That cork idea (is room for a logo?) sounds pretty good on a rainy morning. Some rocks are not to be disturbed.

What would used TP dug out of the ground with claws look like? I'm guessing not like PJ's pic and quite frankly, I've seen that same configuration on a tent pad so be careful what you wish for.

I'd prefer not to see someone else's TP anywhere but I'd much rather see it in the woods like that where all I had to do is take a stick and poke it in the duff. I don't want it in my freaken fireplace. It's not welcome tinder! Looks a lot like char cloth if undisturbed.

I take pride in leaving a nice campsite for the next traveler but I've now totally stopped dealing with any TP that I don't have to. I don't know if this is a rule as of yet but it sure is dumb IMO. The only way I can justify it is the hope was people would rather poke it in the duff than share it with the group at breakfast. I was on a solo. I'd have a much harder time coming back and handing my TP to the chef saying here you go, I don't want to mess up your fire up. Burn it with the bacon grease or sumpting.

I don't ever recall finding a recently used hole by accident. Personally, I'd rather disturb a little TP in the duff as a warning to look elsewhere if that area that looked promising and undesturbed - wasn't.

I knew a girl, experienced in dryer locations… asked me if they should bring their TP back to burn at night since there was a fire ban … eeew. I told her to poke it. I know people do things I wouldn't and I trust her and ST to do it safely and to be able to discern the difference. I just couldn't see recommending it to others who think leaving it in the fireplace for others to burn is what the rules suggest. And yes I blamed women. Now, I take that back. I blame the group that left it and especially the name on the permit. I carry bacon grease to the next campsite even if fish isn't on the menu knowing I'll be drinking instant coffee..

On the plus side, I didn't mind picking/packing out other people's foil bits or chunks this year.

I get how partially burnt TP in a fire ring could cause some to turn up their nose. But I'm thinking the only repercussions with thoroughly burnt TP is only in the mind.

I like a sparkling clean site and it is pretty common for me to make an actual fire every evening (and sometimes in the morning before I leave) to consume any garbage and TP. I would not advocate trying to completely burn TP with just a flick of a bic, not happening IMO most of the time.

In the Quetico I had always just scooped out as best a hole as I could and covered. In Woodland Caribou that isn't always possible as there is more rock and not so much soil so I thought I might as well take it back and burn the stuff. When I had completed the task I thought, hmmm, easy enough. Probably will be SOP (standard operating procedure) from now on, for sure when I am solo.

i've been very cautiously burning it in the cat hole.

solotripper wrote on Sep 8^th, 2014 at 4:12pm:


Well actually I have.

Depending on absorbency rates and volume of material absorbed as well as atmospheric conditions and barometer and of course altitude and lets not forget wind speed and direction paper consumption may be less than desired.

Interpretation..... The blasted stuff doesn't always burn completely because there is a pile of sh$t on it and the wind blows it out.

So, stick a rock on what's left and burn it with the rest of the garbage later. Easy enough.