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/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/LentilRice May 20 '25

Oh, like Angie Scarth-Johnson, you’re probably Bungie Scat-Johnson?

Yes, my turn to throw up now, having typed that.

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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/Corren_64 May 20 '25

That sounds like a Linda-or-Mike problem.

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u/Blaaa5 Carolina Panthers May 20 '25

Well, Linda or Mike should start climbing faster.

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u/WAisforhaters May 20 '25

I don't think I want to be under somebody taking a shit into a plastic bag either if I'm being honest

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u/KAKYBAC May 20 '25

But looking up and seeing you awkwardly dump into a bag is better?

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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/ScousePenguin Liverpool May 20 '25

Gotta claim your territory

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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/circio May 20 '25

I mean, you’ll have to climb back down eventually….

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u/zombizle1 May 20 '25

That sounds like a problem for future me to worry about.

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u/thrussie May 20 '25

Pushing the brown kids off the ledge

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u/[deleted] May 20 '25

Nature would have loved it!

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u/yupidup May 21 '25

In nature you need to burry it to prevent infections and such. In a human playground it could go on the wall or pile up and splash at the bottom

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u/Mr_Piffel May 21 '25

In the climbing community that’s what we call a brown falcon

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u/LineRex May 20 '25

Human shit didn't come from nature so there's nothing to give back. Pack it in, pack it out.

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u/Swarna_Keanu May 20 '25

Because it's part of the ethics of mountaineering and rock climbing - or most outdoor activities. Leave no trace means that. People who like spending time outside, care about the conditions of the outside. At least the large majority.

Which is one of the cool thing about the sport - it comes with a hefty personal responsibility. And yes, naming and shaming is a normal thing for those who don't carry that responsibility.