[pct-l] Super Secrets - Water

[doodad.pct at hotmail.com (Doodad PCT)]

I bought a 1.5 L bottle of Calistoga Mountain Spring Water recently for 
performing some experiments.  I discovered that a Platypus tube fits on it 
perfectly; even upside-down the container doesn't leak with the tube 
attached tightly.  The light-weight, but semi-rigid Calistoga container 
works fine for drinking through the Platypus tube.  Every once in a while, I 
blow into the tube to replace the volume of water which I drank with air.  I 
thought this system would only work if I mounted the bottle high on my 
backpack, but I discovered that I can drink water from the Calistoga easily 
when the bottle is carried upside-down in a pocket which is attached to my 
backpack waist-belt.  So, I need not carry any bladders and I can just use 
typical soft-drink or bottled water containers which I can buy and discard 
in trail towns.  I am carrying one wide-mouth collapsible Nalgene container 
which fits my MSR SweetWater filter.

Trail Name: Doodad
Pacific Crest Trail Northbound 2006
Amateur Radio N7RR Tracking:
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