4. New Monta Rosa Hut
Opened July 2010
Valais Switzerland. Cost 10.5m CHF
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5. Bow Hut
Built 1989
Total Cost $100,000
Cost allocation for waste management $1,000
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6. How it all Started
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7. The Road to Damascus
Huts Committee Vice-President, 1986-1994
Alpine Club of Canada
In 1990 met with German Alpine Club and obtained documents relating to
Water, Energy and Waste Management in alpine huts.
Documents were translated and Mike experienced his “Road to Damascus”
In 1991 the ACC Organized the first North American Conference on Water,
Energy and Waste Management.
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8. History of Seminars
• Lake Louise 1991 ACC
• Mt Rainier 1993 NPS
• Grand Teton 1994 AAC
• Calgary 1994 ACC
• Australia 2000 AANP
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15. Urine Separation
A teaspoon of urine in a barrel of shit, is a barrel
of shit. A teaspoon of shit in a barrel of urine
is a barrel of shit
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17. Keep it Simple
What sort of diseases can you get in a hot tub?
It depends on what you do in a hot tub!
Remember that pit toilets are in many cases the
best solution.
Don’t over-engineer!
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18. What can the UIAA do to help?
• Global network of mountaineering and mountain user
federations, many with huts. (Estimate 10,000 + huts)
• 71 federations in 61 countries
• Global access through our website
• Assist as conduit for information through UIAA website via
links
• Connections to UNEP, IUCN, etc
• Technology Transfer
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19. “Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it
depends on what you put into it”
Tom Lehrer
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