Burning Toilet Paper

[Optimistic Paranoid]

My brother had the Weather Channel on this morning - Wake Up with Al.  I wasn't really paying attention to it, it was just background.

They mentioned something about a wildfire in - I think - CA.  A camper was using a cat hole and tried to burn his toilet paper rather than burying it with the waste.  That started the fire.  The camper was arrested.

Funny.  I think I heard that you're no longer supposed to bury your used toilet paper.  These days, I think you're supposed to either burn it or pack it out.

Something to think about

Regards
John

 

[Almost There]

My brother had the Weather Channel on this morning - Wake Up with Al.  I wasn't really paying attention to it, it was just background.

They mentioned something about a wildfire in - I think - CA.  A camper was using a cat hole and tried to burn his toilet paper rather than burying it with the waste.  That started the fire.  The camper was arrested.

Funny.  I think I heard that you're no longer supposed to bury your used toilet paper.  These days, I think you're supposed to either burn it or pack it out.

Something to think about

Regards
John

Since he was arrested and charged I can only assume that he was camping inside an area with a total fire ban.

The problem in this instance isn't burning your toilet paper - it's someone who didn't understand that a fire ban IS a FIRE BAN!

What part about not lighting a fire didn't he understand?

Burying toilet paper is okay as long as it's buried deep enough. If it's buried shallow the animals dig it back up and in a heavily used area like around a shelter on a trail it leaves a field of 'white flowers'.

It seems that a lot of people think that 2 or 4" is deep enough - it's not!

There are some areas where wag bags are required, particularly at higher elevations because there is no sufficient soil base to allow for digging deep enough.

I carry several doggie poo bags in my pottie kit on all hikes. It's easier to pack toilet paper out than it is to properly bury it.

 

[Optimistic Paranoid]

Since he was arrested and charged I can only assume that he was camping inside an area with a total fire ban.

The problem in this instance isn't burning your toilet paper - it's someone who didn't understand that a fire ban IS a FIRE BAN!

What part about not lighting a fire didn't he understand?

You're probably right, but now you've got me wondering.  Even if there WASN'T a fire ban, if you start a fire that does significant damage, wouldn't you still be subject to arrest?

Regards
John

 

[SoulRaven]

So much for leave no trace...

 

[minimotos95]

Outside of a fire ban, reckless burning or something along those lines they call it. That's what they call it when you accidentally set a field on fire atleast...

 

[highdesertranger]

yeah if there was a fire ban, which there probably was. then I would say bust him. people that ignore fire bans are idiots, I have seen the destructive force of fires first hand. having said all that, I burn my tp only not during a burn ban. highdesertranger