Dig a hole, Dig a hole - toilet duties !

[Stumpym4]

Just realized im missing something to dig a hole for said duties when away !
Looking at trowels, cant believe im asking this but is there any light weight fold able trowels worth considering , before i buy a plastic one from ebay ?

[Bearbonesnorm]

Don't buy a plastic one - it'll break. Use a tent peg or a stick.

[Pirahna]

Imodium until you get home.

[Al]

You must be digging bigger holes than me stu - I've had one of these for years and it's never broken:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Coghlans-Back- ... B000BS05Z6

Alternatively isn't 'using the facilities' a great excuse to visit a pub?

[Scattamah]

I have a metal shoe horn for this task. Works a charm.

Greetz

S.

[TheBrownDog]

Don't buy a plastic one - it'll break. Use a tent peg or a stick.

Maybe. Probably. Eventually. But Ive had one of these for a couple of years and, as anyone who has wild camped with me with attest, it gets regular (heh.. ) use.

http://www.backpackinglight.co.uk/personal/VC105.html

EDIT: beaten to it.

But, while on the subject, when a bear needs to sub standard in the woods, there's two things that will make the whole process less dramatic. Blokes should pee first. And always take a leg out of your trousers. Just because.

[Dave Barter]

Thirded on that plastic trowel.

[Mariner]

Read the instructions http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7737 ... _the_Woods

[Adventurer]

Msr blizzard tent stake.

Nice and wide and can be used as a trowel or even as a spare backup tent peg.

32g each

https://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk ... Gwod32gJbw


And someone's done a blog post on this very issue

https://thetrek.co/to-trowel-or-not-to-trowel/

[voodoo_simon]

Imodium until you get home.

That can't be healthy?

Only time I've taken Imodium was in India, did sweet FA*. Rolling the packaging up and shoving it up my bum would have been more effective


*In six weeks, I went from 9 1/4 stone to 8 1/2 stone!

[Fat tyre kicker]

Imodium until you get home.

That can't be healthy?

Only time I've taken Imodium was in India, did sweet FA*. Rolling the packaging up and shoving it up my bum would have been more effective


*In six weeks, I went from 9 1/4 stone to 8 1/2 stone!

Shouldn't this be in the fat fighters thread.....

[Moder-dye]

Erm... A stick, pointy rock or heel of my shoe. I have been known to aim down an old rabbit hole too

Never understood people's issues with going Al fresco, I love it and wish I could all the time. Even was tempted years ago to do a photo book, poo's with a view, but I think it's been done now.

Make a scrape. Squat down trousers gathered in your knee bend. Bog roll sits conveniently in your pants, if you use it, and fire away. No danger of catching it in your pants that way. Swipe, wipe and Polish, cover up.

Have been known to burn bog roll or put in bag to dispose of later depending on location.

Moss makes a lovely bog roll, frozen leaves are not so much fun though!

[Adventurer]

Almost as bad as sitting on a deep trench latrine that is the worst smell ever whilst thousands of flies run over your arse

[benp1]

I use an MSR blizzard stake with an old golf grip as a handle

[RIP]

It's true, TheBrownDog is a wizard with a trowel. If I was in charge of CrossRail he'd be first on my list as chief excavator

[fatbikephil]

Erm... A stick, pointy rock or heel of my shoe. I have been known to aim down an old rabbit hole too

Never understood people's issues with going Al fresco, I love it and wish I could all the time. Even was tempted years ago to do a photo book, poo's with a view, but I think it's been done now.

Make a scrape. Squat down trousers gathered in your knee bend. Bog roll sits conveniently in your pants, if you use it, and fire away. No danger of catching it in your pants that way. Swipe, wipe and Polish, cover up.

Have been known to burn bog roll or put in bag to dispose of later depending on location.

Moss makes a lovely bog roll, frozen leaves are not so much fun though!

Good tips there - I've always arranged a couple of flat stones beside the hole so I can sit down properly and contemplate the morning view in comfort!
Over the back of a fallen tree trunk works well too.

[Moder-dye]

Good tips there - I've always arranged a couple of flat stones beside the hole so I can sit down properly and contemplate the morning view in comfort!
Over the back of a fallen tree trunk works well too.

Sounds sublime

[voodoo_simon]

I wee standing up first and then turn around to squat, much easier

[Matt]

I used a Lhfoon I found hung in the trees just above Dol.

Used it for a couple of months and then put it back for the original owner to find

[sean_iow]

I have one of the orange plastic trowels, I've not managed to break it yet. It gets used most for clearing mud off the wheels/tyres which it is really good at. I hold it next to the tyre by the fork or a rear stay, roll bike forward and it slices the mud off and directs it away in one go. Repeat on the other side and then the other wheel. It's so much better than trying to do it with a stick that it's worth carrying on day rides in the winter just for this purpose. The clayey mud here will build up to the point that wheels will barely rotate.

[TheBrownDog]

I have one of the orange plastic trowels, I've not managed to break it yet. It gets used most for clearing mud off the wheels/tyres which it is really good at. I hold it next to the tyre by the fork or a rear stay, roll bike forward and it slices the mud off and directs it away in one go. Repeat on the other side and then the other wheel. It's so much better than trying to do it with a stick that it's worth carrying on day rides in the winter just for this purpose. The clayey mud here will build up to the point that wheels will barely rotate.

Now that is a cracking tip.

[BigdummySteve]

Orange trowel man myself, burn the paper DON'T bury!
For those perhaps of a road racing background who may have indulged in the dark practice of shaving legs etc you may be thinking of extending this to the nether regions in the hope of evading the evil Klingons, please read this cautionary tale

https://www.reddit.com/r/cycling/commen ... butt_hair/