My wife and I were laying in bed last night and she asks me: If you’re on Mt. Everest, where do you go to the bathroom? I had no idea, could only speculate that there’s some kind of potty tent you could get. We then proceeded to ask the question of subzero relief in general, as it pertained to eskimos and those living in the outdoors in those coldest of climates. I did a search in the archive and came up with nothing. So, any one know the answer to this. A trip to mount everest hangs on the answer…
You haven’t done much camping have you. You squat and do your buisiness. I doubt if they have a “potty tent.” You do it quickly as possible if there is risk of frostbite. I’ve never had to do that outoors in extreme Everest style cold but I once had an apartment in Montana where the toilet bowl froze over in a cold snap. :eek:
…hey, at least you don’t have to worry about mosquitos…
No tents, just crouch and crunch. The colder it is, the faster you go. Since you’ll be doing it outside anyway, ya learn to wait until the last possible moment to pull the pants down.
BUTT (snicker snicker) it’s not as bad as you would think. The butt has enough blood flowing through that it stays pretty warm for limited exposure, and it warms up pretty quickly once the pants are on.
I have an annual guys weekend I attend every year, dead-o-winter, that is pretty condusive to long sit down sessions in the outhouse (beer, beans, red meat, more beer). THAT can get very cold. Still, no frostbite.