How do you number 2?

[merrygold85]

Hello there.

I was just wondering how you lovely people go about relieving yourselves in the wild. I'm particularly interested in methods of disposing of your solids. I was at Brockwell at the weekend and did my first wild number 2 and was wondering what you guys look for in a spot. Do you lean on something, sit and dangle, or simply squat? How wide and deep do you dig, if at all? Bury or burn the paper, or just use leaves? I don't like the TABOO vibe this topic has so I thought I'd throw it out there. Probably should have done a search actually.

Anyway, I look forward to your hints, tips, and diagrams haha.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Yup a search would have thrown this in your face! But it's OK, I doubt your in the ****!

 

[Shewie]

I dig a hole usually with a stick, well away from camp, footpaths and any water courses. I like a back rest or at least something to grab hold of if possible, I find it helps with the thrusting

Once the deed is done it's a clean up with paper and a wet wipe, a squirt of hand sanitiser and job(by) done Always burn the paper and then once it's gone I bury my treasure and mark with two crossed sticks.

I remember when I used to go camping as a kid and I would suck it back up until I got home, I find it quite exhilarating in my later years though.

 

[locum76]

Nice, thanks for the detail Shewie. but don't ever use the word *thrusting* in this context again.

 

[resnikov]

I was at Brockwell woods too last week with wife and kids. The kids used a hole I dug for them quite happily for #1 & #2's. Luckily through years of online gaming I have amazing bowel control and didn't go whilst at Brockwell, wish I had as have yet to experience the wild poo.

What is the etiquette of burning the paper? If you have camp fire do you burn it there or just use a lighter and burn it in the hole ? I just burned all ours on the campfire as we were not using it for cooking at the time.

 

[Shewie]

I was at Brockwell woods too last week with wife and kids. The kids used a hole I dug for them quite happily for #1 & #2's. Luckily through years of online gaming I have amazing bowel control and didn't go whilst at Brockwell, wish I had as have yet to experience the wild poo.

What is the etiquette of burning the paper? If you have camp fire do you burn it there or just use a lighter and burn it in the hole ? I just burned all ours on the campfire as we were not using it for cooking at the time.

I've been on courses where they ask you to burn it in the communal fire but to be honest I rather not get a lungful of somebody else's doings

I have a lighter in poop bag for burning it in situ

 

[Qwerty]

at least something to grab hold of if possible, I find it helps with the thrusting

what is refered to in the merchant navy as a straining bar

 

[Bigfoot]

You can by biodegradeable paper which you can just bury with the No. 2 as a wee companion. Saves you having to do the viking funeral bit.

 

[JonathanD]

You can by biodegradeable paper which you can just bury with the No. 2 as a wee companion. Saves you having to do the viking funeral bit.

That's the most fun bit though.

Be careful and never use spagnum moss. You'll be picking bits of stick out of your butt all day. They really work their way right up too and it makes for a really uncomfortable time. The only way I could get rid of them was when I got home and with a bidet. But for days after, you can still feel something lodged up there.

 

[Bigfoot]

That's the most fun bit though.

Be careful and never use spagnum moss. You'll be picking bits of stick out of your butt all day. They really work their way right up too and it makes for a really uncomfortable time. The only way I could get rid of them was when I got home and with a bidet. But for days after, you can still feel something lodged up there.

Ewwwwwwww!!

 

[HHazeldean]

I can never be bothered to be prepared and just squat down, do the deed, then wipe with grass of a leaf if it is available.

 

[Trunks]

thrusting

Rich, I believe the term you are looking for is "Thrutching"

 

[dave53]

nasty subject but a natural topic regards dave

 

[Canadian Kodiak]

Find a tree that has fallen and is resting on its branches so it lies a foot or two above the ground. I dig a whole on the other side of the fallen tree so I can sit down as if I were on a bench. #2 falls into the hole I'm seated over, it and my toilet paper gets buried in the ground. Make sure you're at least 100 yards from any water source and you should be good to go. Its nicer to use biodegradable toilet paper but all TP will degrade into nothing when buried in the earth. I use the same spot year after year and have never dug up any paper from the year before.

 

[bearbait]

I use the same spot year after year and have never dug up any paper from the year before.

You only go once a year? Cool! That could be useful. (Or painful!)

 

[789987]

instead of using paper you can drag yourself like dog with worms over a grassy area. its the environmentally friendly option.

 

[SCOMAN]

I was greeted by this first thing this morning and it made me smile. I'm a fan of cutting of the top layer of turf, digging down having a jobby then toilet paper on top burn if poss, layer on the removed soil and replace turf. Marking it with a stick optional.

 

[JDO330]

instead of using paper you can drag yourself like dog with worms over a grassy area. its the environmentally friendly option.

LOL, that I would love to see!

 

[Grendel]

Ok say for example you’re a frequent wiper and use lots of bog roll is it the same process of burn after wiping or would a few wet wipes then paper be a better tactical assault if so surely wet wipes then wont burn?

Also if your squatting over a log when you dump you tend to pee at the same time and I would have thought you would end up pissing on your cloths or boots???

Few other threads relating to this:
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21223
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71131

On a plus note this is a great book to read about the subject:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-****-Wo...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=0898153190

 

[Tyla]

Have a wee first, scrape hole, squat, do the business, wipe with free kfc wipes (kept in wallet at all times), burn wipe, cover scrape and carry on with your day!