WARNING: This story contains bathroom humour. Discretion is advised.
Have you ever “built a log cabin” and thought, if only a gorgeous view could accompany this experience?
A Canmore man made it his mission to document remarkable outhouses in Alberta — so much so that he authored a book about it: “Poo With a View: High Alpine Sh*tters of the Canadian Rockies.”
Gavin Boutet told Global News on Friday he did it because it is a unique topic and promotes environmentalism.
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“I think without the outhouses in the backcountry and some of these locations featured in the book, the environment would be a much worse place,” he said.
“We have to control the amount of garbage and certainly the amount of mess that we, as humans, leave behind in nature.”
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Boutet has been working on the book for about six years and self-published it earlier in 2020, saying he was excited to “finally push it out.”
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