Mount Rainier to hold ribbon-cutting for toilet

You can't make this stuff up!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080605...nier_toilet;_ylt=Ah1ohcbVhnrEJYUnsEaLkjrtiBIF

And only $70,000.00 (sic!)

Tom Rankin said:

You can't make this stuff up!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080605...nier_toilet;_ylt=Ah1ohcbVhnrEJYUnsEaLkjrtiBIF

And only $70,000.00 (sic!)

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Good stuff! They had a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new composting toilet at Muir Camp (10,000 ft) on Rainier in 2000, with local politicians and a major celebrity whose name I cannot remember hiking up for the event.

So where's Cougar Rock Campground? Am quite familiar with Paradise and White River campground, but not that one.

$70K is alot of money, but ... anyone else ever used the outhouse at "Camp Sherman" on Rainier. It's on the route the locals use, at around 11K is a mostly avalanche-free area. Was about the nastiest I've ever smelled. And you had to use it, and not the blue-bags, if you were camping in that immediate area. Anyway, would gladly contribute some $$ if they ever decide to put a composting toilet at Sherman (or is it Shurman?).

Here is some information on that campground (I have not stayed there).

http://www.hikercentral.com/campgrounds/118425.html

Dr. Dasypodidae said:

Good stuff! They had a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new composting toilet at Muir Camp (10,000 ft) on Rainier in 2000, with local politicians and a major celebrity whose name I cannot remember hiking up for the event.

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Forget the ribbon cutting, I want to know who got to take the first ceremonial dump!

Tom Rankin said:

Mount Rainier to hold ribbon-cutting for toilet

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Do you suppose the ribbon was "Charmin"?

Tom Rankin said:

Forget the ribbon cutting, I want to know who got to take the first ceremonial dump!

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Me too.
Was it some high-profile person, with the media there, or, was it some schmo with a big grin on their face?

I'd like to know how they justify the 70K price tag.
Seems to me, you can get a couple of those baby's up to camp muir, for the same price, and save on the cost bluebags.