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https://quietjourney.com/community/YABB.cgi?num=1409989099 Message started by db on Sep 6th, 2014 at 7:38am |
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Title: Re: Fireplace TP? Post by Mad_Mat on Sep 8th, 2014 at 1:01pm
"The new rules to burn your TP is making it harder for those who follow the rules while trying to solve a non-problem."
I don't believe that that is an official rule, rather that it is a suggested, preferred method I'm a catholer, and just bury well away from water. The messes I've seen are just from people who don't make any attempt at all to dig a hole and bury, just crap and leave the paper wherever, including right in the middle of a campsite. I don't believe that that is from ignorance - just freaking lazy S.O.B.s who would do the same, regardless of what the rules are. don't have a current version handy, the one I found quickly is QPP 2008 Wilderness Guide - in that is a section for "rules & regulations": nothing about sanitation at all in there, other than in the paragraph on litter: Pack out all non-burnable garbage, including tinfoil". You may not leave any litter in a provincvial park...., Likewise, you must keep your interior campsite clean and sanitary at all times." from the same wilderness guide, section titled "No Trace Camping" = Toiletries: This is something that is becoming an issue and we ask that you take extra care in selecting and covering your latrine area. First select a spot 60 to 100 meters from your camp and shoreline. Remove the sod layer and dig a hole, 10 to 15cm or 4 to 6 inches deep. Immediately after use replace the soil and put the sod back. Make sure to bury, burn within the firepit or carry out the paper. Improper sanitation is one of the most preventable problems in the backcountry. Please help keep it clean. whoever wrote that has obviously never tried to dig a cathole in spruce roots - sod? ain't no sod, just moss and duff. in any case, I don't think anything has changed in that pamphlet - if anyone has a current version, and it is different than what I've typed above, let us know. I |
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