[pct-l] getting water from the aquaduct

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

On Mar 19, 2009, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> getting water from the aquaduct
Couple months ago someone posted somebody's trail journal with  
pictures from back in the 70s. They would get water from the aqueduct  
by lifting the concrete lids and climbing down on steel pegs with the  
water flowing under the concrete, inky black and not instant enough  
death should you slip and fall in. The picture shown scared the  
bejesus out of me. I would never do that.

They've since locked all the access points and you can no longer get  
water from the aqueduct except from the faucet they've nicely  
provided for us hikers. Takes much time to fill up your cook pot,  
filter the water, fill up your pot again, filter, etc until you've  
got enough to continue to Tylerhorse, or beyond if there's no water  
there.