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

[Pat Wormington]

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
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> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09/
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>
>
> 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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