There’s no delicate way to describe a new program launched for rock climbers in B.C.’s Squamish area, meant to reduce human waste being deposited in the forest.
About 64 kilometres north of Vancouver — around the halfway point to Whistler — organizers are providing bags for climbers to poop into, seal up, and pack out of the wilderness to dispose of appropriately.
The Waste Alleviating Gel (WAG) bag program has been set up by the Squamish Access Society (SAS) in partnership with B.C. Parks, and sponsored by businesses in the climbing industry.
“There’s been an explosion in the usage of our backcountry areas in southwest B.C. and the Sea-to-Sky corridor, and rock climbing is very much a part
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