Extreme Toilet Perched on a Cliff in Siberia

Hey! Hey! Thanks for clicking by today. How are you faring? Fair to middling or in harmony with the flow of the universe? Me? Thanks for asking. I'd go with harmony. I'm glad you're here. Help yourself to a perky mug of coffee and a virtual treat. Most of my regular readers know that I, on rare occasions, get off onto the subject of toilets and (oh here he goes...) poo. Well, check out the positioning of this toilet. 

The world’s most extreme toilet is located in Siberia, 2,600m (over 8,500 feet) above sea level. It’s not just the height that makes it scary; the toilet is perched rather precariously on the edge of a cliff. I think it looks like it might fall right off if a very heavy person used it.(Don't look at me when you read that part!)

What’s this lonely lavatory doing up there all by itself, you ask? Well, it’s meant to serve just five people – employees at the remote weather station at Kara-Tyurek.

Kara-Tyurek, which means ‘Black Heart’ in the local language, lies in the Russian Altai Mountains. Its weather station has been operational since 1939, and the five people working there have just the one toilet to use.

Now that's enough to scare the crap out of you!

See ya, eh!

Bob 

Comment from Paul in Toronto:

Sure do remember the tuk-tuk rides in Bangkok. Cough, cough!

Paul

Bob's reply:

We watched 'Don't Drive Here!" a while ago and the city featured was Bangkok. The narrator actually did drive an ancient tuk-tuk (among other things) and found it exhilarating! Sometimes tuk-tuks and motorcycles are the only vehicles moving in the Big Mango!