How to Dispose of Human Waste while Hiking

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm going to talk to you about properly disposing of human waste. Kind of a sensitive subject, but hey if you are in the woods, you are going to have to go sometime, so you got to know how to do it properly. First of all, make sure you are like 200 yards away from any ponds or stream cause you don't want it to seep through the soil and get into the stream. Also, make sure you are off the trail, because nobody wants to be walking in that. So what you are going to do if you have to do your business, is find a spot off trail like here and if you have a shovel or something, that is good. But since I don't have one, you don't need a big hole, but you want to dig just a small hole, like that is good. It doesn't have to be big, about that big and then when you are done, just kick it over with your foot and packet down. Then, the reason you are doing this is because actually animals could be attractive to the scent of it and if you cover it up with dirt, you can't smell it and they won't rip up the ground and cause erosion. Also, it is just more sanitary, people aren't going to see it or know about it and it is off the trail so nobody is going to walk into it. So make that when you have to do that, you do it sanitarily and safely for the environment."