[pct-l] Desert Water Capacity?

[gschenk1 at roadrunner.com]

Maggie,

I left Scissors Crossing with 2 1/2 gallons. It was cool that year, and that water lasted all the way to Warner springs. 2 gallons capacity each will be enough IMO.

Some people left Scissors with 3 liters. One year the cache was dry, and those people were hurting.

YMMV HTH HYOH HMHDI

Gary 

---- Maggie Lyons Weller <maggierlyons at gmail.com> wrote: 
> Hello,
> 
> My husband and I are attempting to thru-hike this year for the first time.
> We are debating how many of liters of water we should be carrying
> throughout the desert. Currently, we have to capacity to carry 11 liters
> each [ (1) 6L drom, (2) 2 L Platypus, and (1) 1L plastic drinking bottle].
> That would be 22L between the two of us. In light of this years water
> conditions, is this completely overkill? We would appreciate any and all.
> suggestions.
> 
> Thank you!
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