After several hours of
hiking, you're just about able to reach the summit. You take a deep breath, when
suddenly you're assailed by an unmistakable eau de, um, toilet. Horrified, you
discover that what you stepped in was issued not by a bear or even a dog, but, yikes, by
another hiker.It was just such a pile that got
A. Bern Hoff going three years ago. A 55-year-old pathologist from Hampden, Maine,
Hoff founded Hikers Against Doo-Doo for walkers who have HADD it with poop in their paths. hotel in manhattan
"More people are out enjoying open spaces. But
I've seen terrible things -- specifically, people droppings," says Hoff. After
his Mt. Kilimanjaro and Grand Canyon hikes were marred by guano de sapiens, Hoff
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"It's both an aesthetic and a health problem," he
says. "We want domesticated animals and people to behave better. We're
tongue in cheek, of course, but we are serious about trying to clean up the
environment." Клиника центр мужского здоровья Мещанский.
HADD serves as an international clearinghouse, sharing
information and tips on environmentally safe packaging and disposal techniques.
"We plan to develop new technology that anyone could use, like biodegradable disposal
bags that can go in a toilet," says Hoff.
But if nature catches you unprepared, HADD has one
request: Be responsible. Haul out your waste or bury it 200 feet from any
water source. And remember the group's motto for 1994: "Your movement is
our movement."
