> The best bet is to carry it out. Burning the can then carrying it out will help reduce the bulk and smell, especially if you are doing the "right thing" with someone else's garbage a long way from civilization. > The days of "burn, bash and bury" are long gone. "Burn, bash and CARRY" is a better slogan. > In this part of the NE a lot of outdoorsmen subscribe to the "Leave No Trace" concept.. Basically, you carry everything out as well as minimize your impact on the place you stopped at. The Appalachian Mountain Club is a strong supporter of the concept. LNT also has a website with some of the general tenets listed. I think it's something like www.lnt.org There are still places in the Catskills and in some of the Highlands regions of NJ where you can still see traces of tent ditches. That's a practice that's been done away with some fifty years ago. Joe P. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Dec 15 2004 - 17:46:22 PST
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