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Im not a guy so cant just whip it out and go behind a bush or up against a rock



Why didnt they make mountains with toilets?

Can I carry a fold down toilet in my backpack??

Dont want to be caught on a mountain like this: http://www.worldofstock.com/slides/OAC5682.jpg

Anything I can do ?

ExcitibleBoy wrote:http://www.womenclimbing.com/climb/features/feature_peeing.html

I'll 2nd the motion to get a Freshette. I've been using one for about a year now, and it makes things so much faster and easier. Plus, I don't have to mess around with my harness when rock climbing and risk not having everything back in place for safety after I do my thing.

My GF has one of these and loves it. http://www.shewee.com/newstore/

Simple:


Then you are free to let it go anywhere you want!

ergh yuk i cant use one of those.....

still will see my bare booty doing that!! have to hike in a skirt

emmieuk wrote::(

Why didnt they make mountains with toilets?

Can I carry a fold down toilet in my backpack??

Hey, Emmie, are you a city girl? Honestly, I have been hiking, camping, shooting, climbing, paddling...whatever, in the great outdoors since I was an infant and just do not find this to be so much of a problem. If in "mixed company," we'll pracice the "skirts up, pants down" approach common to the paddling world (that is, women upstream / uphill and men downstream / downhill).

Two conditions, in particular, complicate matters for all of us (boys and girls): extreme cold and wearing a harness. Yeah...only guys with the most compact plumbing systems do NOT have challenges in a harness.

When you're in the mountains...forget about being a lady and just get 'er done. Everyone's seen a full moon shining in the woods - life happens.

Good luck!

yup total city girl from London originally and now living in Liverpool!

I had to go and went but then someone was coming so i was laughing so hard and i ended up with pee on my boots and i swear it was mortifying!!

Nooo my ass is not a sight people wanna see!

sarah.simon wrote:

emmieuk wrote::(

Why didnt they make mountains with toilets?

Can I carry a fold down toilet in my backpack??

Two conditions, in particular, complicate matters for all of us (boys and girls): extreme cold and wearing a harness. Yeah...only guys with the most compact plumbing systems do NOT have challenges in a harness.


Good luck!

Thanks Sara, I've never thought of it that way before. It's true what they say, there is an up side in everything.

you have got to be kidding

Sorry this topic reminds me of something from when I was younger. We grew up out in the country and even when we moved in town we spent alot of time at my grandparents which is in the woods. Well little kids don't always want to go in the house to pee when they're busy playing so my grandmother told us we could just pee outside. Well not long after we moved in town my mom was downstairs in our apartment and the landlord came down (which good for us was a friend of ours) and said to my mom "Uh, your little girl is peeing in my driveway". Turns out my sister had to pee and thought grandmothers instructions fit our new place too. Oh well, she was only maybe 3-4 so it was cute and funny then.... probably not so much if she did it now....

sarah.simon wrote:Yeah...only guys with the most compact plumbing systems do NOT have challenges in a harness.

Does it mean therefore they're the best alpinists? ROFLMAO!

You just put yer bivvy bag on upside down.

1000Pks wrote:Some girls carry a pee bottle, saves the planet

I have a jinx trying to post to this thread.

Actually, to follow up on DavNdave's suggestion, in a serious vein:

Consider taking a silnylon poncho; it's very loose, and covers a person quite well in the squatting position. Some women used them on glacier routes in mixed company.

It is amazing how fast urine degrades in the top few cm of soil, as long as the soil is fairly well aerated.

emmieuk wrote:ergh yuk i cant use one of those.....

still will see my bare booty doing that!! have to hike in a skirt

My wife has tried two different devices for urinating while standing up wearing a harness. Her biggest complaint was that it's too difficult to keep them clean on big trips. She's decided it's just easier to lean up against a rock or squat down and go, regardless of who is around.