the best way to poop on a big wall(NOT CLICKBAIT) (SECRET)
2026-09-30
"your poop is going to be stinky"
"you are going to have to poopy and it be stinky"
"poopy on the big wall sucks and you have to poop into a little baggy and maybe miss and hit the ledge and then have to pick it up and put into your little baggy. and it's stinky"
WRONG
listen up kiddos here is what you are going to do. you need to buy a few things. I didn't come up with this but i certainly used it.
shopping list:
- Brown paper trader joes bags (2 per poop)
- Copper sulfate
- Baking soda.
- 2 heavy duty ziplock bags for the Copper Sulfate/baking soda mix
- 2 mesh bags - (link is just an example, never actually used those ones.) Size TBD by you and expected amount of poopy
- 10 feet ish of cordallete.
- a locker
- Gorilla tape - universal and the best tape you will want. other stuff is wasting your time. fix your rainfly and haulbags and stuffs too.
- a bag of sorts to hold all dis
- mylar bag - used to carry it all down with minimal smell.
- brand new pack of wet wipes - new so you don't accidently run out.
- In your kitchen kit you should cary 5-8 squares of those blue shop towels. good for cleaning dishes and for wiping but in case you drop the entire bag of wet wipes without noticing and then have 2 more days on the wall and have no way to wipe your butt.
- small hand sanitizer
On the ground:
1. Deodorizer blend (in a 50/50 split ish) *** SEEE WARNING
- copper sulfate - WARNING!! Copper sulfate is Corrosive to aluminum and things and skin and stuff. do NOT let it get on your climbing gear. solutions for this, is in your poopy bag kit, keep the blend isolated in a doubled up ziplock bag, etc. I recomend a little plastic spoon for scooping too.
- Baking soda - just about any will do
- mix these 50/50 into a little baggy and stick a scooper into it too. while it may seem like a good idea to pre-stick this stuff into the bags, it will leak out slightly, and due to its corrosive nature that's not a risk i want to take.
2a. Rigging the bag.
- 10 ft cordallete. i used 8mm, but as long as its bomber then whatever.
- on top: locker with small figure 8 on a bite. connected to bottom of haul bag. or if you are rigging everything from the swivel then do it from there.
- stick one of the mesh bags into the other mesh bag. now its sort of redundant.
- Tie a constricting barrel knott around the necks of the two mesh bags. this will be your main holder. hjave a long tail so you can do the next step
- with your chord. do a figure 8 follow through into the bags loosely, thorught the drawtring or something. this is the backup.
2b. EZ access bag
it is mission critical that your bathroom sack is easy to grab at a moments notice. I personally keep a separte stuff sack that sits right on top of the portaledge with these things in it.
- unused doubled up paper bags
- wet wipes
- duct tape
- deodorizer baggy
put this bag on to of your haul bag daisy, or maybe in your rtfn if you really think your going to need need it, or right under the haul bag if its burly enough, or on top the portaledge bag... or have your partner carry it. idk. just think ahead
3. okay for the fun part now. The poopy part.
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you are going to be using doubled up brown paper bags (trader joes etc)
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rip down the sides by half and open it up like a lovely brown flower.
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hold it long ways between your legs.
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let her rip!!
Tip!!! if you think its going to be a big stinky one AND if you have time* you can put some of the awesome chemical powder (see step 1) into your bag before hand, and shake it all around mid poopy for a "curtesy flush" type of dealio.
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add deodorizer blend to taste and shake it all around.
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close and wrap it up. add a small bit of tape to keep the bag closed. don't go crazy in case you need to poop again and don't have access to a new bag.
this poop method is so spatious and smell free that double pooping into the same bag starts to not even become that big of a deal.
4. Now what!!
- okay, youve got this poopy burrito. now what?
- hoist up your doubled up mesh bag and stick it in!
- the airflow and sun will dry it out lickety split and it will smell SIGNIFICANTLY LESS than your friends who are pooping into plastic 2 liter soda bottles. it will be so awesome you will WANT to jumar past the poop bag.
5. Your at the top!!
- put all your paper bags into your mylar bag that you brought and call it a day.
- hike down and have a good time doing it smell free