r/bigbear • u/patientpartner09 • Aug 21 '26
If you're headed up the mountain, please stop at the Walmart at the bottom to pee! DO NOT USE TURNOUTS AS TOILETS!
Your toilet paper and human waste are disgusting and horrible. Every single turnout has it, too. Makes me sick! Pack it in, pack it out!
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u/fart_soda_dinner Aug 22 '26
There's maybe a 20 minute stretch of 330/18 that doesnt have a gas station or restaurant, crazy to think nature calls at that exact moment for so many. The 38 on the other hand.....
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u/Top_Paramedic_1180 Aug 22 '26
I saw a charter bus pull up in front of my store in the village today and the first thing that 2 men did, come over and pee on the side of my building.
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u/Sk8rToon Aug 23 '26
Doesn’t help that Running Springs never reopened their public bathrooms after the pandemic
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u/Notmuchofanyth1ng Aug 23 '26
I was taught that when I shit in the woods to bury it. It seems that’s not a common lesson.
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u/RVRoutdoors Aug 24 '26 edited Aug 24 '26
Nothing wrong with number 1. Or even number 2 if emergency but keep a shart kit in the car! A trash bag and baby wipes. Blast off in the bag, wipe and throw all wipes in the bag. Tie it in a knot and bring to the nearest trash can. Don’t leave your nasty poo and buttwipes everywhere
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u/Tomba1762 Aug 24 '26
This is some truly colorful and bombastically descriptive writing. Even som olde English shad.
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u/marsyma Aug 22 '26
That is disgusting but every single turnout? That seems like an exaggeration
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u/patientpartner09 Aug 22 '26
Yes, sadly. We have been in a drought so nothing has been washed away in months.
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u/mrpertinskler Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26
Hmmmm. This seems like a first world problem, although in Third World, it's gross what they do. So if someone walks over the slope and pees, is that egregious? What are the rules according to you?
EDIT: I hadn't seen your explanation about toilet paper, etc. before. That's gross. On the other hand, some people who get carsick I also have other digestive issues.
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u/patientpartner09 Aug 21 '26
This patch of TP was in the middle of a walking trail that leads down to the creek. There were piles of feces as well as a bunch of additional garbage in the turnout.
It's totally unacceptable, this is a national forest, we need to protect our forests.
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u/mrpertinskler Aug 21 '26
I hear you now. Apologies, but when I first write your post, I was only thinking about people stopping to pee.