[pct-l] How much water to carry

[Lindsey Sommer]

Interesting, I was just talking to someone about this yesterday.

During the week I do a lot of 5-7 mile hikes here in LA, where it can get
pretty warm. They are pretty vigorous, lots of ups and downs. I generally
bring a liter of water with me during these hikes, but have noticed that I
have consistently, for a long time, been getting pretty severe headaches
later in the evening after I'm done. This is super consistent with what
happens to me when I don't drink enough water, so I'm wondering if I should
start to drink more (maybe 2 liters) during these hikes and see if that
helps.

This worries me slightly. Since, if I'm going to be drinking 2+ liters for
a 5 mile hike, that seems to mean that I might have to be carrying that
much extra water! Ugh :(

My poor little GG Mariposa is not going to like that, not one bit.


On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 7:59 PM, Seth Jacobs <jacobs.sethf at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
>
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:13:45 -0400
> > From: Pamela McCullough <Pamelarun at aol.com>
> > Subject: [pct-l] the desert
> > To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> > Message-ID: <9B1FFF1A-6BBE-4E91-8D59-40790E660296 at aol.com>
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> >
> > Do we need bug clothes in the desert?  Or not until we reach KM?
> >
> > Is a 3 liter camel plus one platypus enough or should one carry more
> water
> > capacity?  Thank you for your advice, Pamela
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >
> >
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Lindsey Sommer
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