The terrain there is riddled with volcanic football sized rocks and less. A latrine is a tough job there. It is a lot to do everyday. When you set say 25 times two, or fifty holes, digging with rock and roll is major. Imagine that many holes. It's probably bigger than your garden. Plus you have to squat and use the hole (six or eight inches deep) getting proper footing, flies around your personal genital area often, dealing with the weeds and the environmental abuse to the foliage and topsoil, which often isn't very deep and so precious. Animals digging it up can be a problem.
"Where did I dig those last few holes? Then, you start digging and get a scoop full of your own poo!
It can pollute streams if you do these things too close to them. Away from streams, it can be more rugged, dangerous, or/and difficult to excavate.
Where to take the plastic bag of compost, peat-moss and crap was an investigation. Who's gonna take my sh...? I thought of just using someones dumpster on the sly, but there is a friendly recycling center in town, where we dumped segregated recycling and garbage. It is compost, very organic and should not be associated with such as the chemical debris that we dump out there in our world, which is just horrible for the environment. We placed everything in 13 gallon kitchen bags, which were never even close to holding more than 3 to five gallons of anything, if that. We were charged $1.50 for two, but gave them three. Self dumping into the bins.
A three gallon bucket gives a good squat position more like a Squatty Potty. Most people use a five gallon bucket, which is too tall. The "Luggable Loo" seating is a simple cheap seat, that seals out most critters and is as comfortable as any indoor plumbing. The peat moss works great for odors and things like flies. Many people use a more sustainable sawdust, ground straw, or other organic matter. It is pretty clean.
We generally mark our territory around the campsite, away from where we hang out. If it doesn't rain the accumulation will cause odors. We water the neighboring vegetation.
We tie up the bag in the bucket and take the whole of it to town to dump it out. We stabilize the bucket for tipping. We get that chore done first, before heat makes for the bag to get out of hand, but had no problems.
This question and line of thought brings to mind an old post that I never put on my website. So, here it is now:
One Glorious Moment
I woke up just before sunrise this morning. There were clouds in the sky promising to bring a beautiful morning sky. I walked out into the desert and up to a ridge as the wonderment unfolded. The mountains were varying shades of grey with grand hews of color outlining them. As time passed the sky grew into an awesome indescribable array of colors. The city lights flickered as vast rays of light flowed down into the valley. More mountains loomed in the distance south in purple majesty. I felt an urge I hadn't taken care of in my haste to get myself to this magnificent spot. Oh what the hell, I squatted. What a glorious place to take a crap.
Jbee
