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Waste Case Alternatives

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Josh Dibble · · Mammoth Lakes, CA · Joined Jun 2010 · Points: 505

What do you use for storing your waste on a wall? Hoping to see some pictures or good ideas for poop tubes on walls.

20 kN · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2009 · Points: 1,346
trying hard wrote:What do you use for storing your waste on a wall? Hoping to see some pictures or good ideas for poop tubes on walls.
Most people just use PVC pipe. 5" wide x 24" long is good enough for most walls. Choose the "thin" PVC as the thicker stuff is heavy as balls. Just be careful as the thinner PVC can break if you beat the shit out of your tube on lower-outs. Make sure you seal the bottom end with a sealant of some sort.
David Peterson · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Sep 2012 · Points: 130

Read this somwhere, can't remember where.

Haul your water in 2 liter soda bottles, when you finish the water, cut a slit down the side. Do your business in plastic bags and place in the 2L bottles then duct tape shut.

EDIT: supertopo.com/a/How-to-Big-… (Half way down)

Highlander · · Ouray, CO · Joined Apr 2008 · Points: 256

A cheap dry bag works well. Easy to hose out when done or simply toss it. Have used the 2 liter bottle trick and works as well. PVC is big, bulky and another awkward thing you have to hike down, that's why you find so many of them left on top of El Cap.

Rob Dillon · · Tamarisk Clearing · Joined Mar 2002 · Points: 760

+1 for cheap drybag. Burpable (yay!), easy to reinforce with duct tape. The tube thing is kinda heavy, hard to clean, and awkward to use/carry. State-of-the-art in about 1996.

john greer · · modesto · Joined Jun 2009 · Points: 110

I kind of like the dry bag idea. Except that I really don't like the idea of getting shat on while on a wall.
I have had a few pvc contraptions now. Depending on you and your partner's Poop regularity this might work:
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However I have had a partner recently that exceeded the capacity of the "mini pooper" so we had to upgrade to the expedition size. Also added a breather tube inside out of drip line so that wag bags will just slide to the bottom when you load the torpedo.
mountainproject.com/v/10892…

And another essential piece of gear for the right morning movement...
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