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We can all agree that's bad, right?

  I can BUT as you noted others apparently had no problem with it.

I noticed the same thing about Harlan's choice of where to build a fire.  I wouldn't build a fire there except maybe in the winter. I think a small wood-burning twig stove is the way to go there.

  Both the fishing cleaning scenario and the choice of fire/spots aren't something I would do but I also don't think they warrant the abuse he says he received either.

  I don't agree with the parks telling people to burn their TP in the firepit either. You're supposed to burn your paper product too but how many times have you've seen a firepit with half-burned items when you pick a campsite.  :o >:(

  I don't plan on going back into the woods the required distance, digging a cat hole and then wandering back TP in hand. I use bio-degradable TP.

I'll bury it in the cat hole, make it look like I was never there and mark the spot with a dead stick sticking up to warn others who might stumble on my spot.

  I don't think they thought that idea through very well.