[pct-l] Water treatment: AquaMira and...?

[Tortoise]

Mike,

It is your hike and your life.

However there is a reasonable amount of literature available poo-pooing 
the need for all the water treatment. Rather all the talk about water 
treatment is the authorities responding to legal requirements and 
concerns about liability issues, commercial interests promoting the sale 
of water treatment paraphernalia, and people just repeating what they 
have heard.

 From what I've read, there is very little chance one would get sick 
with ghiardia or cryptosporidium from drinking untreated water. Most 
times hikers get sick from poor sanitation -- either inadequate cleaning 
of their cooking and eating utensils or not adequate cleaning after 
toileting.

That said, if I have doubts about the water I treat it with a saturated 
iodine solution.

Tortoise

"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong."

--H. L. Mencken

<> He who finishes last, wins! <>



Mike Ronstadt wrote:
> I've always used AM but I can't find anything definitive online about it being able to treat cryptosporidium so I'm looking at buying a Steripen as well (I'll still use the AM for clearing up cloudy water).  Will the combination of the two be enough?  What lightweight water treatments work best on the PCT?
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