Re: What Leave No Trace & minimal impact bushwalking means t
Posted: Tue 04 Jun, 2019 4:00 pm
Interesting to read the thoughtful responses HIAH.
Ta for putting it up.
Ta for putting it up.
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Warin wrote:Petew wrote:I used to walk with a guy who would go well away from camp, clear an area, crap on the ground, burn tp, pee on the resulting mess then put back leaf litter etc. He thought it best practice.
It is not. Consider flies that land on that and then land on your face/hands/food.
skibug wrote:As an obvious conclusion to several of the above observations, it makes sense to toilet during the day, when between popular camp-sites, so that the camp sites themselves remain hygienic and less effected -while the waste is not concentrated in one area, but dispersed widely. I'll often combine a toilet break with morning or afternoon rest breaks, heading off trail into thick bush for both privacy and minimising the "accumulated" impact.
Skibug.