Re: Re: Re Potty Trowel
Brian H <[email protected]>
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Msr Snow Stake with a French Whip wrap in paracord. 10 years and still diggin. BcH Folsom CA >________________________________ > From: Keith Clayton <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, October 1, 2012 8:55 AM >Subject: Re: [BackpackingLight] Re: Re Potty Trowel > > > > > > >The potty trowel of choice for me is available at Home Depot for under a dollar. I run a loop of cord thru handle and clip it to my pack >K Clayton > >Sent from my iPhone > >On Oct 1, 2012, at 7:54 AM, "trailyogi" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>Where I typically hike there is a definite need for a potty trowel. I can't imagine trying to dig a cat hole in the rocky, root-bound ground I usually see using a boot heel, fingers, etc., and it would be a good way to break a tip off my trekking pole. Having said that, the old ULA equipment "potty trowel" is way too heavy for that purpose, and the reports I've seen aren't too reassuring about its ability to function as an ice axe. >> >>--- In [email protected], Cara Lin Bridgman <cara.lin@...> wrote: >>> >>> Which gets back to the question of why anyone would buy the ULA potty >>> trowel just to use as a potty trowel. That even goes further for why >>> buy anything just for digging a cat hole. There are so many lighter >>> weight and multi-use items that will do the job: boot heels, walking >>> stick ends, tent stakes, fingers, found wood and rocks... >>> >>> CL >>> >> >> > > > > >