The fire burned 73 acres in the Boise foothills.
I was hoping it was extremely spicy food coming out that started the fire. But the SO is still laughing about the real cause.
Hmmm…I thought the credo was “Pack it in, pack it out”–not “Poop it out, burn it up” 
I usually just drop a rock on the pile.
Yep.
But feces is biodegradable. Toilet paper returns to the Earth pretty quickly too. One evacuation is probably not a great coliform bacteria risk to the water.
Or throw some dirt or sand on it.
IIRC, the SOP when I was in Boy Scouts was to dig a small hole to some minimum depth (8"?) do your business in the hole, and bury your TP in the hole along with it.
Anybody catch the name of that Mexican restaurant? I gotta try that burrito!
I love the smell of burning feces-stained toilet paper.
Seventy-Three Acres!?
Thank Og it wasn’t explosive diarrhea. We could have lost Boise, Meridian & Hidden Springs too!!!
You know usually when we think of Bilbo and that much scorched earth there’s a dragon involved. But Smaug? In Idaho? Nah…
while we’re on TMI, on short hikes, we just bring a large ziploc for the paper. The whole hole thing bears examining. (And, yes, I know what bears do)
So do the rabbits. 
I know they say to light a match after you poop but setting a forest fire is a bit extreme.
That’s something else entirely. 
“When you gotta go, you gotta go”
All day or just in the morning?
That reminds me… I saw a circular that said Elizabeth Arden gives out these zipper bags at MACYs when you buy a lot of their perfume during “gift days”.
If only those hikers had packed one in their gear…
The classic tome *How to Shit in the Woods * recommends a procedure delicately called “frosting a rock.” Basically, you find a rock surface exposed to direct sunlight, and use a tool (flat rock, stick, whatever comes to hand) to spread the “frosting” into a layer thin enough for sunlight to penetrate. UV radiation is efficient at killing bacteria, and will quickly neutralize any danger. Stylistic concerns are a matter of personal taste.
Note to self: Don’t touch any brown rocks in the forest.
Yeah, but do you have any idea how hard it will be teaching all the bears to do that?
This just made me choke on my evening allergy pill. Well done!
You can also buy the book via Kindle! (I just downloaded a sample.)