hello its pooped I've had my morning
coffee feeling the call
taking the opportunity it's time to talk
about poop everybody does it and learn
the woods we want to try to leave no
trace so here's the deal on how to poop
in the woods so I'm going to walk away
from my camp to go poop I'm not actually
going to poop I'm just gonna talk about
how you would do it and I'm walking
about 200 feet or roughly 70 steps away
from my camp you also want to be about
that same distance away from any water
source and I'm looking for ya area like
this can see there's a little bit of
privacy got trees here things to squat
behind also having a tree like this or
having branches like this you can hold
on to them just squat and give yourself
a little bit more stability and then
most importantly looking for loose dark
soil yeah this is perfect that loose
dark soil is best for digging the hole
it's easier to dig in loose soil and the
dark soil means that it's probably gonna
help your poop decompose faster
all right let's dig a hole okay so I
have my poop kit here and in this bag I
have my trowel there's a lot of
different types of trowel
there's ones that are a lot lighter than
this but what I like about this one is
that it has measurements on it when I
dig my hole I'm gonna want to dig six
inches deep by roughly four inches wide
so I have my trouble in my poop kit and
then I also have a little plastic bag
that has some toilet paper in it and
then I have blue bags as well we'll talk
about these in a second so now that I
found a good spot to poop what I'm gonna
do is clear away sticks and things and
I'm gonna dig my hole
when you're looking for a good spot to
poop I would recommend finding a spot to
dig your hole before you're desperate to
go it can be a lot harder and more
time-consuming to dig a hole than you
might expect and it's a good idea to not
wait until you really really have to go
so you can take time to make sure you're
doing it correctly so let's take a look
at this hole all right so I'm gonna
travel you can see this holes that's six
inches deep by four inches wide so now
that I have that hole dug I am going to
squat over it and go to the bathroom in
the hole and I have my little roll of
toilet paper here and that's what I'm
gonna use and after I go to the bathroom
I'll basically use a little bit of
toilet paper and then just drop it into
the hole
this might not seem like a ton of toilet
paper especially for a long trip but the
lower you squat your body the easier
your cleanup is gonna be just something
to note if you're choosing not to use
toilet paper you can also gather natural
material things like flat leaves or
absorbent leaves make sure you know what
they are the last thing you want is to
grab something poisonous if you decide
to use wipes instead of toilet paper you
have to pack those out in a plastic bag
it doesn't matter if they say that
they're biodegradable they cannot go
into the hole you have to pack them out
in a plastic bag with you check the
regulations for wherever you're going
because there are some areas and parks
that will not allow you to dig a cat
hole and bury your waste and in those
cases you'll have to use a blue bag so
the way that blue bags work is that
you'll go to the bathroom and then pick
up your poop doggy bag style the same
way you would with your dog and then
wrap it up and put it in an extra bag
for protection and you'll carry it out
with you while digging a cat hole is a
totally acceptable means for pooping in
the woods this is definitely the most
effective Leave No Trace option so
consider that and again check
regulations a rubber you're backpacking
alright so now that I've gone to about
if I was to go to the bathroom in my
hole I want to ribéry the hole so I'm
gonna use my trowel being careful not to
touch any of the waste that's in there
yeah someone bury it right like that you
can also just use your foot and just
kick back over and then we'll stop it
down put some sticks over it essentially
what I'm trying to do is just make it
look like I was never here that way
people and animals are and that's likely
to find it looks good to me
so now that I'm done going to the
bathroom I'm gonna use hand sanitizer
and rub my hands together really
vigorously to stay hygienic you can also
use a biodegradable soap but you'll
again want to rub your hands together
really vigorously as that's gonna do the
best job of getting germs and things off
of your hands all right guys that's the
deal on how to poop in the woods if you
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