[MR] HOT CAMP SHOWERS

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In a message dated 8/27/2001 9:32:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
vmaher at onebox.com writes:


> Another consideration for having hot showers is drainage.
> 
> Nice hot showers = longer showers = more waste water
> 
> In the hard-packed clay of the Northern Serengeti we had to dig a pretty
> deep drainage ditch to accomodate the excess shower drainage (the soil
> wouldn't absorb water easily). Taking a look at it on Saturday, I noticed
> that we barely made it and 1 or 2 more showers would have meant a flooded
> campsite.
> 
> Ulric
> Storvik/Atlantia
> 

Very true.  The group I camped with had to pump out sumps every day to keep 
up with the demand...fortunately we were camped next to the Dragon 
Fosse...others are not so lucky to have a sump excess pumping-dumping area.

Mike B.
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