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Mountain Scene By MATTHEW MCKEW There’s been movement, finally. Department of Conservation’s (DoC) dropped the news it’ll install a toilet on Queenstown’s Ben Lomond to stop caught-short hikers causing a mess. It comes a year after the mountain was dubbed ‘‘faecal peak’’ for the increasing piles of human waste. Thousands climb the 1748m each year to take in the commanding views of Queenstown and Lake Whakatipu, but all too many were leaving something behind. Retired teacher Mark Douglas has summited the peak 420 times and says over the years there’s ‘‘been more and more loo paper found on the side of the track’’. ....