ChrisB
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Here's a strange article describing the most scenic toilets in New Zealand backcountry. Call em Loos with Views!
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ChrisB
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Perfect for this season of joyful giving (I won't ask how you found it).
And not to be outdone, we have our own beloved Throne of the Thunder God right here in Baxter at Davis Pond. Life is GOOD!!
peakbagger
In Rembrance , July 2024
I was bummed the last time I was at Davis Pond that the throne is no longer. It was replaced with a more conventional privy.
Who needs to go to New Zealand when we have plenty of good views right here in the US. In fact #9 is right here in New Hampshire. https://www.adventure-journal.com/2...e-most-scenic-backcountry-toilets-in-america/
Andrew
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Was by far my favorite toilet in the world.
peakbagger
In Rembrance , July 2024
My guess is the old one dated back to the AMC era where Percival Baxter had allowed AMC to establish a camp at Davis Pond. Definitely a creative use of the local materials but decidedly in pretty rickety shape the last time I visited.
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Always a fun topic!
At Gore Mtn. ski area in the Adirondacks, our Ski Patrol did a fund raiser many years ago selling a really nice framed poster with pics of the dozen or so old fashioned outhouses around the ski area. Most of these were not even usable in the winter; some of the pics showed them almost entirely buried in snow. Thankfully we have upgraded facilities today!
My favorite toilet was at Pumori base camp in 1992. We built a huge stone throne facing across the valley. The view was Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse (the so called "roof of the world"), with a view looking down 1000' onto Everest base camp.
At Gore Mtn. ski area in the Adirondacks, our Ski Patrol did a fund raiser many years ago selling a really nice framed poster with pics of the dozen or so old fashioned outhouses around the ski area. Most of these were not even usable in the winter; some of the pics showed them almost entirely buried in snow. Thankfully we have upgraded facilities today!
My favorite toilet was at Pumori base camp in 1992. We built a huge stone throne facing across the valley. The view was Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse (the so called "roof of the world"), with a view looking down 1000' onto Everest base camp.
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Camp Schurman, Mount Rainier on the comparatively lightly trafficked Emmons Glacier route. My own photo from July 2016.
I got a real good laugh watching The NPS flying the crapper in and out of 17200 on Denali for an unload and reload. Good thing this throne had no walls so they could not mistakenly flown off with a paying customer.
Ken MacGray
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That article is from 2013; the view at the privy has grown up.
Bummer! Oh well. That is a crappy situation.
What year was this? When I climbed it in 2015, there were no improved facilities at any of the camps. We used the clean mountain can system and constructed our own facilities (or moved into an abandoned one) at each of the four camps in addition to basecamp.
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Aye there young lad….things were a bit different back in the 80’s and 90’s when I was active in the Alaskan Range. Have you ever seen a Mudshark?
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The privy at Chimney Pond in Baxter is not too shabby.
JoshandBaron
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Might want to brush up on your urban dictionary, old timer.
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A little old time climbing jargon and the Karens start going agro.
Skiguy...please refer to the following "database" before posting to avoid triggering said Karens ...
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