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An estimated 66 tons of feces left behind by climbers is coming out of the deep freeze on North America’s highest peak
A top the 20,310-foot Denali in Alaska will find stunning glacier, incredible views and poop. Lots of poop. Since 1906, people have attempted to summit the peak leaving behind tons of feces on the mountain. Now, reports Elizabeth Weise at USA Today, that mountain of waste threatens to be unleashed as climate change warms the mountain and opens literal poop shoots in the surface of the glaciers.
The problem of poop on Denali, the highest mountain in North America, grown over the years. For much of the 20th Century, climbing the mountain was reserved for scientists and elite explorers who pioneered many of the routes to the top. By the late 1970s, however, the climb had become more accessible for adventurous amateurs, with 680 climbers attempting to summit in 1979. That number has steadily grown, and last year over 1,100 climbers took part in expeditions up the mountain, about half joining a guided expedition.
The problem is, climbing Denali is not a day trip. On average, climbers spend 16 to 18 days on the mountain, acclimating at lower elevations and ferrying gear up to progressively higher camps before attempting the summit. All those people spending all that time on the mountain means lots of poop, about two tons per year.
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So the highest mountain in North America is covered in turds and global change is going to cause the turds to melt and fertilize the terrain below causing plants to grow in take CO2 out of the air, saving us all.
Nature always has a plan... :roll:
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We're like pigeons.
And, for the OP: turds on open ground don't fertilize anything. The nitrogen evaporates leaving a low nutrient carbon pile to be blown away in the wind. Feces must be composted for months and then dug into the soil to be effective.
Further, human feces must be kept at an excess of 120 degrees (or thereabout, iirc) for three months to be safe. To have killed the pathogens. This is normally done in an active compost pile where temp exceeds that if kept aerated and moist.
So, we're gonna have turds on the surface, uncomposted and fertilizing nothing, and they're gonna spread disease.
If fertilizing with feces was as easy as the OP believes, everywhere in the world would be fertile soil, even the deserts.
ps. I'm available for apocalypse survival teams.
Party Pooper!
We're like pigeons.
And, for the OP: turds on open ground don't fertilize anything. The nitrogen evaporates leaving a low nutrient carbon pile to be blown away in the wind. Feces must be composted for months and then dug into the soil to be effective.
Further, human feces must be kept at an excess of 120 degrees (or thereabout, iirc) for three months to be safe. To have killed the pathogens. This is normally done in an active compost pile where temp exceeds that if kept aerated and moist.
So, we're gonna have turds on the surface, uncomposted and fertilizing nothing, and they're gonna spread disease.
If fertilizing with feces was as easy as the OP believes, everywhere in the world would be fertile soil, even the deserts.
ps. I'm available for apocalypse survival teams.
Mountain climber poop, eh? I hope the urge to climb mountains isn't contagious!
As amusing as this story may be, there really is a danger from thawing land-based glaciers. The melt is getting to ice that has been frozen for hundreds of thousands of years, and the thaw is releasing microbes for which humans have no natural defense, since the microbes pre-date us. Then again, if something does get to us, and medical science can't deal with it, resulting in millions of deaths or even billions, perhaps we deserve it. Too bad we can't target the deniers first.
It is amazing how many Democrats openly claim the humans deserve to die.
Why would anyone except people who are suicidal even think of voting for a political party that claims you and everyone you know deserves to die? That is how deep the HATE in the Democratic Party runs now, literally hating everyone.
Party Pooper!
It is amazing how many Democrats openly claim the humans deserve to die.
Why would anyone except people who are suicidal even think of voting for a political party that claims you and everyone you know deserves to die? That is how deep the HATE in the Democratic Party runs now, literally hating everyone.
It is amazing how many Democrats openly claim the humans deserve to die.
Why would anyone except people who are suicidal even think of voting for a political party that claims you and everyone you know deserves to die? That is how deep the HATE in the Democratic Party runs now, literally hating everyone.
It is amazing how many Democrats openly claim the humans deserve to die.
Why would anyone except people who are suicidal even think of voting for a political party that claims you and everyone you know deserves to die? That is how deep the HATE in the Democratic Party runs now, literally hating everyone.
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