[pct-l] Not treating water on the PCT

[Scott Bryce]

Steve Clark wrote:
> I attended a trail fest in riverside, ca, back in 2005 and heard a
> lecture by a doctor that said that you did not have to treat your
> water on the PCT.

That is real nice until you stop at a water source where you can see a
cow standing in the stream not 50 feet upstream from you, or where you
get water out of a large concrete tank with who knows what in the tank
along with the water.

Here are two reasons I was glad I was carrying a filter:

http://trailjournals.com/photos.cfm?id=339370
http://trailjournals.com/photos.cfm?id=339375