Pooping Up High
July 21st, 2008 Wade
In the June issue of Backpacker Magazine you may have noticed a great story about pooping. Poo isn’t usually my favorite topic when reading but this story was educational. In 2007 the last toilets were removed from the 12,000 foot Trail Camp on Mt Whitney. Now lucky hikers get to poop in a bag and carry it out themselves.
In the backpacker article, the author Dougland McDonald, keeps a bag of poop at his desk for some time to test and see if it stinks. Well Douglands shit don’t stink… at least in a baggie it doesn’t.
McDonald talks about his experiences pooping up high here at the Mountain World blog. He talks about the two brands of bag you can use and how they perform. Enjoy your Monday…
Entry Filed under: Backpacking, Camping, Environment, Links, Mountaineering, Oddities, Outdoor News
3 Comments Add your own
1. Jeremie McCarty | July 21st, 2008
Poop in a bag next to your besk? I may try that just to keep people from coming into my office and bugging.
2. letskungfu | July 21st, 2008
Sending this to the infamous Mikey One Sock… he will be devistated
3. Steve Sergeant | July 21st, 2008
We produce a two-part radio documentary about the waste problem on Mount Whitney and why they went to the current system back in 2006:
http://www.wildebeat.net/index.cgi/shows/wild_places/E062.html
http://www.wildebeat.net/index.cgi/shows/wild_places/E063.html
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