- How many times can I say poop in this video?
(laughs)
poop, poop, poop, poop, poop, poop,
(beep) poop.
So many. (beeps)
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This is my show gosh darn!
Toilets get started talking about what you should carry
in your poop kit.
A poop kit is basically your one-stop shop
for all your back country bathroom needs.
If you have everything together in one spot,
where it's easy to grab and go,
then it's easy to go when nature calls,
and you need to take a (beep)
(upbeat tones) So, what goes into a poop kit?
There are three main stages for managing your poop
in the back country.
The first one is hiding your poop,
next is cleaning your body, and then the last one
is cleaning your hands.
The easiest way to bury your poop is to carry a trowel.
So this is my trowel, as you can see,
it's really big and kind of clunky,
but it has these measurements on it
that tell you how deep to dig your hole,
and it was cheap.
So I bought this one.
But, if you're gonna carry a trowel
and you're more of an ultralight backpacker,
there are also really small ones like this guy,
which weighs only 0.6 ounces.
So that's how you are going to dig your hole
to bury your poop, but if you're in a sensitive environment,
such as like a desert, or any other area
where you're not supposed to bury your poop,
then you'll have to use a blue bag.
It's basically an opaque bag that you use
like a doggy bag, and then another bag
that you put your poop inside of.
Just double bagging for safety,
'cause you don't want that (beep) goin' everywhere.
So that's hiding the poop.
After you have dug your hole and pooped in your hole,
it's time to clean yourself off.
So most people will carry toilet paper with them,
I actually like to use leaves to wipe.
Obviously that's not always an option for people,
and if you're not really sure about which flora
or fauna is butt safe, then maybe don't do this.
You can always carry toilet paper with you
as a backup.
So this is my little roll of toilet paper.
I just pulled some sheets off of my roll
in the bathroom and keep it in this plastic bag.
If you are going to wipe with toilet paper,
use it sparingly and bury it.
Seriously.
Bury this in a hole, deep in the ground,
like at least six inches in the ground.
If you cannot bury your toilet paper,
say you're in an area where it just won't decompose,
you use toilet paper, you have to carry it out
in a trash bag.
That's when the blue bags come in handy,
or you can carry a back country bidet.
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So this is just a little squeeze bottle
that's full of water.
If you're gonna carry a back country bidet,
you want to use filtered water.
I'm gonna be honest, I have never tried
something like this before, but I think I'm gonna
give it a shot on my next backpacking trip.
But this is just full of water.
After you go to the bathroom, you would take this,
and you would squeeze out some water,
Ah! (laughs)
Oh my gosh, it went really far!
Anyway. (laughs)
Once your butt is clean, then you can move onto
cleaning off your hands.
You can carry hand sanitizer with you,
this is definitely the most leave-no-trace-friendly option,
but I actually do like to carry soap with me.
I carry a piece of soap cut off
from a castile bar, like this.
Right now I have it just in this tin here.
And so what I'll do is after I go to the bathroom,
I will put some water on my hands
from my back country bidet,
and then put some soap, and then just clean my hands off.
There should be no reason for any of your stuff
to be poopy, especially not your trowel.
Don't use your trowel to push your poop into the hole.
This is just for dirt.
Once you're done with all of that,
and your poop has been buried, all of this goes back
into your poop kit, and then goes back into your backpack
for the next time that nature calls.
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Leave-no-trace is really important
and all leave-no-trace principles for the area
where you're backpacking are going to override
whatever I'm talking about here.
(upbeat tones) That's it for how to build
a poop kit.
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or tricks on how you've built your poop kits,
leave those in the comments.
I'll also take any suggestions for other videos
that you guys want me to make.
Thanks for watching and I'll see you guys outside.
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Listen guys, let's just agree, stop eating
chili mac when you're backpacking.
Pro tip!
Oh chili mac, gives you the poops,
in case it wasn't clear.