The Mountaineering Council of Scotland

Human Sanitation Questionnaire

Thank you to those 56 of you who send responses to our questionnaire from this page. This is a summary of the responses:

Q1: Over the past 10 years in Scotland, do you think that conditions around Bothies, Wild Camping Areas and Popular Snowholing Sites have:
Improved
Stayed the same   
Deteriorated
6
20
28

Q2: Where in your view is the worst place in Scotland's mountains for human waste problems?
Nevis
CIC
Corrour
Cairngorms
Shenavall
Derry Lodge
10
9
5
3
3
2

Q3: What do you usually do with your faeces when you have to go on the mountain?
Dig a hole and bury it
Cover it with a rock so that air can circulate around it    
Squash it with a rock
Cover it with grass and bits of vegetation
Smear it thinly across a rock or vegetation
Leave it out in the open air
34
7
3
6
2
3

Q4: 32 of 56 respondents live in Scotland.

Q5: 16 of 56 respondents are MCofS members.

Q6: 26 of 56 respondents had previously read the MCofS Human Sanitation Code leaflet Where to 'Go' in the Great Outdoors


view the leaflet

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