[pct-l] Platypus in the desert?

[joel01 at ekit.com]

We all have our little diversions.


Vlad the Impaler



Quoting montypct <montypct at gmail.com>:

>> I carried 3 Platypus bags
>>I did make a point to never toss filled bags into
>cactus plants
>> Vlad the Impaler
>
>With the name "the Impailer" that urge must have
>been difficult to resist at
>times.
>
>
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: <joel01 at ekit.com>
>To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
>Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 8:08 PM
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Platypus in the desert?
>
>
>>
>> I carried 3 Platypus bags, allowing me to load 8
>liters or so if I
>> overfilled past the line a bit. The largest bag,
>which I used all the
>> way to Canada, finally began springing leaks in
>northern California
>> but a little duct tape solved that.
>>
>> I did make a point to never toss filled bags into
>cactus plants or
>> drag them on the ground after me, but other than
>that I wasn't
>> especially careful with them. (The main thing was
>to try to avoid
>> abrasions that would later lead to leaks)
>>
>> Vlad the Impaler
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Quoting Pea Hicks <phix at optigan.com>:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Eric Payne wrote:
>>>> So Yogi says in her book to avoid water bladders
>>>like Platypus.
>>>
>>>i carried a 3-liter platypus for about 1500 miles
>>>before it sprung a
>>>leak, and i certainly didn't handle it with kid
>>>gloves. i replaced it
>>>with a 3-liter camelback (only because they didn't
>>>have platy's at the
>>>gear shop in quincy), and that's still going
>strong
>>>after approx 1200
>>>miles. i like both, but prefer the platypus
>because
>>>it's lighter.
>>>
>>>girlscout
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>>
>>
>>
>> It was then I knew I'd had enough,
>> Burned my credit card for fuel
>> Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand -
>Neil Young
>>
>>
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It was then I knew I'd had enough, 
Burned my credit card for fuel 
Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand - Neil Young