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proper cat hole shovel
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I pack a Deuce of Spades (2 of them in fact; I keep one in the ditch kit too). I bought it mostly because I appreciated what I thought was a clever play on words but I've now used it for quite a few years & I'm pleased with it. (also works well to insulate the tent floor when burning mosquito coil)
I have this one, not as light as some but compact and if needed can dig around in fireplace ashes without melting. A nice touch, this folded handle extends past the point of the shovel. I have no idea who made it.
Jim
Jim
I have the same trowel as Boatman53; works well. Got it for around $5 at Princess Auto.
I normally use a stick, but rarely carry a Coughlin's trowel like the one illustrated above... I cut about an inch off it though, to make it smaller and lighter, but rediscovered that a stick was lighter still.
When I travel solo, I am rarely if ever at a designated site with either an outhouse, or even a thunder box privy. Most times my boot heel suffices, along with a stick in more compacted ground. I have one of those orange plasstic trowels and slso the metal variety I carry when with others, such as scouts or when training guides on the proper LNT procedures.
