[at-l] what *IS* the risk of water borne pathology?

[Mara Factor]

Sure - but the Long Trail seemed most likely.  You would hope a bad
restaurant worker leaving a trail of ill patrons behind might be
noticed - and maybe it was - but I had left the area.  In my case I
was off the trail and back in Boston ~6 days before symptoms showed
up.  Bad peach? Probably not unless the person who picked it had bad
toilet habits.  :-P

I did test positive for giardia so it wasn't a random "bug".

Mara
Stitches, AT99

P.S.  For those using bleach, keep in mind that bleach has a limited
shelf life.  Also, bleach may have additives in it that may not be
appropriate for consumption.  It may be easy to ask for small amounts
of bleach at local laundromats as you hike, but it may be awkward to
ask how old the bleach is and whether or not it has additives that
shouldn't be consumed. -MF

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On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Felix J <AThiker at smithville.net> wrote:
> Mara Factor wrote:
>
> In 1997, I picked up giardia while on the Long Trail in VT.  Whether
> it came from the water there, a misused filter (I accepted water from
> someone who I later realized didn't separate his input and output
> hoses while storing the filter), or off the hands of someone with bad
> toilet habits, I'll never know.
>
>
> Isn't it possible, then, that it was 'none of the above'? I mean, what if it
> was from a restaurant you'd eaten in a week earlier. Or, a bug
> you'd 'caught' somewhere along the line.  Or, a bad peach?
>
> I used to use iodine tablets and now use Aqua Mira.
> Both are light and easy to use.
> Mara
>
> I had you pegged as an Aqua Mara user, for some reason.... :-)
>
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