[pct-l] Mistakes I made while hiking

[Junaid Dawud]

I'll elaborate later on the mistakes I made during my 2006 attempt,  
where I did 2400 miles then had to quit because it was winter. For the  
moment I will say that I too believe I got giardiasis (or something  
similar) at KM.

Junaid aka speshul 41
Mexico -> Snoqualmie 2006
Snoqualmie -> Canada 2007
Mexico ------> 2010


On Mar 9, 2010, at 7:54 PM, Matthew Edwards <hetchhetchyman at aol.com>  
wrote:

> Okay, this is going to get me in hot water with some folks. Remember  
> this is just my opinion. I have no scientific evidence to back this  
> up but:
> I drank water untreated fro Hose Spigot at Kennedy Meadows (South).
> I believe that water gave me Giardiasis.
> There, I said it.
> I Love what the kind folks at the store do for us hikers every year.  
> I truly do not think they would knowingly give us bad water. I know  
> they swear the water is tested but:
> Being a gravity feed hose bib, downhill from a septic system, and  
> having a large number of hikers get sick within 10 days of KM are  
> too amny coincidences in my opinion.
> If I were to hike again I would purchase bottled water at the store  
> while there. Obviously this would be good for the store as well so  
> hopefully I did not just piss them off too much.
> YMMV, IMHO, and all that.
> To be honest I personally did not treat every drop of water on my  
> hike previous to reaching KM so I can't say with total certainty..  
> Just a GUT feeling (Sorry.. Bad Pun)
> I will say for sure that losing 30 lbs in 20 days while crossing the  
> Sierra was not very fun.
> I will carry Metronidazole tablets (Flagyl) on my next hike. I  
> suffered needlessly as the pills were 9 bucks and 21 of them were  
> almost weightless. After 2 days the antibiotic began to work and by  
> day three I was back on trail and pushing towards Canada again.
>
> Alright, let the slings and arrows fly.. I can take it.
> -Iceaxe
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