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If I'm going to be there for some time and er indoors is coming with me I take a couple of windbreaks for walls, a tarp for a roof and an NHS commode minus pot and site it over a trench or hole dug for the occasion. a small shovel left to cover the "leftovers" from the spoil heap what I call a luxury Eartha Kitt setup. When just out alone for a couple of night I just hug a tree.
that reminds me of a story my dad told me about when he was on site back in the day. the toilet facilities on this particular site consisted of an eight foot deep hole with a plank spanning it with a hole in the middle. the whole thing was covered with a workmans tent. there was an apprentice on the site who used to arrive at work and then spend 15 minutes reading his paper on the throne every morning. after a while and some warnings the foreman had had enough. he arrived early one morning and took his saw into the loo. he cut the plank halfway through from the bottom and then put it back in place. when the guy arrived everyone waited til he went into the tent and then crowded round. after a minute or so they heard a SNAP! and then the sound of him falling waist deep into the sh*t pit. poor sod had to cycle 3 miles home to get washed and changed
that'll learn him.
woodspirits
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
simple really, depending on company take a walk, or not. strip a small branch ot two of its leaves, or moss, grass. heel out a decent scrape and do the deed, push soil over with foot tread it and finally kick ground debri over spot. no drama just utilise what nature provides
This is a 'good' book; I had no idea how involved taken a poo in a room with a view could be! It is pretty detailed and includes everything from dealing with being 'caught short' while out for an afternoon stroll through to setting up latrines on a 3 month base camp. Ironically it is also one of those books that is best kept in the Thunder Box at home for some light entertainment!
How to .... in the Woods
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The second volume - about how things can go wrong (fermenting "groovers" etc) is even better...if you have a strong stomache!
I found out in Ghana that the trad "pace wide trench and backfill" method is not very good in sand...the sides of the trench collapse too easily funneling your feet into the bottom of the freshly decorated trench...... not to mention allowing you to seriously lose balance ...just hope that folk used enough backfill to cover their deposits....
i just take a dump behind a log some where far...far...very far away from camp.... no joke -_-
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So I get the whole dig hole and drop load bit but what if you get caught short or have run out of bog roll?
Duck out of sight, bang a hole in the ground with your heel, do wahat you need, clean up with leaves (not nettles) or moss then use your boot to push soil, leaves etc over the doings, put a couple of stones or sticks over the site to inhibit accidental discoveries...
Sorry to reply to an old thread but I was taught in the Scouts (before I was kicked out) that you should put a St. Andrews Cross made from sticks over buried poo.
I don't know where I heard this, but I thought a key thing was to dig a shallow hole (eg Less than 6 inches) so that after you had burned the toilet paper and covered it up with soil, then the bacteria in the soil could decompose said droppings in a matter of a few weeks. Holes deeper than this meant the bacteria were not present, could not decompose the droppings and so they would stay around for much longer.
Any clarification much appreciated
Any clarification much appreciated
My little story concerning A tom tit. back in the day when I was in the mob we would call it a "shovel recce" so my mate says "I'm off for a shovel recce" so as he goes I get up and follow him. He finds the right tree and kit down carries out his duty. meanwhile I have placed a shovel directly beneath the DEED and steal it. Am off pretty quiet. well we all know when we've gone we like to have a look in case you have given birth or something. The strange look and search for it, him telling us the story and saying it could be somewhere in his trousers but no it vanished Haha it really can't disappear.
I was always taught more than 6 inches. I did read somewhere that burning the paper chars the deposit and speeds up the decomposition but I don't know if that is right. I have also always heard that just putting a rock on top slows the breakdown because the bacteria can't get all round it without it being buried and thus surrounded by soil (that and it's just horrid if the rock gets disturbed by someone).
My wife has just said it is probably just 3 inches but men just think that's what 6 inches looks like.
This is my preffered method.
I don't wan't to carry a wee shovel or bog roll. When your boot or a stick with some vegitation to clean up will work. .
It's actually much better to bag it, tie two tight knots in the neck of the bag and when you get the chance place it in your buddy's bergan...
Snigger...
Liam
Snigger...
Liam
So, it was you that did it. I heard someone had in Sennelager, oh and Salisbury Plain, Brecons, Otterburn, Norway, Belize, Thetford, Kenya, Canada and anywhere else the Army train!
I also heard from 101 varying sources that someone was using one of those oil drum toilets on one of the big ranges in Germany when their mate pushed a thunderflash underneath the bottom of it!
Apparrantly, and I have never tested this theory, if you put a generous smear of vaseline around your ringer just before you download, there is no need to wipe as the vaseline kind of does the job for you.
I might try it later, we have some vaseline. I'll report back, unless anyone knows.
If you do take this approach, may I suggest, as a nurse, that you do not subsequently apply it to your lips to prevent chaffing with the same finger? Public health statement over.
I might try it later, we have some vaseline. I'll report back, unless anyone knows.
If you do take this approach, may I suggest, as a nurse, that you do not subsequently apply it to your lips to prevent chaffing with the same finger? Public health statement over.
