[pct-l] Platypus in the desert?

[Jim Keener]

Yes and no.

  . . . gently steps off the fence.

I carried Platypus bottles in 2004. I'm carrying them this year. I did  
have problems. I had two older bottles leak. Not from environmental  
causes, but from brain seepage. I caused the leaks. If the material  
had been stronger, though, there would have been no leaks. Not blaming  
the bottles, just stating the facts. Each time I had a problem, there  
was someone standing nearby to give me an "extra" one he or she had.  
Once at the kickoff, and at Warner Springs.

My experience: if you do carry Platypus bottles and one of them  
develops a leak, someone nearby will give you a new one.

A bit more seriously, nothing is foolproof. I like the convenience of  
the Platypus bottles.

Jim Keener ( J J )
http://oldmanwalking.net

On Apr 3, 2008, at 7:44 PM, Eric Payne wrote:

> So Yogi says in her book to avoid water bladders like Platypus.  A  
> few other
> people in the book say the same thing, and of course there are an  
> equal
> amount of people who say just the opposite.  Any opinions on here  
> regarding
> Platys?  Is it possible to be really careful with them and not have  
> these
> psychotic plants out there abuse them?  Are the leaks just typical  
> Platy
> leaks near the spout and at seams?  There are obviously lots of  
> people who
> rely solely on these bladders to hold their water (Andy Skurka comes  
> to
> mind) and it seems to work out ok.  Just trying to find out the  
> cause of the
> leaks and if its really the environment that is causing them.  When  
> carrying
> 7 L of water, it would be nice to save a half lb of weight by carrying
> platys if possible.
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