A question I have about mountain climbing...

I know this may sound like a weird question, but i have always wondered: ya know how some people go on really long mountain climbing trips that last for weeks...well what do they do when they have to go to the bathroom? I imagine it would be kind of difficult/uncomfortable, especially when it is really cold and what not...

 

lol... well ya dig a lil cat hole n go to the bathroom, no different than camping anywhere else in the woods i spose... i would figger if folks found crappin in the woods an issue they would most likely be in a hotel room somewhere rather than out climbing mtns..

 

Well, I meant like with the steep slope of the mountain, and being harnessed in tons of equipment and what not...

 

Usually folks go in a bottle for the liquid and zip lock bags for the solid. It always makes me laugh when I see someone drinking from a yellow Nalgene(sp?) bottle since they made them that color so you would know which one was the "pee bottle".

 

When tied to the outside of your pack SUNLIGHT will dry and sterilize(well sorta) your glorious PEE RAG!

 

haha thats funny

 

Another way people blast heat is by packing up a short piece of 3 inch PVC pipe with caps on both end. You just pop the top and hope not to hit your hands.

Before people were as worried about leave no trace, people would jjust drop the leg loops on their harness and let it fly. It was known as a "mud falcon".

 

hehe go pee rags. but theyre sterile to start with you know. urine is the only bodily secretion that is sterile.

 

unless you have some kind of urinarytrack infection

 

hahah mud falcon!

I have taken a crap in between two narrow rocks on a steep face that took hours to climb. I was kindda sitting facing the horizon, and let it go in there, it was magically put there for me to take advantage of.. is what I figure.. Felt much better and climbed the rest of the wall much lightly..

 

Several national parks now require you to pack out your waste, some even give you sealable bags filled with sawdust or gel flakes to solidify both liquid and solid waste when you stop at the ranger station to register. They work, I take them on short sailing trips with me since my current boat is too small for a porta pot.

 

here in caqli we shit in wag bags
they got chemicals to break down the crap and smell
you carry em out with you and put em i a special dumpster
not a big deal
some places are so full of crap that it takes away from the beauty
imagine visiting an alpine lake and every rock has shit under it
nasty

 

yuck.

 

Yup. I had a friend who wore a t-shirt that said "I Shit On Pike's Peak". I stopped hiking with him.

 

cause a lot of people are just to lazy to even dig a nice hole..they even leave their shitty toilet paper around.

 

i dont think its very uncomfortable i all ways got to the bathroom outside even when ii have to walk like 10 fto well i like itto the awnser to you question i really dont know but if it was in the snow and ice i really think that would be quite cold