[pct-l] ''Believer'' - Water Purification

[Carl & Judy Rush]

Reinhold,

   I agree with Stillroaming. A hiker especially one who is in a hurry might
not clean up after, then handle their food maybe an energy bar and give
Giardia to themselves.
Carl


On 11/5/06, Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger at cox.net> wrote:
>
> Stillroaming wrote......It's probably not the water, it's more likely
> personal hygiene......maybe he did not carry sanitizer / soap due to
> weight
> nor did he find the time to wash, 'after'.
>
>
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> Stillroaming,
> I am not sure I'm following your logic.
> Al did not have ''Giardia'' when he started the hike.
> The  ''Giardia''  simpletons first appeared about twenty days after he
> stated drinking untreated water.
> If, as you suggest, it was more likely the result of poor personal
> hygiene,
> whom did he get it from???............He was hiking solo...........I say
> it
> was the water.
>
> JMT Reinhold
> The ''Believer''
>
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