[pct-l] water and walking

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

On Oct 16, 2009, at 9:45 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> I noticed that a huge majority of the
> people I met on the trail this year north of California had given  
> up on the
> idea of filtering/treating water at all.

You must have met me, then! I wouldn't say I gave up on filtering/ 
treating completely. I always put Aquamira in water obtained from  
lakes or large streams, but small creeks and springs I just drank it.  
I used the paint strainer trick, too.

I met a couple last year who used a steripen. They never gave up on  
it as far as I know but they did have a lot of trouble with it and  
had to replace it at least once. Aquamira or similar seems simplest  
to use.