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Solus Inukshuk Offline Posts: 967 Location: Northern Minnesota Joined: Oct 6^th, 2006	Re: Fireplace TP? Reply #50 - Oct 9^th, 2014 at 3:43pm	Quote Print Post
	On my trip through PP at the end of August ranger went through the park spiel with a flip book of photos. She said "park policy is that TP is to be burned in fire pit or packed out." If you have a fire going it's not a problem. If you don't have a fire going pack it until you do (or make a decent twig fire so that it is completely consumed by flame). Biological agents are destroyed by heat/fire (Remember the autoclave). It is their park, their rules. Quit whining and grab the birch bark.


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PhantomJug Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 2855 Location: 1/2 way there Joined: Feb 12^th, 2003	Re: Fireplace TP? Reply #51 - Oct 9^th, 2014 at 3:50pm	Quote Print Post
	I think the rule should be that you hold it until you reach indoor plumbing. So, quit whining and grab the cork.


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Solus Inukshuk Offline Posts: 967 Location: Northern Minnesota Joined: Oct 6^th, 2006	Re: Fireplace TP? Reply #52 - Oct 9^th, 2014 at 4:37pm	Quote Print Post
	PJ- In college I tripped for three nights with a friend who decided 'just to hold it". Frantic dash for the woods at about 2:00am on the third night, much crashing and moaning to follow. The cork is subject to failure or back pressure at the very least.


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PhantomJug Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 2855 Location: 1/2 way there Joined: Feb 12^th, 2003	Re: Fireplace TP? Reply #53 - Oct 9^th, 2014 at 5:07pm	Quote Print Post
	Bring more cheese.


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Solus Inukshuk Offline Posts: 967 Location: Northern Minnesota Joined: Oct 6^th, 2006	Re: Fireplace TP? Reply #54 - Oct 9^th, 2014 at 5:33pm	Quote Print Post
	Oatmeal breakfast and dinner burritos compromised cheese d**e.


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PhantomJug Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 2855 Location: 1/2 way there Joined: Feb 12^th, 2003	Re: Fireplace TP? Reply #55 - Oct 9^th, 2014 at 5:38pm	Quote Print Post
	Ha! Well, there's always the colostomy bag option.


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solotripper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 8103 Location: clarkston MI Joined: Mar 14^th, 2005	Re: Fireplace TP? Reply #56 - Oct 9^th, 2014 at 5:39pm	Quote Print Post
	PhantomJug wrote on Oct 9^th, 2014 at 3:50pm: I think the rule should be that you hold it until you reach indoor plumbing. So, quit whining and grab the cork. I left a bag of corks at your favorite site on Cirrus pj. But in case of a large group or emergency, I'd bring a big old block of that sharp Wisconsin cheddar just to be on the safe side. Solus, Problem with the firepit thing is that as been mentioned by many others, some people are just slobs and are not going to make sure the TP is consumed or for that matter the fire is completley out. Funny how offical "agencies" view things different. "Appalachian" trail view, compared to what you were told. It is their country, but seeing how people use those campsites and knowing it's not just Americans doing the abusing, I don't want to see ANY unburned tissue in a firepit and damn sure don't want to have to be the cremator for others poo paper or whatever. I guess I'll just keep doing it the way I do until someone in authority calls me on it.


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mastertangler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3111 Location: florida Joined: Feb 1^st, 2010	Re: Fireplace TP? Reply #57 - Oct 10^th, 2014 at 10:59am	Quote Print Post
	Whats all the fuss? We sound like city slickers afraid of a little pooh> "Ewww, there is some unburnt paper in the fire pit". Real men are quite the opposite........grab a few buffalo chips and get a fire going to heat those beans up. The solution is simple.......establish a central location at each campsite on a wide flat rock with good exposure to the sun. Instead of having to cut and split wood just grab a dried log.....probably don't even need kindling. We can sell the idea to the masses by claiming it is "green" and environmentally friendly..........("but it looks brown"......."um, no its not, its green because we say it is, don't believe your eyes, ears or what anyone else says, just listen to us"). I was looking for the old Cheech and Chong dog turd laugh ("smell, touch, taste > good thing we didn't step in it") and I came across this. Who knew? (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)


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kypaddler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 308 Location: Kentucky Joined: Oct 6^th, 2007	Re: Fireplace TP? Reply #58 - Oct 10^th, 2014 at 1:56pm	Quote Print Post
	The discussion that would not die ... Deut. 22 12-13 "Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:" -- kypaddler


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Westwood Inukshuk Offline Posts: 669 Location: Was Minnesota Now Iowa Joined: Mar 4^th, 2005	Re: Fireplace TP? Reply #59 - Oct 11^th, 2014 at 3:58pm	Quote Print Post
	One advantage of base camping is that you can spend the time to dig a deep hole. I generally dig a hole at least a foot deep and a foot wide to use with a portable seat. Digging the hole generally takes about a half hour. But once it is set up it is comfortable and everything goes in the hole. At the end of the week, it is buried a foot deep. Other than some dirt there is no sign that it was used. The thought of carrying used TP to my campfire seems like a much worse idea. Many years ago my wife and I went to the Dominican Republican to a nice resort. Because the resort was having sewer problem, the resort wanted you to put the used tissue in a basket next to the stool. I never did and judging by the tissue in the basket very few people did. The real problem is, of course, people who do their business and make no effort to cover up when they are done.


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