[pct-l] How much water to carry

[Seth Jacobs]

Last year on my section hike from Campo to Idylwild I consumed one liter
for every 5 miles hiked (including meals, etc.).  I don't know if that's
typical.  My advice would be to conduct a test hike to see how many miles
you can hike on a liter of water and to compare this to how many miles
apart reliable water sources are on your hike.  My goal was to carry enough
water to get to another reliable water source in case the planned one
wasn't available for one reason or another or I made a wrong turn.  That
wasn't always practical but I usually did carry more than the minimum
amount of water.  I didn't begrudge the extra weight.

Seth




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> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:13:45 -0400
> From: Pamela McCullough <Pamelarun at aol.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] the desert
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> Do we need bug clothes in the desert?  Or not until we reach KM?
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> Is a 3 liter camel plus one platypus enough or should one carry more water
> capacity?  Thank you for your advice, Pamela
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