[pct-l] Carry a 6" straw or two.......

[Tortoise]

I got the idea after reading Steel-Eye's idea. I just cut the bottom 
portion off of a 1/2 liter bottled water bottle and use it. Flexible and 
sturdy; and it conveniently nests inside my 300ml titanium cup.

Can't beat it with a stick.

Tortoise

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On 2012.03.14 09:12, CHUCK CHELIN wrote:
> Good morning, Jollylopper,
>
> That’s a good idea.  I use a little, plastic Jello Pudding cup for the same
> basic purpose:  To dip water out of small trickles, depressions, and
> shallow runs.  http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=264360
>
> Steel-Eye
>
> -Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Pat Wormington<airecrew at netzero.net>wrote:
>
>> This dry year carrying a 6" large diameter straw (Seven Eleven type) for
>> diverting small rivulets into your water bottle is a must.  I carry two
>> because you will run into people who have none and you will have to wait
>> around for other hikers to use yours.  There was a water trough with
>> dead frogs floating in it so I used my straw on the seeping bank above
>> the trough in a depression about the size of a silver dollar.  No frog
>> water for me!!
>>
>> Jollylopper
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