Regarding OM’s’ “especially in a hurry” comment: I recently had one of those Homer Simpson “D-oh” moments. I think I was talking with another hiker (but it may have been a post I saw here), and I mentioned that there were instances where three inches was all I could get while dancing on one foot and clinching. The response: “You don’t have to dig the hole first.”

D-oh! (Forehead slap)

The method:

Step 1: “Bombs Away!”
Step 2: Dig a regulation hole beside the drop zone.
Step 3: Use a stick or flat rock to relocate everything into the hole.
Step 4: Cover the whole and carefully discard stick or flat rock.

The guy is brilliant!