In the meantime, check out this blog article by Portland public restroom advocacy group PHLUSH. They recently interviewed me about my experience on Denali and the sanitation practices we used on the mountain.
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Monday, August 19, 2013
Sanitation practices in the mountains
It's been way too long since I've posted on the blog. I'll try to catch up in the coming weeks on all of the climbs from this summer - Denali, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams and the forthcoming Diamond Peak climb.
In the meantime, check out this blog article by Portland public restroom advocacy group PHLUSH. They recently interviewed me about my experience on Denali and the sanitation practices we used on the mountain.
It’s been 60 years since climbers first summited Mount Everest. Around 3,500 people have made it to the top so far, and that number doesn’t include climbers and Sherpas living at lower base camps. But what has become strikingly clear in the 21st century is that people are leaving behind a mess. Time Magazine states “the mountain has become a trash heap.” National Geographic describes how garbage is leaking out of glaciers and “pyramids of human excrement” are littering high camps. And NPR highlighted mountaineer Conrad Anker’s efforts to clean up Everest. With all of this sh*t literally accumulating on Everest, it begs one to ask “could this same fate affect mountain peaks of the Pacific Northwest?” PHLUSH caught up with local mountaineer and Portland Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM) employee Dan Douthit to get some answers...[more]
In the meantime, check out this blog article by Portland public restroom advocacy group PHLUSH. They recently interviewed me about my experience on Denali and the sanitation practices we used on the mountain.
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