[pct-l] purifying water

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

On Oct 8, 2010, at 6:25 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>   On 10/8/2010 3:08 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes wrote:
>> I used a filter in So Cal. Aquamira drops the rest of the time.
>> Frankly, with the exception of all those warm shallow lakes in
>> Oregon, I rarely treated my water after the High Sierra.
> I am curious why you needed to treat in the High Sierra ...at least
> between Sequoia NP and Yosemite NP.
Ever been there in August? It's like a human crapapolooza. An animal  
crapapolooza, too. I choked on horse poop dust all along the trail.  
Still, I did drink a lot of the water untreated.