[pct-l] Fwd: Camlbak All Clear

[Tim Umstead]

Gravity filtering is one method I have never tried.  How long does it
take?  Will I be sitting there for 10 minutes or a half-an-hour?

Just this weekend I was looking at my copies of the PCT Hiker's Handbook
and PCT Hiker's Handbook -2 but I did not see the part on gravity
filtering.  I'll have to go back and look at it.

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 6:56 PM, Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com> wrote:

> And just to reiterate one point, to filter 8 liters of water at a time,
> the best and easiest way I've found is a gravity feed no matter whose and
> no matter how rigged.  Because you simply walk away once it's set up and it
> keeps working.
>
> You may want to go back to the gravity feed source and build a Jardine
> gravity feed which can hold several gallons of water at a fill.  I used one
> for my whole family and for trips with youth groups for years.  I made my
> first based on the plans he lays out in the "PCT Hiker's Handbook" which is
> the book that got many of us thinking about ultra light hiking back in the
> '90s​.  Basically you use a cartridge filter from a pump style filter and
> make a syl nylon bag.  Cut out a large circle of very light syl nylon.  Sew
> on a number of loops around the perimeter and thread a nylon rope through
> the loops so that you can pull them all together to create a bag.  Next cut
> a small hole in the center just the diameter of the sealing gasket of the
> outflow end of the filter element.  Insert the outflow end of the filter
> element into the hole and wrap it many times with fine but very strong
> nylon thread forcing the syl nylon into the gasket groove to form a
> watertight seal.  It isn't as hard as it sounds.  Attach a hose to the
> filter end, fill with the bag with water and hang it up.  It filters fast
> until it's really gunked up at which point I'd just replace the filter
> element and that was years down the line.  The bag is super light and
> strong and holds a groups worth of water at a fill.  I'd usually leave it
> hanging and just fill from smaller containers as needed.
>
> Mine lasted many years and still works well.  The beauty of the the
> Sawyer/Platypus set up is the ease of construction.  Use a 3 liter Platy
> and you're almost half way there.  It's still tons easier than using a
> steri pen or pumping or squeezing.  I filtered for Yoshihiro and me all
> month long and it was much easier than squeezing the bag like I'd done on
> the CDT the year before.
>
> Shroomer
>