[pct-l] Platypus in the desert?

[montypct]

> I carried 3 Platypus bags
>I did make a point to never toss filled bags into cactus plants
> Vlad the Impaler

With the name "the Impailer" that urge must have been difficult to resist at 
times.


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <joel01 at ekit.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Platypus in the desert?


>
> I carried 3 Platypus bags, allowing me to load 8 liters or so if I
> overfilled past the line a bit. The largest bag, which I used all the
> way to Canada, finally began springing leaks in northern California
> but a little duct tape solved that.
>
> I did make a point to never toss filled bags into cactus plants or
> drag them on the ground after me, but other than that I wasn't
> especially careful with them. (The main thing was to try to avoid
> abrasions that would later lead to leaks)
>
> Vlad the Impaler
>
>
>
>
> Quoting Pea Hicks <phix at optigan.com>:
>
>>
>>
>>Eric Payne wrote:
>>> So Yogi says in her book to avoid water bladders
>>like Platypus.
>>
>>i carried a 3-liter platypus for about 1500 miles
>>before it sprung a
>>leak, and i certainly didn't handle it with kid
>>gloves. i replaced it
>>with a 3-liter camelback (only because they didn't
>>have platy's at the
>>gear shop in quincy), and that's still going strong
>>after approx 1200
>>miles. i like both, but prefer the platypus because
>>it's lighter.
>>
>>girlscout
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>
>
>
> It was then I knew I'd had enough,
> Burned my credit card for fuel
> Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand - Neil Young
>
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