What to do when forgetting to bring toilet paper outdoors?

The famous ultra-light walker and writer Mike Clelland once wrote a blog post on “Liberate yourself from Toilet paper”, which teaches you how to use a toilet paper instead of using toilet paper to reduce the weight of your backpack. And protect the environment. This is an old article in 2012. It is nothing new. However, the recent protection of the wild environment has always been a hot topic. At the same time, some mountain friends who advocated LNT started digging with DIY, but then some people asked how to deal with toilet paper in the group. The senior LNT Shanyou’s answer was to put the paper in a double bag, but many people would not accept the sticky stuff in the backpack. It felt like it was a time bomb; someone said it was burning. Fall out and bury it. Although burning can completely degrade the toilet paper, it is dangerous behavior in many seasons; burying is the practice of most foreign walkers, but it is not very environmentally friendly. I once remembered Mike saying something about toilet paper, so I took it out and Mike thought that the greenest way is not to bring toilet paper! Of course, this article is also quite controversial, but it is not without merit. At least it will teach you to forget to bring your toilet paper or your toilet paper is not enough.

Mike was very upset when he wrote this article. He felt that every time he went out and saw the woods in the forest, he was very disappointed (seeing here I thought of the "minefield" around some of the camps in China). He thought that people could leave. Hand-printed, because the ancestors began life from the tree to the ground was a matter of millions of years ago, but the paper is a new thing.

At the same time, he believes that carrying toilet paper adds unnecessary weight, and this part of the weight (100-200g) can be completely saved!

What do you use without paper?

Before writing this article, Mike tried a lot of different “plans”. He tried all kinds of flowers, grasses and stones, including snow. He summarized it into a table and even drew some sketches (has been partially finished, Make do with it).

First of all, he thought it was best to use snow: Take off gloves, grab a handful of snow, and make an ellipsoid with a small tip. This is the perfect tool for rubbing the butt. Snow has many advantages, wet, Can increase the ability to clean; white, can indicate whether you are clean. But Mike said: too dry snow is not easy to use, I wish you good luck.

The stones in the river are also very good. You should collect more before you go to the toilet. You can't be too big, not too small, not too sharp, not peaceful, or too round. . .

In addition, Mike said he also tested a lot of leaves, branches and grass. . How professional is this? . In the end he reminded you not to forget to wash your hands or wash your ass. However, some netizens said that when they wiped off the leaves, they all had hair on their buttocks. . .

He thinks it's good to wash it by hand directly, like some peoples, but can you afford it? Hahaha! ! !