Re: [Paddlewise] PaddleWise kayaking with portable toilets?

From: News <news_at_fachwen.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 18:21:32 +0100
Jay Gingrich said:

>For an upcoming Middle Fork Salmon self-support whitewater kayak trip we
>will be allowed to use a 4" PVC pipe, with a cap on one end and a plug
>on the other end. Maybe that will work for Lake Powell, ask them.   It
>may take putting the crap into the pipe with a trowel or something,
>unless you are skilled. 

I sometimes climb 'big walls' in Yosemite were there is a requirement to 
take your solid human waste with you - we use a similar pipe called the 
'poop tube'. People used to go in brown paper bags and toss these off the 
wall and they would litter the base of the climbs. Now we just pop them 
in the tube and dispose of them later. I don't think putting the crap in 
with a trowel would be very nice! Top tip - roll the top of the bag down 
to form a sort of ring to keep the opening open...

Keith Robertson 
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