[pct-l] Straw?

[Diane Soini]

A piece of wrapper from a clif bar might even work. Seriously it doesn't 
have to be anything in particular. I sometimes arrange the calcified 
leaves and pebbles in tiny little trickles to get a better flow.

On the PCT I carried a pennywhistle and figured it would work for 
creating a small stream. Just turn the holes up. I never needed to use 
it that way. I never needed a straw or any device intended to work like 
a straw. What I really could not do without was a container of some 
sort--a gatorade bottle or something to fill my platypus bottles.

On 02/07/2014 06:00 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> From: "JPL"<jplynch at crosslink.net>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Straw?
> To: "Pat Wormington"<airecrew09 at gmail.com>,	<pct-l at backcountry.net>
>
> I've been reading with interest the posts about straws.  I wonder if a short
> piece of flexible tubing might work as well and perhaps even be be better by
> being able to bend as needed to get to tight spots.   Also wouldn't have to
> worry about it getting bent or crushed in a pack.