[pct-l] Giardia strikes the thru's!

[jape at nethere.com (Eckert)]

Seeing as I started this, let me offer an update.

    June 11, "I?m beat. Exhausted. Not sure why.
   
    June 12, "I pooped so many times today that I lost count. That?s not 
good. The last one was more like an explosion than a bowel movement

    June 13, "Those explosions lasted until about 2pm It was not 
pleasant. Every time I dropped my pack, I went tearing off into the 
woods with my orange trowel."

    June 14, "I took the pill this morning.... I felt much better all day."

    June 15, "Oh! My! Gosh! Today was FUN!"      [and this was the day 
they climbed Forrester]

So actually, I beginning to think that Shawnie was correct when he/she 
wrote, "Nah giardia diarrhea is not explosive.. sounds more like food 
poisoning." and then offered this site:  

http://www.giardiaclub.com


which BTW lists the incubation time as 2 weeks.

Eckert



Bill Irey wrote:

>Dave,
>
>No Yogi knows what's she is doing!! She has been around the block a time or two as far as backpacking is concerned. She has thru hiked the AT; this is her second PCT thru hike, in addition to over 1500 miles of PCT in 2001.
>
>I agree with Brick, most likely she got it somehow from another hiker or even in Mojave.
>
>Geezer Bill
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