[pct-l] Mistakes I made while hiking

[Ellen Shopes]

Yogi's book has a warning about the bad water at KM...:"treat everything, 
even from spigots".
EE

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Junaid Dawud" <jdawud at gmail.com>
To: "Matthew Edwards" <hetchhetchyman at aol.com>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Mistakes I made while hiking


> I'll elaborate later on the mistakes I made during my 2006 attempt,
> where I did 2400 miles then had to quit because it was winter. For the
> moment I will say that I too believe I got giardiasis (or something
> similar) at KM.
>
> Junaid aka speshul 41
> Mexico -> Snoqualmie 2006
> Snoqualmie -> Canada 2007
> Mexico ------> 2010
>
>
> On Mar 9, 2010, at 7:54 PM, Matthew Edwards <hetchhetchyman at aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Okay, this is going to get me in hot water with some folks. Remember
>> this is just my opinion. I have no scientific evidence to back this
>> up but:
>> I drank water untreated fro Hose Spigot at Kennedy Meadows (South).
>> I believe that water gave me Giardiasis.
>> There, I said it.
>> I Love what the kind folks at the store do for us hikers every year.
>> I truly do not think they would knowingly give us bad water. I know
>> they swear the water is tested but:
>> Being a gravity feed hose bib, downhill from a septic system, and
>> having a large number of hikers get sick within 10 days of KM are
>> too amny coincidences in my opinion.
>> If I were to hike again I would purchase bottled water at the store
>> while there. Obviously this would be good for the store as well so
>> hopefully I did not just piss them off too much.
>> YMMV, IMHO, and all that.
>> To be honest I personally did not treat every drop of water on my
>> hike previous to reaching KM so I can't say with total certainty..
>> Just a GUT feeling (Sorry.. Bad Pun)
>> I will say for sure that losing 30 lbs in 20 days while crossing the
>> Sierra was not very fun.
>> I will carry Metronidazole tablets (Flagyl) on my next hike. I
>> suffered needlessly as the pills were 9 bucks and 21 of them were
>> almost weightless. After 2 days the antibiotic began to work and by
>> day three I was back on trail and pushing towards Canada again.
>>
>> Alright, let the slings and arrows fly.. I can take it.
>> -Iceaxe
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