hello its pooped i've had my morning coffee feeling the call taking the opportunity it's time to talk about poop everybody does it and learn the woods we want to try to leave no trace so here's the deal on how to poop in the woods so i'm going to walk away from my camp to go poop i'm not actually going to poop i'm just gonna talk about
how you would do it and i'm walking about 200 feet or roughly 70 steps away from my camp you also want to be about that same distance away from any water source and i'm looking for ya area like this can see there's a little bit of privacy got trees here things to squat behind also having a tree like this or having branches like this you can hold
on to them just squat and give yourself a little bit more stability and then most importantly looking for loose dark soil yeah this is perfect that loose dark soil is best for digging the hole it's easier to dig in loose soil and the dark soil means that it's probably gonna help your poop decompose faster all right let's dig a hole okay so i
have my poop kit here and in this bag i have my trowel there's a lot of different types of trowel there's ones that are a lot lighter than this but what i like about this one is that it has measurements on it when i dig my hole i'm gonna want to dig six inches deep by roughly four inches wide so i have my trouble in my poop kit and
then i also have a little plastic bag that has some toilet paper in it and then i have blue bags as well we'll talk about these in a second so now that i found a good spot to poop what i'm gonna do is clear away sticks and things and i'm gonna dig my hole when you're looking for a good spot to poop i would recommend finding a spot to
dig your hole before you're desperate to go it can be a lot harder and more time-consuming to dig a hole than you might expect and it's a good idea to not wait until you really really have to go so you can take time to make sure you're doing it correctly so let's take a look at this hole all right so i'm gonna travel you can see this holes that's six
inches deep by four inches wide so now that i have that hole dug i am going to squat over it and go to the bathroom in the hole and i have my little roll of toilet paper here and that's what i'm gonna use and after i go to the bathroom i'll basically use a little bit of toilet paper and then just drop it into the hole
this might not seem like a ton of toilet paper especially for a long trip but the lower you squat your body the easier your cleanup is gonna be just something to note if you're choosing not to use toilet paper you can also gather natural material things like flat leaves or absorbent leaves make sure you know what they are the last thing you want is to
grab something poisonous if you decide to use wipes instead of toilet paper you have to pack those out in a plastic bag it doesn't matter if they say that they're biodegradable they cannot go into the hole you have to pack them out in a plastic bag with you check the regulations for wherever you're going because there are some areas and parks
that will not allow you to dig a cat hole and bury your waste and in those cases you'll have to use a blue bag so the way that blue bags work is that you'll go to the bathroom and then pick up your poop doggy bag style the same way you would with your dog and then wrap it up and put it in an extra bag for protection and you'll carry it out
with you while digging a cat hole is a totally acceptable means for pooping in the woods this is definitely the most effective leave no trace option so consider that and again check regulations a rubber you're backpacking alright so now that i've gone to about if i was to go to the bathroom in my hole i want to ribã©ry the hole so i'm
gonna use my trowel being careful not to touch any of the waste that's in there yeah someone bury it right like that you can also just use your foot and just kick back over and then we'll stop it down put some sticks over it essentially what i'm trying to do is just make it look like i was never here that way people and animals are and that's likely
to find it looks good to me so now that i'm done going to the bathroom i'm gonna use hand sanitizer and rub my hands together really vigorously to stay hygienic you can also use a biodegradable soap but you'll again want to rub your hands together really vigorously as that's gonna do the best job of getting germs and things off
of your hands all right guys that's the deal on how to poop in the woods if you want some more information check out our videos here or anything on the aria expert advice page see ya you
