[pct-l] Aqua Mira v chlorine

[Tortoise]

I haven't had as much trail and trial time of drinking water direct from 
the stream / lake.  If I'm in camp, my usual way to treat if needed is 
boiling. On the go, I used iodine crystals to produce a saturated iodine 
solution. Never gotten sick from drinking the water.

Did get sick once, apparently from food I ate on the way to the Sierra.


Tortoise

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Steel-Eye wrote:
> Good morning, Stone Dancer,
> 
>  
> 
> Thinking about water purification I’m reminded of the PCT hiker who 
> carried a charm to ward off elephants.  It must have worked because he 
> didn’t see a single elephant on the entire trip.  The closest thing to 
> an absolute in water purification is bringing the water to a rolling 
> boil, and keeping it there for five minutes.  That will kill the bugs, 
> however it won’t deal with particulate or inorganic constitutions.  Few 
> -- if any -- hikers boil their drinking water, for good reason:  It is 
> onerous in terms of the time required, and the weight of the associated 
> fuel and equipment; even more so for those of us who do not cook our 
> food.  The first -- and last -- time I boiled drinking water was in 1954 
> when trying to advance as a Boy Scout from Tenderfoot to the lofty 
> Second-Class rank.
> 
>   
> 
> During the intervening years I’ve drunk considerable untreated 
> wild-water and I didn’t get sick. I’ve also used about all of the common 
> filtration/purification methods with the exception of the latest UV 
> technology:  I’ve strained water through a bandana, and I didn’t get 
> sick.  I’ve used Halazone and iodine tablets, and I didn’t get sick.  
> I’ve used various modern pump-filters, and I didn’t get sick.  I’ve used 
> tincture-of-iodine and I didn’t get sick   I’ve used Clorox Bleach and I 
> didn’t get sick.  I’ve used Aqua Mira and I didn’t get sick.
> 
>  
> 
> I very much agree with Steady’s recent comments and rationale about 
> Clorox vs. Aqua Mira.  Anything short of boiling is a compromise, and we 
> all get to decide the extent to which we will compromise during a hike.  
> My current operational compromise is to drink wild-water when I think it 
> is reasonably safe, and treat potentially contaminated water with Clorox. 
> 
>  
> 
> Steel-Eye
> 
>  
> 
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>  
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* StoneDancer1 at aol.com <mailto:StoneDancer1 at aol.com>
>     *To:* pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net
>     <mailto:pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net>
>     *Sent:* Thursday, February 28, 2008 9:43 PM
>     *Subject:* [pct-l] Aqua Mira v chlorine
> 
>     Survey:  Could we have some pros and cons comparing the use of Aqua
>     Mira to 2drops/liter of household chlorine? 
>      
>     Any one have experience on effectiveness, cost, corrosive incidents,
>     anything like that??
>      
>     This came to mind as my Aqua Mira vanished inside my pack and I was
>     scrounging ideas for how to proceed until VVR.  I dubbed my AM "the
>     Precious" right after that. 
>      
>     Stone Dancer
>      
>      
> 
> 
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