[pct-l] Carry a 6" straw or two.......
Pat Wormington
airecrew at netzero.net
Thu Mar 15 09:52:09 CDT 2012
You can usually set up the straw & bottle and leave it to fill, no hands
required. Jolly
On 3/14/2012 9:12 AM, 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
> <mailto: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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