Clean camps are most easily kept by not allowing them to become dirty.
To make sure your hiking trip is not going to be ruined with your
member falling sick from such dirt, make sure you make cleanliness a top priority. Teach everyone in your camping party the value of good sanitation and encouraged them to cooperate in making proper sanitation effective.
One of the most important but frequently neglected parts of camping is the toilets. You must pay particular precaution in picking the location and care of the toilets or latrines, even in a one-night camp. Neglect this and your camp will be a breeding ground for disease.
How to Pick and Keep Your Camping Toilet Well
Your toilet should be located rather far away from the camp, and not in the direction from which the wind comes toward the camp. Make sure that it is on the line of opposite drainage from the water or river used by your camp.
When on a one-night camp, dig a small pit which can be filled in again after use.
If your camping trip is a week or longer, dig a pit
or trench about 2 to 3 feet deep and about 18 inches wide. Then, plant posts on each side of the trench, and eighteen inches above the ground level. If you could, nail shaped seating on these posts. The number of seats will be determined by the size of the camping party.
Then, erect a six-foot canvas screen with an opening around the toilet. Each time is used, sprinkle dry earth freely in the trench. Have a box in which paper is to be kept. This will make sure that used toilet papers will not be thrown everywhere.
Each morning, schedule a roster for a member of your camping party to
sprinkle plenty of chloride of lime or some reliable disinfectant in the trench. At noon, open your canvas to let direct sunlight works its bactericidal action on disease germs.
If you do it this way, you'll be safe from unwanted diseases, unnecessary quarrel and smelly campsite.
To make sure your hiking trip is not going to be ruined with your
member falling sick from such dirt, make sure you make cleanliness a top priority. Teach everyone in your camping party the value of good sanitation and encouraged them to cooperate in making proper sanitation effective.
One of the most important but frequently neglected parts of camping is the toilets. You must pay particular precaution in picking the location and care of the toilets or latrines, even in a one-night camp. Neglect this and your camp will be a breeding ground for disease.
How to Pick and Keep Your Camping Toilet Well
Your toilet should be located rather far away from the camp, and not in the direction from which the wind comes toward the camp. Make sure that it is on the line of opposite drainage from the water or river used by your camp.
When on a one-night camp, dig a small pit which can be filled in again after use.
If your camping trip is a week or longer, dig a pit
or trench about 2 to 3 feet deep and about 18 inches wide. Then, plant posts on each side of the trench, and eighteen inches above the ground level. If you could, nail shaped seating on these posts. The number of seats will be determined by the size of the camping party.
Then, erect a six-foot canvas screen with an opening around the toilet. Each time is used, sprinkle dry earth freely in the trench. Have a box in which paper is to be kept. This will make sure that used toilet papers will not be thrown everywhere.
Each morning, schedule a roster for a member of your camping party to
sprinkle plenty of chloride of lime or some reliable disinfectant in the trench. At noon, open your canvas to let direct sunlight works its bactericidal action on disease germs.
If you do it this way, you'll be safe from unwanted diseases, unnecessary quarrel and smelly campsite.