Those hoping to climb Everest this year will have to make some slight adjustments to their packing list, as new rules now mandate that climbers bring their excrement down with them from the world’s highest peak, in a bid to tackle pollution.
Normal rock climbers do, or organise someone below to collect poop bags below on big wall.
A lot of hikers don’t, though. Neither their poop nor their rubbish.
Source: Rock climber that frequents clean up trail days so our favourite locations don’t get shut down. “Leave it better than you found it.” is a common saying in the community whenever going outdoors.
You generally use wet wipes if not TP. People either leave it or try bury it, animals get to it, and there’s dug up shit covered wipes everywhere not showing any signs of decomposing.
Also high traffic areas, it builds up. Turds take a while to decompose on the surface or buried shallow—they harden up as the moisture leaves. Sounds gross but if you gotta, dig in soil (not sand or silt), and break up your shit with a stick. Never near water, and preferably in a bed of bush that’ll suck it up fast over the weeks.
But ideally, poop bags :) Do the deed, pick it up like we do our pet dogs’, put in the wipes, knot/seal the bag and either leave it for pickup on the way out, or put it in your bigger trash bag/compartment.
I’m actually designing a crag backpack with a reserved waste area. A part on the bottom that seals off smell and liquid and tough inside for when you pick up broken glass and hose out that section.
I’m no hippie, it just pisses me off that much outdoors.
One could assume it is a basic understanding to take your literal shit back home…
Normal rock climbers do, or organise someone below to collect poop bags below on big wall.
A lot of hikers don’t, though. Neither their poop nor their rubbish.
Source: Rock climber that frequents clean up trail days so our favourite locations don’t get shut down. “Leave it better than you found it.” is a common saying in the community whenever going outdoors.
Rubbish, I understand. But wouldn’t human feces decompose really quickly in most except for the coldest environments?
You generally use wet wipes if not TP. People either leave it or try bury it, animals get to it, and there’s dug up shit covered wipes everywhere not showing any signs of decomposing.
Also high traffic areas, it builds up. Turds take a while to decompose on the surface or buried shallow—they harden up as the moisture leaves. Sounds gross but if you gotta, dig in soil (not sand or silt), and break up your shit with a stick. Never near water, and preferably in a bed of bush that’ll suck it up fast over the weeks.
But ideally, poop bags :) Do the deed, pick it up like we do our pet dogs’, put in the wipes, knot/seal the bag and either leave it for pickup on the way out, or put it in your bigger trash bag/compartment.
I’m actually designing a crag backpack with a reserved waste area. A part on the bottom that seals off smell and liquid and tough inside for when you pick up broken glass and hose out that section.
I’m no hippie, it just pisses me off that much outdoors.