[pct-l] Water Filters

[Steve McAllister]

I either boil, chemically treat and/or filter all water.

Many people have developed their systems to the point that they can
drink almost anything.

Maybe some day I'll work on that, but for now I don't want to take any chances.


On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 7:09 AM, Michael Peterson <depthhappens at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Steve. Did you ever not treat the water?
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> On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 8:35 PM, Steve McAllister <brooklynkayak at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> Filters can make nasty water taste better. Water from forest fire
>> areas, water with lots of tannin or other nasty stuff in it can be
>> turned into god tasting water.
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>> Pre-filtering is very important. You can plug up a filter very quickly
>> if the water has a lot of suspended particles.
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>> I have totally plugged up a prefilter from filtering just 2 liters
>> from a clear flowing stream in the fall. Turns out there was a lot of
>> particles from fallen leaves in the water.
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>> I use Aqua Mira drops, but will also filter with a very light
>> "Frontier Pro2" if the water is nasty.
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>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Michael Peterson
>> <wordgrouper at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> > What's the wisdom from the trail regarding water filters?
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> "A little learning is a dang'rous thing;
>    Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:
>    There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,
>    And drinking largely sobers us again."        -  A.Pope
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... when your feeling blue, and you've lost all your dreams, there's
nothing like a campfire and a can of beans!
   -- Tom Waits

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