[pct-l] CDC recommendations for water treatment

[Ernie Castillo]

Curses! You ruined another entrepreneural idea I was going to hatch. To prey on the fear of rattlesnakes, I would set up camp along the Southern California trail and sell Kevlar-lined sweat pants and sledge hammers.
 
Just kidding of course.
 
But I think you are right on about fears on the trail, whether it be from grizzly bears, rattlesnakes, or giardia.
 
Advice: Be prepared but don't be paranoid.

Ernie Castillo, original member of the Revolving Ramen, PCT Class of 1980


 
> From: diane at santabarbarahikes.com
> Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 07:07:29 -0700
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] CDC recommendations for water treatment
> 
> 
> On Oct 22, 2010, at 5:24 PM, Ron Dye wrote:
> 
> > There have been articles written that suggest the giardia threat 
> > has been
> > exaggerated.
> 
> This reminds me of I think it was Golden Oak Spring. There's actually 
> an advertisement at the spring for one of the makers of water 
> treatment devices. I think there may have been one or two others of 
> these advertisements on the trail at a spring. It made me wonder if 
> perhaps it's all hype meant to sell us more crap.
> 
> So many of the fears we have about hiking and being in the wilderness 
> are overblown. I sometimes think it's a plot to make us believe that 
> the source of life--nature--is dangerous and the killer of life-- 
> civilization--is benign when in truth it is the opposite. All in 
> order to sell us more crap and help somebody at the top accumulate 
> more money.
> 
> That's the whole reason I went for a long walk on the PCT. I had a 
> chance to measure wealth in things that truly matter to me: 
> wildflowers, beauty, time.
> 
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