[pct-l] Giardia

[Brick Robbins]

More likely:

Unwashed hands of fellow hiker you shared your trail mix with = sick = no hiking

The Forest service spent quite a bit effort trying to keep their
firefighters from getting sick from the water, with little success.
They then started requiring use of hand sanitizer before meals, Big
Success.

Moral: for all the fear and worry, it wasn't the water. It was the other humans.


On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 12:00 PM, giniajim <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:
> uh:
> health = hiking = backcountry = water <clean/dirty>:
> water <dirty> = sick = no hiking
> water <clean> = healthy = keep hiking