Human waste contains many more pathogens then bear poo.
I spent many a fine day in my parasitology class picking through tiny bits of sick human poo while looking at it under the microscope
ronb wrote:Toots wrote:What's the difference between a bear crapping in the woods and a human crapping in the woods? Just curious.
1000 bears...millions of people? Having shot alot in various horrible (but cool looking) alleys in downtown, I'd rather be stepping in bear poop (instead of bum dung).
rb
Bondage wrote:Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...I might try to sneak it into PatioHeat or Beav's pack though..............
Toots wrote:What's the difference between a bear crapping in the woods and a human crapping in the woods? Just curious.
Rod wrote:
Back when I was a Boy Scout we'd often bathe in rivers and lakes while camping. Turns out that's not such a good idea.
Do not wash in lakes and streams. Even biodegradable detergents, toothpaste, and soap harm fish and other aquatic life.
Bondage wrote: Close a lot of trails, concentrate us into very small areas, then complain about the overuse and massive waste problems in the tiny areas they've restricted us to. That's pretty good.
Bondage wrote:ronb wrote:Toots wrote:What's the difference between a bear crapping in the woods and a human crapping in the woods? Just curious.
1000 bears...millions of people? Having shot alot in various horrible (but cool looking) alleys in downtown, I'd rather be stepping in bear poop (instead of bum dung).
rb
I'm not aware of any trails so remote that they have no sanitation facilities, yet so accessible that they get "millions of people" a year traversing them! Ron - we're talking trails here...not skid row! I read that report Sewie posted on the Rubicon waste problem. Brilliant and insidious. Close a lot of trails, concentrate us into very small areas, then complain about the overuse and massive waste problems in the tiny areas they've restricted us to. That's pretty good.
Now I can see having to pack it out in a situation like that - which is one of the reasons I generally avoid situations like that. The Mojave Road probably gets a fraction of that number of visitors, is spread out over 130 miles, and is near exactly zero water sources. All that's required is burying the waste a minimum of 6 inches deep. That, I do. I'll also be burying the poo on our hiking trip tomorrow. Sorry.....I'm not putting it in my backpack or pocket and carrying it along. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...I might try to sneak it into PatioHeat or Beav's pack though..............
Toots wrote:This question thing is fun!
So, if a tree falls in the woods and noone hears it, does it make a sound?
Rich wrote:I guess immodium (sp?) will become a trail essential for me.
The Other Rob wrote:Doyou have to pack out doggy poo..?? What about horses..???
ronb wrote:Bondage wrote:ronb wrote:Toots wrote:What's the difference between a bear crapping in the woods and a human crapping in the woods? Just curious.
1000 bears...millions of people? Having shot alot in various horrible (but cool looking) alleys in downtown, I'd rather be stepping in bear poop (instead of bum dung).
rb
I'm not aware of any trails so remote that they have no sanitation facilities, yet so accessible that they get "millions of people" a year traversing them! Ron - we're talking trails here...not skid row! I read that report Sewie posted on the Rubicon waste problem. Brilliant and insidious. Close a lot of trails, concentrate us into very small areas, then complain about the overuse and massive waste problems in the tiny areas they've restricted us to. That's pretty good.
Now I can see having to pack it out in a situation like that - which is one of the reasons I generally avoid situations like that. The Mojave Road probably gets a fraction of that number of visitors, is spread out over 130 miles, and is near exactly zero water sources. All that's required is burying the waste a minimum of 6 inches deep. That, I do. I'll also be burying the poo on our hiking trip tomorrow. Sorry.....I'm not putting it in my backpack or pocket and carrying it along. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...I might try to sneak it into PatioHeat or Beav's pack though..............
I was being facetious. But I've been wheeling on lots of trails with no facilities -- maybe at the end/biginning of the trail, but as you know that could be many hours away (besides, when you gotta go...). Bears also don't use tp...niether do I (I use HMR magazine).
rb
Bondage wrote:Most of the places I wheel in require that solid human waste EITHER be packed out or buried a minimun of 6 inches under the sand. I go the burying route.
ProjektH3 wrote:Toots wrote:What's the difference between a bear crapping in the woods and a human crapping in the woods? Just curious.
Or any other animal for that matter.
Im sure theres some "study" but like every other study that changes every day. Its all BS.
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