A kit helps hide Colorado’s dirty little secret [Video]

GUNNISON, Colo. — Colorado has a dirty secret. It is one that lurks in the shadows of 14ers. It swims beneath the surface of mountain streams. It hides underground – barely.

“Everybody was talking about the poop problem – major news outlets, advocacy groups. The problem became a focal point,” Jake Thomas, who lives in Gunnison, said. 

So, Thomas and his brother-in-law Noah Schum came up with an idea. They made a poop kit that would be interesting, fun, and easy to use. No more half-used toilet paper rolls and garden shovels.

“We have kits for everything. We have first aid kits, cooking kits. Kits make it easy to be prepared,” Thomas said. “If pooping is something we do every day, why would you not have something that’s grab and go that you can throw in your …