For anyone using the sawyer mini and soda bottles as their hydration system.
Check out my post, its a nice little hack my friend showed me.
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/show...r-Bottles-Hack
For anyone using the sawyer mini and soda bottles as their hydration system.
Check out my post, its a nice little hack my friend showed me.
http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/show...r-Bottles-Hack
This guy could only find water in a 1/8" deep stream. He could not submerge bag to fill it. But he created a solution, seen in Tad Englund's photos on 3-JAN-2014:
http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-...hread_id=83666
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayoR...gJeVKbYK-fRe3Q
The sawyer system is great, but here is another option with the link above to a gear review I made for the $39 Steripen from Costco.
Come visit my website: https://www.youtube.com/user/maxpatch67
FWIW, the mini was very solid on my monthlong hike of the Colorado Trail. I back flushed the filter during my five town stops and it did slow down between back flushes but not to the point where it became unusable. Would I like a faster flow rate? Of course, but it was adequate and the weight can't be beat...
HST/JMT August 2016
TMB/Alps Sept 2015
PCT Mile 0-857 - Apr/May 2015
Foothills Trail Feb 2015
Colorado Trail Aug 2014
AT: Rockfish Gap to Boiling Springs 2014
John Muir Trail Aug/Sept 2013
See also the Urban Dictionary.
I always know where I am. I'm right here.
If you're thirsty, the best place to conserve water is in your body. Lots of desert hikers have been found in serious trouble from dehydration - with water still in their packs.
That picture looks like a lot more than a tire track - more like a mud hole on the trail. Depending on topography, I'd:
(First choice) Bushwhack up the gully that is on the uphill side of the trail. Because there's water running into the trail from somewhere up there. It may be running underground, but I bet there's a seep farther up that's cleaner.
(Second choice) Dig a hole either in the pool or (ideally) next to it, and let the sediment settle out.
(Very poor last choice) Try to prefilter with a bandana or something.
But I don't think it's much of an issue. The East is pretty wet. Even in a dry summer you can get water if you're willing to lose elevation. (I often wind up doing a 4-litre water carry around here just because I'm too lazy to climb back up from a water source, not because the water source isn't there.)
Last edited by Another Kevin; 09-09-2014 at 15:42.
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