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    Quote Originally Posted by Deacon View Post
    Don't use the deuce, but the very similar titanium Big Dig from Qiwiz. Weighs in at 0.6 oz. cuts through roots like nobody's business.

    This is what I use. Works great.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cspan View Post
    One idea I adopted was to get an REI snow stake:
    https://www.rei.com/product/845328/rei-co-op-snow-stake

    costs $3, weighs an ounce, can be dual-use.
    After using those on a section hike I got a Duce of Spades.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HooKooDooKu View Post
    This comes up every time someone brings up the subject of pooping in the woods.

    Given that it doesn't mater if you are the requisite minimum distance from the trail (typically about 100' I believe) or 1 mile from the trail... how you go about doing your business should still be the same, which includes digging a 6" deep cat hole. Based on the ground I've encountered in GSMNP and along the JMT, I don't see how anyone is going to dig an appropriately size cat hole in a reasonable amount of time without some sort of digging tool (trowel, tent peg, etc).

    The ones I really have to laugh about are the ones that claim they just dig a hole with the heel of their boot.

    As for shelters... I've only hike the section of the AT going thru GSMNP where I can only remember 4 of the 11 AT shelters having a privy (Spence, Mt Collines, Icewater Springs, and Pecks).
    On jmt I just used a ground squirrel hole...pre dug cat hole....


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    Now here's a real pooh shovel!

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    So how does the "Deuce" hold up to dozens of holes? Do you think it will be able to make a full thru-hike?

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    Yes, it should hold up fine. I've got 3 years of use on mine, and it still doesn't show wear.
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    Quote Originally Posted by llittle_llama View Post
    So how does the "Deuce" hold up to dozens of holes? Do you think it will be able to make a full thru-hike?
    It's aircraft grade aluminum...yes
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    You gotta have a pretty spastic colon to wear out a trowel.

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    Well I just bought mine Yellow, my favorite color!

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    Quote Originally Posted by CarlZ993 View Post
    ThisiswhatIuse.

    This is what I use. Works great.
    +1. I "padded" the end of the handle with electric wire insulation want to cut the ground not my hand..
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    Quote Originally Posted by RangerZ View Post
    +1. I "padded" the end of the handle with electric wire insulation want to cut the ground not my hand..
    I was thinking I would use some 550 cord with the core removed. I only have the stuff from my Army unit so I'll have to go to the craft store (Michaels probably) and grab some fun color stuff so it stands out when I'm out in the woods

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    Quote Originally Posted by saltysack View Post
    Here we go again......


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    holy crap... this has got to be a record - 2 threads with multiple pages about the same thing less than 2 weeks apart --

    https://whiteblaze.net/forum/showthr...121865-Trowels

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mags View Post

    I like one of the comments a person wrote: "i admit to having dug my hole with a boot heel. Really it was only half a hole. Who want’s to be a Half-Hole?"



    Thanks for the quote. I'm still laughing.
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    I've own many a trowel listed above. Considering some of the ground I've dug in, I don't buy shoes or poles as viable options.
    -The plastic orange trowel also is a poor option. Not only is it heavy, it tends to break in Rocky soil where it doesn't have the strength needed.
    -Snow stake (aluminum) at 1oz. Dual use and will dig in hard ground. Not as efficient as other options below though.
    - Montbell's Handy Scoop at 1oz is Steele and works best in the hardest soil. Looks like a flat spoon. Used for years out west and for the PCT and AT.
    -Deuce of Spades @.6oz is a great overall trowel that I currently backpack with for the past 3 years with over a 1000 miles. Can dig in hard rocky ground without issue. Not as good at it as the Montbell's but good enough at half the weight.
    -Qiwiz's small shovel. Good trowel, but the handle hurts my hand in hard ground as the plastic paint isn't enough along with the small narrow handle. Probably should have got the larger size which likely is more comfortable. Carry it when I expect better ground to dig in. It is lighter than DofS above. Better than a boot for sure.
    -Suluk46 mentioned above. Also have it but also bothers my hand in Rocky soil. Very well made and light and usually is in my day pack since it weighs nothing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by QiWiz View Post
    Thanks for the quote. I'm still laughing.
    It is very good one! Funny and accurate.
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    Ditto. Love mine. I did add some shrink wrap to the handle to make it easier to use without hurting my hand as much as I dig with it. Very little difference in weight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bird Dawg View Post
    Ditto. Love mine. I did add some shrink wrap to the handle to make it easier to use without hurting my hand as much as I dig with it. Very little difference in weight.
    Sorry... I meant to include the quote about the Qiwiz shovel.

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    The cost on those bad boys was enough to make me have to poo...I guess less is more!




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    Quote Originally Posted by Sarcasm the elf View Post
    Now here's a real pooh shovel!

    Does pooh bear ***** in the woods?
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