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Mountain Cat Aug 2020 2:47pm, 14 Aug 2020 2,817 posts	Quote Pin Mountain Cat Also, a lot of the wildcamping advice that gets given in good faith (e.g. bury your poo) is not considered appropriate in many upland areas these days for a variety of reasons. In areas with an arctic ecosystem (e.g. Cairngorm plateau), buried poo will not biodegrade well, and it will have a significant adverse impact on the ecosystem. Add to that the fact that visitor numbers have increased hugely - 40 years ago there were only a small number of people wildcamping, but now there are many more. If all the wildcampers each night in the Lakes buried one poo each, we'd all we tripping over poo-divots constantly when out running! So unless you are somewhere with the right kind of soil, and somewhere properly remote (e.g. bits of Knoydart), people should be prepared to bag their poo up and take it home. The Cairngorm poo project did a good job of publicising this, but not many people do it elsewhere, and I frequently see people advising others to "take a trowel" etc. The advice is well meaning, but simply isn't appropriate any more.
Mountain Cat Aug 2020 2:48pm, 14 Aug 2020 2,818 posts	Quote Pin Mountain Cat Sorry for bringing the tone down with talk of poo!!!
Badger Aug 2020 2:55pm, 14 Aug 2020 12,640 posts	Quote Pin Badger This isn't the over 50s thread you know 🤭
Totriornottotri Aug 2020 6:36pm, 14 Aug 2020 736 posts	Quote Pin Totriornottotri That’s Lakes BBC piece is depressing. I can imagine what it’s like. The “we saw something on FB / insta crowd”. I saw Kilian scrambling on insta - doesn’t mean I’m going to do it! I’m guilty of exploring here in Spain more than before - local gorges and the like. I like to think I’m not an idiot so did research into the route etc but we saw many less prepared than us!
_andy Aug 2020 8:23pm, 14 Aug 2020 10,883 posts	Quote Pin _andy Great posts MC.
Dave A Aug 2020 11:58am, 15 Aug 2020 22,527 posts	Quote Pin Dave A inov-8.com This could be an interesting and time consuming dot watch.
Derby Tup Aug 2020 12:29pm, 15 Aug 2020 45,162 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup instagram.com I like the look of his outing. Good luck to him
Rosehip Aug 2020 12:58pm, 15 Aug 2020 17,361 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip Oh very good luck to him- that's a grand adventure
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Aug 2020 1:26pm, 15 Aug 2020 35,794 posts	Quote Pin ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ I can relate to walking it ever so slightly more than I can relate to running it, but it's still a daunting challenge.
rhb Aug 2020 6:09pm, 15 Aug 2020 1,466 posts	Quote Pin rhb Interestingly, a similar but lower profile Wainwrights attempt will start next week by an ex-clubmate of mine who has opted to do this as an alternative to MDS which was the plan until covid19 cancelled that. track.trail.live Starting in Patterdale on Tuesday.