[pct-l] Steri pen water purification

[Vincent Rupp]

Of course, you have to make sure your electronics will work at 0F. My
camera's manual indicates it will not. Even if it did, the only use I'd have
for it would be keeping a photojournal of freezing to death.
Gmail should be keeping all your messages together for ease of reading back,
if the subject remains the same. I tried to changing it to batteries since
we weren't talking about the steripen anymore, but it didn't take, much like
my attempts to reroute the PCT through Napa. =)

Also, I think Chase is going to be severely disappointed when he reaches the
desert. The first hiker he meets will have to explain how it's not at all
related to a dessert. I hope that hiker has a camera to record his
disappointed face.

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Josh <559josh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Chase,
> Great points!  I hadn't even considered the temperature factor.
>
> I do want to point out one thing: I have followed this thread from the
> beginning, but other threads I kinda wait until they develop a little bit
> before reading them...you erased the end of this thread, I'm assuming to
> save space or something...but that means that anyone coming along in the
> future will have to find the original post & read from there instead of
> just
> finding the most recent one & being able to read the convo from beginning.
> OR...in the case of the Electrolyte thread, there are a LOT of good
> suggestions and having a summary of all of them in the most recent post
> would be quite useful...but if all the most recent post contains is the 2
> most recent paragraphs, future users/readers will be at a loss.  OR, in the
> case of the ongoing humor threads where in order to understand what is
> presently being conveyed, one must refer back to the previous comical
> statements & their rebuttals, removing all of that would make the thread
> useless to all but those who have followed it from the beginning.
>
> Maybe I'm missing something, but if it's just for the sake of saving space,
> would you please not truncate the messages in the future?  Please?
>
> Thanks,
> Josh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]
> On Behalf Of Charles W. Davidson
> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 6:06 AM
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Steri pen water purification
>
>     One thing that was not mentioned in the battery discussion is the great
> advantage of a Lithium battery in cold weather and it weighs half as much.
> Where an alkaline becomes weaker and life grows shorter the colder it gets.
> Lithiums are pretty much un affected by the cold. This makes all the
> difference in the winter.  Just speculating but I expect at 0* F one
> lithium
> is easily worth seven alkaline as many advertisements suggest. The very
> first Lithium batteries where double voltage and required a dummy battery
> for a two battery setup. 20 years ago REI sold a Moon light that used one
> Lithium 3v C sized cell. I am glad they make them more compatible now. Some
> devices state do not use Lithium or will cause overheating. I have one gps
> that the screen will go crazy if you use Lithium. An old camera I have said
> no Lithium but it always worked just fine with them.
>       Come on April 8. I am ready to get started and put my batteries to
> use. I can hardly wait to see my first desert. mmm chocolate.
>
> chase
>
> --
> My Journal http://postholer.com/chaseat99
>
> <snip>
> notice  how I cut away the rest of the RE: steri pen message that you have
> already seen
>
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