Snowdonia authority tells hikers to visit toilet before climbing

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  1. Well walking does help move the bowels along. The thing that confuses me is that if the path is so busy and the poo is so close to the path that there are people taking a dump in plain sight of strangers..

  2. If you need to be told by authority to use the potty before doing something should you be doing it in the first place?

    Where is your responsible adult.

  3. I suggest that every hiker is given a small tree sapling to place in their pile of poo, or a suitable flower / bulb / seed. Rewilding. 🙂

  4. Humans poop, lots of humans poop lots. Snowdon is super accessible by design, so it attracts great volumes of inexperienced hikers, they built an entire cafe on top ffs, it’s not like some remote Munro up in Scotland which can handle the one or two poos it gets in a year. If there are no facilities nearby, where do you expect them to go?

  5. I actually took a shit on snowdon last year. I went to the toilet before leaving but that was 6 hours previous. What can you do when nature calls and you have a dodgy belly.

  6. And it the urge only strikes an hour or two into the hike? Are they going to recommend everyone takes an immodium before hiking next?

  7. Everyone just ends up peeing behind that single building half way up. The shops at the bottom complain at you for using their toilets yet they want the tourism as Wales really needs the money.

  8. Fed up of seeing this story when they have NO toilets. This walk takes HOURS. Why are they pulling a surprised pikachu face when people need to do to the loo on the mountain? Mind-boggling.

  9. I can see their point when there are plenty of loos on campsites and B&B’s where a lot of people start their walk. I have always waited until I’ve had a Tomtit before setting out. Even if you don’t want one go and have a try.

  10. If the toilets were open I would use them. They are my number 1 choice for needing to go. Both times I have climbed Snowdon I got there at 7 and the loos were closed.

  11. This was me last year, it was a hot day and I hadn’t eaten or drank much, I was only half way up so I did what I had to do. I lost a good T-shirt that day.

  12. Or you know, just take a shite before you leave the house. Climb hills in Scotland all the time and have never shat on one. Get a fucking grip!

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