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‘Peedana’ provides outdoor sub for TP

Women backpackers carry their 'peedanas' on the back of their packs as a handy, washable alternative to toilet paper when going No. 1. (Hillary Landers)

Rich Landers/Outdoors introduces us to the “peedana” today. It’s for women who pee in the woods:

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. More here.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog