HIKING ETIQUETTE -- Ammi Midstokke, in her S-R Outdoors column this week, takes on the tough-love conversation of how to poop in the woods and keep our favorite camping areas tidy and sanitary.

I'm taking that conversation a step further with a recommendation for women who pee in the woods, which means virtually all of you at one time or another:

Don't leave TP where you pee. Don't even bury it for a critter to unearth later. 

Carry a zipper-type plastic bag and bring it home for disposal, or check out an even better idea for women hikers from my daughter, Hillary.

Use a "peedana" instead of TP. 

Hillary is a seasoned backpacker, climber, skier, outdoor school leader and world traveler.  The photo above shows two of her 20-something girlfriends a couple weeks ago as they were hiking in the Dolomites of Italy.  Notice the bandanas tied to the backs of their packs.

In leading week-long backpacking trips, Hillary would convince women hikers to dedicate a bandana for drying after a squat. Then they tie the peedana outside their packs to cure in the sun. At some point the peedana is rinsed out or washed, but it doesn't need to be often, she says.

"I hate seeing toilet paper on the trail and at campsites," she said. "This is such an easy solution."