[pct-l] What do use to carry your 2 gallons per day of water inthedesert?

[richardlcox at gmail.com (Richard Cox)]

I agree with Judson it is how much you drink. Walking from Jack Fair's
place to the Acqueduct refill spot (which I think I heard closed) and
a few miles beyond in one day I drank 14 L and there were others I
hiked with that only had 3-4 L all day.

I went with 2 4L MSR dromedaries all the way from Border to Kennedy
and then I switched to two gatorade bottles for the rest of the trip
and I only had about half a litre from most of the Sierra cause - why
carry when you can just stop and drink so often?

YMMV.

-The One
PCT2003
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On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:46:38 -0700, Judson Brown <judson@jeffnet.org> wrote:
> It's not a matter of how much you carry, so much as how much you drink. I
> think of mpl- miles per liter. Normally, I do 3 mpl. In hot conditions, I
> bump it up to 4 mpl, even if I have to stop and make myself drink it
> (gatorade helps when you have manky water). At that point, how much you
> carry is determined by the distance to your next water source. For example,
> if you were leaving Tehachapi Pass heading northbound, it's 16 mi. to Golden
> Oaks Spring. At 4 mpl, that means you have to leave the trailhead with 4
> liters. Even in the driest places, I've never had to carry more than 7
> liters at once.
> 
> Judson
> Ashland
> 
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