The South African equivalent of the National Park Service wants you to be 150ft or further from any running water when you piss or poo. You have to fully bury your dumps. This makes sense, as the streams are where you top off your water supply when you're far from civilization. And by far, I guess I mean a couple hours' hike. Darren was quizzing the few hikers we crossed about water conditions up in the mountains, planning for how easily we could resupply.
Practically speaking, you want to do this during the day when you can see where you're digging and not walk off the trail and down a cliff.
Something I ate really disagreed with me, so let's say I now have plenty of experience with walking away from camp and digging and filling holes, aided against the pitch dark with only a headlamp. This all plays into that "I don't really like camping" part of me. At least it wasn't raining when I had to go.
Still there's nothing like being out in the dark wild of Africa with nothing between you and nature.
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