough so instead they left a little reminder of their visit. We were
> back there again this week, and fortunately the feces have now decomposed, but
> the toilet paper is still clearly visible. 

I paddle mostly alone and camp in primative areas. I like my place to 
look like I was never there when I leave. I also like the place to look 
like I'm the first person there when I arrive. Therefore, I've been known 
to buisy myself picking up washed up trash, broken glass, bottle caps, 
and you name it, all in the name of "now this is a special place again, 
not a dump".(I have a folbot, so can haul it out with in reason)
My question is, why didn't you get "something" and haul the offending 
pile and TP up to the privy? I'll assure you that you would have felt the 
better for it.
If each of us would pickup just one extra thing, maybe we could shame 
face most out of trashing our natural places.

Foot note:When I worked for the BLM up in AK, one of the things we did 
was clean and maintain hiking trails. You could alway tell when you 
arrived near a "scenic spot", as the trash level increased, complete with 
film packages, pampers(take a picture of this beautiful spot honey, while 
I change the baby), and even a bra once(we named it liberation point 
after that).

James, gets even by crapping in elevaders"JUST KIDDING!!"

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