[pct-l] Don't put all your water in one bottle.

[Denis Stanton]

On 4/04/2008, at 4:12 PM, AsABat wrote:

> Also, don't put all your water in one bottle!

I strongly second this.  I had the misfortune to slip and fall when  
crossing a shallow but fast river.  I recovered with no apparent  
damage and found a place to lay everything out in the sun to dry.   
Then I realised that my aluminium water bottle, which slides so nicely  
into the outside pocket of my pack was no longer with me as it had  
floated away in the excitement.  At that point I thought my hike was  
over as I hadn't brought any spares.  I resolved always to have a  
second bottle in my pack - even an empty one would be better than five  
days with no way to carry water.

(I found the bottle wedged between rocks only a 100 yards downstream)

Denis Stanton
denisstanton at mac.com