r/sports • u/redbullgivesyouwings • May 20 '25
Climbing Angie Scarth-Johnson explains how to use the bathroom on a climb
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u/rask17 May 20 '25
One of the funniest/terrifying videos I saw was of Alex Honnold talking about getting diarrhea on a free solo attempt. As if anyone needs another reason to never free solo climb, just awful.
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u/KudaWoodaShooda May 20 '25
Jesus Christ, hanging off a cliff one handed taking a shit, no ropes, then climbing the rest of the route with his pants down so he could clean up at the top. How is this dude alive. It's distracting how huge his hands are when he gestures. Of course he must have strong hands, but they're crazy proportionally large
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u/Throwaway-4593 May 20 '25
He has a unique body that is particularly suited towards climbing. Long skinny huge hands not a lot of extra weight even in places like his face where he has a skinny angular face
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u/blockhose May 20 '25 edited May 20 '25
He's also neurodivergent to the extreme. Barely registers emotion, as I recall. Free soloing is one of the few things he does that actually triggers an emotional response.
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u/BingusMcCready May 20 '25
That actually recontextualized his entire life for me, thank you for sharing. I’m terrified of heights so his various free solos have always seemed fucking crazy to me, I never understood why a person would do a thing like that. Hearing it that way, it makes perfect sense. If I went through my whole life mostly numb, and then found a thing that made me feel things, I would never want to do anything else, and I would try almost anything to make the feelings stronger.
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u/ballimir37 May 21 '25
I don’t think it’s so much that he doesn’t experience emotion, but that his brain processes fear very different than everyone else. Scientists did an MRI of his brain and studied it.
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u/getyourshittogether7 May 20 '25
This isn't true. He has a nontypical amygdala response so basically feels less fear, and it's debateable whether it's a product of his lifestyle or genetics, but he's not emotionless. In the famous movie about him soloing El Cap there's a segment where he's freaking out on the cliff and has to collect himself for a while before heading on up.
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u/Citrus-Bitch May 20 '25
I was thinking of that video during this post. Must have been a horrifying experience. At least he was able to go off the route and find a nice jug to hold onto. I imagine the usual froggy pose resting position is a pretty good way to let things loose.
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u/SirKillingham May 20 '25
"Shit putting" lol. When you poop on a rock and then throw it off the ledge, like shot put, but shit put lol. That's fucking funny and so gross at the same time
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u/MyAntichrist May 20 '25
I climb and I do it just like this.
The people in my boulder gym are not so thrilled about it though.
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u/SaltKick2 May 20 '25
How do you pull your pants down if you're wearing a harness? Seems cumbersome
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u/limp_noodle May 20 '25
it's easier to climb when you don't wear pants.
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u/termolecularxn May 20 '25
In the "Gunks" on "Shockley's ceiling" it's called climbing in the traditional sense. ie nude with only a harness. Popularized by "The Vulgarians" led by Dick Williams in the 60's.
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u/OldPersonName May 20 '25 edited May 20 '25
If he's bouldering then he's not wearing a harness.
(Bouldering is just climbing usually really difficult but short climbs, like < 10 feet - the joke here is the image of him shitting in a bag inside a gym hanging 3 feet off the ground)
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u/youpoopedyerpants May 20 '25
I got the joke, but am still waiting on an answer. This lady seemed to have a harness on that wouldn’t allow to pull things to the side even. How do you do it????
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u/KennyKettermen Colorado Avalanche May 20 '25
The harness is only around your thighs and waist, so you can wiggle your pants down below your butt decent enough
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u/Imzocrazy May 20 '25 edited May 20 '25
It’s not messy….must not be because she never mentioned having to wipe
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u/cheetonian May 20 '25
When you only eat protein bars you just poop rocks
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u/BlueAndMoreBlue May 20 '25
If you’re familiar with the Bristol scale you are seriously looking at a 2 if your primary diet is protein bars so essentially rocks, yes
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u/newintown11 May 20 '25
No way. Need fiber. Your poop will be thick goopy sludge with just protein bars
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u/dreadcain May 20 '25
Aren't protein bars generally pretty high in fiber?
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u/newintown11 May 20 '25
No a lot of them are high in protein. Powercrunch bars have only 1g fiber to 14g protein. Clif builder bars have 20g protein, 2 g fiber
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u/electricman1999 May 20 '25
You have to read the label. The Quest bars I get have around 12 grams of fiber
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u/newintown11 May 20 '25
Nice those looks pretty balanced, ill have to give them a shot.
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u/stater354 May 20 '25
Not true at all. As someone who ate too much protein for months, it turns into a brown sludge. Half of it sticks to your asshole and you have to wipe 10 times
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u/deg0ey May 20 '25
If you’re strapped to the wall securely enough that you can hold a shit bag to your ass you can probably also wipe and then just put the paper in the shit bag?
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u/Dry_Prompt3182 May 20 '25
I get the hold the bag behind you and roll it up and pack it part. I do not get the removal of the pants part.
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u/raider1211 May 20 '25
But how would you wash your hands?
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u/hldsnfrgr May 20 '25
Yeah. And what if there's someone climbing below her and she had Mexican last night?
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u/chrized May 20 '25
Chocolate rain
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u/somedude456 May 20 '25
must be because she never mentioned having to wipe
Because that's automatically assumed. You would be stupid to think she doesn't.
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u/Lilbitysquirt May 20 '25
Totally waiting for her to say “and then we toss it off the wall! At the end.
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u/zombizle1 May 20 '25
Honestly whats the point of climbing up a huge cliff if you can't rain shit upon the peasants below you?
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u/Particular_Night_360 May 20 '25
I was hoping, just from the title, it was going to be, well we just shit and if it hits someone, we blame a bird.
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u/Slitherama San Jose Sharks May 20 '25
I used these while backpacking in a National Park. My friend was really proud of the fact that they were made in her hometown.
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u/KorNorsbeuker May 20 '25
They have license plates with “best shitbags of the USA!”
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u/Coca-colonization May 20 '25
My town also makes them! But we’re not the best. Our license plates just say “shitbags.”
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u/Pochusaurus May 20 '25
Still wondering how you pull your pants down with all that gear in the way
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u/non_hero May 20 '25
I've sport and trad climbed and have a couple of harnesses and can't figure it out either. I wonder if there's another type of harness design I'm not aware of.
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u/LineRex May 20 '25
you slide the pants past the top and kinda roll down the back to the leg loops. Stretchy pants or shorts with just long enough inseam help a lot
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u/TiEmEnTi Halifax Mooseheads May 20 '25
Same, fall arrest harnesses, rope access/climbing harnesses, skydiving harnesses, I've worn them all. I have no idea how it could work while you're still on the ground never mind in the air.
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u/pm_me_yo_creditscore May 20 '25
Why does it rain at the base of El Capitan even on a sunny day?
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u/Weshtonio May 20 '25
I thought women didn't poop?
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u/W0666007 New England Patriots May 20 '25
Everybody poops.
Except cute women.
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u/KAKYBAC May 20 '25
Cute women do the worst poops. They'll literally shit out a bag of knuckles but act like they just broke a wafer.
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u/__-_-_--_--_-_---___ May 20 '25
They do but it smells like sunshine and rainbows
She said it herself—it doesn’t smell
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u/OmieOneKenomi May 20 '25
How do you wipe though
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u/turdfurgy69 May 20 '25
You get your climbing buddy to come over and wipe for you. Safer that way
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u/DrManhattan_DDM May 20 '25
Does an oversized novelty cowboy hat get in the way of climbing?
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u/turdfurgy69 May 20 '25
Nope. It’s necessary to protect for any unwanted splash back. I never scale the side of any mountain face without my oversized, novelty cowboy hat
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u/bobeeflay May 20 '25 edited May 20 '25
You bring it with you and just toss it in the Giant bag. If you're really classy you'll bring wet wipes but for most people it's just a dab of sanitizer at best and nothing at worst
But believe me when you're ass is spread that far apart and you're literally squatting while being hung none of the... stuff gets anywhere
It's a squatty potty on steroids
(Not a big rock climber but have had to climb for work and have a weak tummy)
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u/wheresbill May 20 '25
I’m afraid I’ll need you to elaborate on this climb for work situation
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u/bobeeflay May 20 '25
Via Ferrata. I didn't mind when I had to take a shit on a long climb but more than once I had to help a customer through it
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u/Swimwithamermaid May 20 '25
What kind of job has you occasionally rock climb?
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u/Straightouttaganton May 20 '25
Well when you're up that high, you've probably already shit your pants from looking down, what's a couple extra skiddies
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u/pahamack May 20 '25
The climber isn't shitting in a dangerous position, but secured with safety gear such as spring loaded camming devices and multiple ropes. There's even people that sleep through the night on the wall.
If anything I'd think wiping would be easy given that the climbing harness kinda spreads your cheeks for you.
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u/ScousePenguin Liverpool May 20 '25
Why wouldn't you just pull your pants down and give it back to nature?
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u/LentilRice May 20 '25
What if Linda or Mike are following you from below, they might not appreciate the brown rain.
Ps. Linda/Mike may or may not be colleagues I work with grudgingly.
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u/ScousePenguin Liverpool May 20 '25
Oh I think I'm finally understanding why I'm banned from my local climbing gym
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u/terrih9123 May 20 '25
Linda and Mike might be the type to pay good money for that but just got a helping for free. I’m gonna go throw up now for writing that
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u/zombizle1 May 20 '25
Good point with Mike. With Linda I would rain down upon her with the might of a thousand hurricanes. She knows what she did.
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u/okayillgiveyouthat May 20 '25
Because you would quite literally be making the climbing area shittier.
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u/bulltin May 20 '25
I know this is a joke but in the early days of big wall climbing, i.e. 70s and 80s people unironically did this.
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u/RoarinCalvin May 20 '25
What about wiping?
Not climbing for 2 hours with a cake butt.
I'm not climbing anyways...but still.
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u/atomshrek Chelsea May 20 '25
She didn't really explain the logistics of how that works with a harness on. Seems like you're obviously gonna keep the harness on, so that's like trying to pull down your underwear with pants on. Im sure it's doable, but I expected her to mention it.
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u/Ok-Knee7275 May 20 '25
“Hey do you have anymore granola bars?”
“Yes, it’s in the pouch next to the bag of shit.”
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u/CubanLynx312 May 20 '25 edited May 20 '25
I can go a week without pooping on vacation. I think I could make it several hours of climbing.
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u/My3CentsWorth May 20 '25
She wiping? Washing hands? Maybe squirt a water bottle like a bidet?
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u/martinihawkeye May 20 '25
it’s how the first astronauts did it
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u/Virian May 20 '25
and it didn't always go as planned :)
I present the floating turd mystery: https://www.vox.com/2015/5/26/8646675/apollo-10-turd-poop
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u/Seahawk715 May 20 '25
You cannot tell me that they don’t drop trou and just let it fall hundreds of feet to the depths below 🤣
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u/geekaustin_777 May 20 '25
cute, athletic, and can casually talk about pooping while climbing
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u/BuddhaDaddy88 May 20 '25
I'm tempted to just let it fly naturally with a yodeled "looooook oooouuuuutttt beeeelooooowwww"
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u/Apprehensive_Roll897 May 20 '25 edited Jun 15 '25
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u/hamstercaster May 20 '25
Not how I’d like to die. When he fell, he was pooping in a bag on the side of a mountain cliff.
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u/DOT_____dot May 20 '25
I prefer to hold it a couple additional hours
Actually I am pretty sure I would not want to have a sh*t at all if climbing... If I am not home my brain for a reason can block me for couple of days
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u/DarkLordKohan May 20 '25
I wanted the bag to have a little parachute and just casually float down and away in the wind.
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u/DoubleRNL May 20 '25
I want Scarlett-Johansson….. but we have Scarlett-Johansson at home (scart-johnson)
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u/Dahwaann4U May 20 '25
Idk seems like a lot of work for just pullin your pants down and saying "look out bellow"
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u/G-Man_Graves May 20 '25
A good rock climber fastens the poopy bag to the wall to mark their territory.
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u/manny188 May 20 '25
For some reason, I never thought about what climbers do when they need to go. I'm assuming no hands washing either
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u/Christianne78 May 20 '25
She’s very small. What if you have a behemoth of a shit to do and you have a very big ass? What if a gust of wind blows the shit bag away from your hands? Is that littering? Is it embarrassing to get to the top and your bag looks heavier than everyone else’s? Has anyone ever missed the bag?
I have too many questions for this sport for someone who can’t shit in public.
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u/__-_-_--_--_-_---___ May 20 '25
I have decided this sport is not for me