[pct-l] Water Filters

Sun Dec 6 00:17:13 CST 2009

Very good!

I had the same thing happen to me in Switzerland--didn't see the cows 
grazing just uphill of where I was. I was violently sick within 12 hours (up 
all night sitting on a cold, steel bucket) and generally sick for most of 
the week.

It could have happened to me again in New Mexico in the Gila Wilderness 
while camping alongside a disgusting cow pond (the only water source in the 
area during the snow storm that brought us up short for the day), but that 
time I boiled the heck out of it and I was ok later.

Mtnned

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ernie Castillo" <erniec01 at hotmail.com>
To: <brooklynkayak at gmail.com>; <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Water Filters

>
> One of my regrets from my through hike in 1980: not treating my water.
>
> It was a combination of feeling invincible, trusting nature, and laziness.
>
> It caught up to me in Northern California as I was hiking ahead of my 
> group. I came across a stream, not moving that fast, but looking clean and 
> pristine. So I just dipped my water bottle into the stream.
>
> Big mistake. I didn't notice the cows grazing by the side of the stream 
> less than a 100 yards away.My hiking buddies pointed it out to me once 
> they caught up.
>
> The next day, I was the only having to catch up because I kept having to 
> take the proverbial dump in the woods. It got worse. I realized later that 
> I may have got a bout of salmonella poisoning, e coli bacteria, or H 
> pylori. I was sick for about a week, had trouble keeping food down, had 
> non-stop diarrhea, and even thought about leaving the trail to find a 
> doctor. But I persevered and learned a valuable lesson.
>
> If in doubt, boil it out.
>
> Ernie Castillo
> erniec01 at hotmail.com
> 248 884 5201
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>
>
>
>> From: brooklynkayak at gmail.com
>> Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 07:18:01 -0500
>> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Water Filters
>>
>> I either boil, chemically treat and/or filter all water.
>>
>> Many people have developed their systems to the point that they can
>> drink almost anything.
>>
>> Maybe some day I'll work on that, but for now I don't want to take any 
>> chances.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Michael Peterson <depthhappens at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>> > Thanks Steve. Did you ever not treat the water?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Steve McAllister 
>> > <brooklynkayak at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Filters can make nasty water taste better. Water from forest fire
>> >> areas, water with lots of tannin or other nasty stuff in it can be
>> >> turned into god tasting water.
>> >>
>> >> Pre-filtering is very important. You can plug up a filter very quickly
>> >> if the water has a lot of suspended particles.
>> >>
>> >> I have totally plugged up a prefilter from filtering just 2 liters
>> >> from a clear flowing stream in the fall. Turns out there was a lot of
>> >> particles from fallen leaves in the water.
>> >>
>> >> I use Aqua Mira drops, but will also filter with a very light
>> >> "Frontier Pro2" if the water is nasty.
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Michael Peterson
>> >> <wordgrouper at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > What's the wisdom from the trail regarding water filters?
>> >> >
>> >> > M
>> >> >
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