Poop Green: Top Everest Climber Promotes the Backpacking Toilet
If you're a serious hiker, you probably weigh all of you gear and try to minimize the amount of junk that you have to haul around. Well, a group of climbers at Mt. Everest would encourage you to add one piece of equipment. They hope that you'll try to minimize your boot-print on the trail by packing out your trash -- all of it. Dawa Steven Sherpa is trying to promote eco-friendly climbing at the world's tallest peak by trying to popularize a new portable, backpacking toilet.Consisting of a plastic bucket and a gas impervious bag, this new hiking toilet is designed lock in odor and secure human waste when you're on the trail. Sherpa and his crew recently spent a month on the mountain, clearing the mountain of 2,100 lbs of gas canisters, cans, kitchen waste, as well as 65lbs of their own feces. Since the base camp on Mt. Everest has no toilet, Nepalese officials have made it a priority to reduce the amount of poop at the country's most popular tourist site.
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