keeps the ladies (wife and daughters) in my adventure life happy and comfortable.
That is the key to all of this
keeps the ladies (wife and daughters) in my adventure life happy and comfortable.
Get off trail & outta sight, dig a cat hole and just do it. Then bury. It isn't rocket science.
One of the bigger fires in SoCal (Malibu Canyon, years ago) was said to have been started by a female hiker that couldn't decide whether she should bury or burn...she chose wrong! Apparently several fires have started from the same thing...http://wildfiretoday.com/tag/toilet-paper/I also burn my poo tickets so there isn't a bunch of paper waste (exception: fire danger areas)
I guess I havent experienced that level of use. That would be a problem, though in most areas of more backcountry type I've been in, there isnt the number of people to cause that level of problem.
I looked at the Treadlightly site, they recommend catholes when other facilities arent available, as does the National Parks site.
The comments about population from the post I quoted may be an issue in some places. I havent been to them though, as well as most people are quite happy to use the developed facilities available around the most visited areas and attractions.
...I looked at the Treadlightly site, they recommend catholes when other facilities arent available, as does the National Parks site...
I like the way you think about Rei and Sierra club....Today I got to try SITTING on a Luggable Loo and a Thetford. I also saw a PETT, which looked too short and I think I would crush it when plopping down to evacuate. Both the Loo and the Thetford had very small toilet seats. I'm a big human. I may be leaning (pun intended) towards a 5 gallon with a real toilet seat/Gamma Seal lid combo. It'd be the cheapest and larger opening, with a way to seal the contents of the commode if need be. The attached metal wire handle would make a nice TP hanger too. Now for the magazine rack....for the latest Overland Journal, OutDoorX4 and if I run out of TP, there's always the REI catalogue and S.Club calendars.....
This has been an informative thread.
Today I got to try SITTING on a Luggable Loo and a Thetford. I also saw a PETT, which looked too short and I think I would crush it when plopping down to evacuate. Both the Loo and the Thetford had very small toilet seats. I'm a big human. I may be leaning (pun intended) towards a 5 gallon with a real toilet seat/Gamma Seal lid combo. It'd be the cheapest and larger opening, with a way to seal the contents of the commode if need be. The attached metal wire handle would make a nice TP hanger too. Now for the magazine rack....for the latest Overland Journal, OutDoorX4 and if I run out of TP, there's always the REI catalogue and S.Club calendars.....
This has been an informative thread.
I'm a large human too Dan. The Thetford model we have is the exact same height seat as your standard house toilet. Same. Height.
Having done wag bags for years and now with a Thetford cassette toilet I'll never go back to wag bags unless deployed overseas. The Thetford is so much less fuss, just empty it at the end of the trip!
This thread is both informative and deeply disturbingIt it wasn't the height that concerned me but the opening. Me butts too big fer dat hole. I'd be rockin fard an bacard to go both 1 an 2