That Visa Commercial With The Guys Bedded Down Hanging From A Cliff

[DMark]

Seriously...do people really hang a bed out there?

What if you have to get up and pee in the middle of the night?

[Tortuga]

Well, I know I just power on up all my climbs, and, and I lead too! Yeah, that's the ticket.

FWIW, they're still in their climbing harnesses and clipped in...for piddling, I suppose they go in a bottle, or whizz out into the open air if they're careless about it.

[Horseflesh]

Ewwwwww, piss-cicles. *shudder*

[Nvme77]

When I was on a tour through Zion Nat'l Park, the ranger mentioned that very concept. Freaky. There is no way in hell I would go to sleep harnessed in to the side of a cliff! Isn't it drafty up there? What if several birds decide to build a nest on you overnight, or their weight is just enough to send you over the max allowable weight and you go helicoptering down the side, hitting every little ledge on your way to a rocky end?

[gluteus maximus]

Some of those technical face-climbs take several days.

So, you...

sleep clipped-in (attached by harness and pitons or bolts to the rock-face... unlike the equipment in Cliffhanger, climbers' equipment is several times stronger than will probably ever be necessary), pee into a Nalgene bottle, and crap into a Zip-loc baggie.

Only nocturnal birds are active overnight, and they like to build their nests where there aren't any humans.

[brachyrhynchos]

Originally posted by gluteus maximus
...and crap into a Zip-loc baggie....
:confused: :eek:


Pondering the logistics and Ewww.

[Phnord Prephect]

I weigh in at nearly 300lbs. No way am I doin' that!

Not to mention what the baggies would be like.

[Batsinma Belfry]

How do the girl's pee in a bottle? As for poopin' in a bag..... I have some hobbies that I really enjoy, but not THAT much.

[sunfish]

Originally posted by hillbilly queen
How do the girl's pee in a bottle?

The Feminal (http://www.comforthouse.com/comfort/porjoh.html)

[Tortuga]

Originally posted by sunfish
The Feminal (http://www.comforthouse.com/comfort/porjoh.html)

I prefer the Freshette (http://www.freshette.com/usage.html) because you can direct your stream into (or onto) whatever you want and aren't limited by a bulky container. I still carry a small amount of tissue paper, and haven't quite managed the proper flick to get rid of the last drop, (altho' from what I've heard, neither have many men my age) but the novelty of peeing into a sink is worth it. ;)


As for pooping into a bag...hey, if it's really cold outside, now you have an excellent handwarmer; put it at the bottom of your sleeping bag and...no, on second thought, no.

[sunfish]

Originally posted by Tortuga
I prefer the Freshette (http://www.freshette.com/usage.html)

Ahh, so that's what that's called. I knew someone who used one on camping trips, but I couldn't think of the name.

Personally, I would rather dig a little hole in the ground - no apparatus to tote around afterward. Of course that assumes I'm on ground I can dig into in the first place, but since you wouldn't catch me climbing up a vertical rock face for love or money, it's not an issue. ;)

[Batsinma Belfry]

:smack: I forgot about those things. I even knew someone who made one out of those medicine spoons you use for babies.

[Diceman]

...and crap into a Zip-loc baggie

Gives "bombs away" a whole new meaning.

[matt_mcl]

I wonder what synchronized swimmer Sylvie Fréchette thinks about that one.

[Evil Captor]

I just found it sad that these guys were so driven to prove that even though they wanted to sleep together, they were still really macho guys, so they slept together halfway up a cliff. Talk about denial!

[Tortuga]

Originally posted by Diceman
...and crap into a Zip-loc baggie

Gives "bombs away" a whole new meaning.

I remember hearing a story, long ago, about the bad old days when not many people packed out and all the nasty, nasty debris and dried crap on cliff faces and bases from butt bombs.

Yuck, yuck, yuck. Few things are ickier or more exasperating when you come across the soiled toilet paper of another hiker (hey, maybe they even did a half-assed job of burying it, but animals like to dig things up and check it out)--especially when you happen to find it close to your water source.
Lazy fuckers. I carry a Pringles can, why can't you?

[lno]

They're bedding down hanging from a cliff. Sure, that's fine. But it's the middle of the day.

Either they're the laziest bastards in the world and sleep in until noon, or they're the laziest bastards in the world and calling it a day at 2 pm. Or both.

[Phlosphr]

Ino - maybe they are really far north and it was midnight in the winter. Or maybe it was just daybreak and they were waking up waiting for it to get a little warmer...they both needed a shave...:)

[Ghanima]

My personal favorite is the travelmate:

http://www.travelmateinfo.com/page002.html

I had one of these stolen from my car - I had a good laugh wondering if the thief ever figured out what it was...

[dantheman]

Ok, here's what I was thinking regarding urination.

Say you slept on your tummy and cut a small hole in the fabric?

[OpalCat]

:smack: I forgot about those things. I even knew someone who made one out of those medicine spoons you use for babies.

That's what those Travelmate things linked a couple posts above mine are. The first time I saw them I thought "Hey, I could just get a baby medicine spoon and make one of these!" but I never got around to it.

As for sleeping strapped to a cliff....uh... no.

[dave_au]

I guess that there are two reasons for the zip-loc bags and plastic containers. First; its an environmentally friendly thing, along the lines of the saying... "Take only pictures, leave only footprints".

Second, it is a matter of courtesy for climbers that might be below you, further down on the cliff face. As somebody else has commented, many big climbs can several days, so while you are sleeping on a bivy after day 2, there may be people 500' below you sleeping after day 1. Imagine _their_ surprise in the middle of the night if you took the lazy way out!

It sounds pretty gross, but I guess it comes with the terrritory. Personally, I can't ever see myself even doing 1-day multi-pitch climbs, so its not an issue. :)

[photopat]

Ok, here's what I was thinking regarding urination.

Say you slept on your tummy and cut a small hole in the fabric?


And then a bird flying by below thinks to itself, "wow, look at that worm sticking out of that big leaf. Time for lunch."

[emekthian]

And then a bird flying by below thinks to itself, "wow, look at that worm sticking out of that big leaf. Time for lunch."

Mmmm, oh yeah. Oh yeah, don't stop, mmm... {wakes up} OH GOD! THERE'S A BIRD CHEWING ON MY DICK! GET IT OFF!

:)