Hikers drink water from runoff and other nearby water sources. Disease anyone?
Cowboy Rule #1. ALWAYS drink upstream from the herd.
Too funny, unfortunately I bet you mean it.
I guess animal feces, rotting orgainics and the plethora of bateria normal in the woods aren’t a risk?
I mean, nature ain’t exactly sterile.
Hikers who drink runoff or stream water w/o proper treatment are asking for disease.
Digging a hole in the mountain and tucking in in a corpse is a significant departure from critters dying and beeing scattered about, actually, probably safer than the latter.
My only concern would be proper siting to minimize erosion.
“Hikers drink water from runoff and other nearby water sources. Disease anyone?”
Honestly? Anyone drinking surface water without treating it first, is looking for disease regardless.
http://www.dhpe.org/infect/giardiasis.html
The Giardia parasite is found in every region of the United States and throughout the world. Giardiasis occurs often in mountainous areas where water supplies from lakes, ponds, or streams have become contaminated with animal droppings or human waste.
Are you series?
Do not feed the bears.