Polls show info that helps.
1. none
2. Aqua Mira
3. Bleach
4. Filter system
5. bandana
6. other
Polls show info that helps.
1. none
2. Aqua Mira
3. Bleach
4. Filter system
5. bandana
6. other
UV light, after pre-filtering for particulates.
2012 NOBO - April start date
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Generally if it's a good looking spring, no treatment. If a stream or pond, AquaMira.
sawyer gravity filter.
http://www.postholer.com/ontrail
2011 H.F.-Duncannon, Katahdin-Rangeley
2012 Springer-Erwin
I've taken to filling my water bottle directly from a spring drip (not the pool below the drip, where animals and other contaminants can reside) and consuming without treatment. Otherwise I go with Aqua Mira.
GA←↕→ME: 1973 to 2014
Steri-pen.....
If you find yourself in a fair fight; your tactics suck.
faith.....
MIOX. Pricy (mine was a Christmas gift), needs special batteries, but can generate all the chlorine you need. And when you click the button and the water in it starts fizzing and foaming, it's got a major cool factor!
It would be interesting to see these votes as a function of miles walked. I think a lot of hikers start the AT with a mechanical or electrical device, and finish with something else.
"Throw a loaf of bread and a pound of tea in an old sack and jump over the back fence." John Muir on expedition planning
Frankly most of the time I'm too tired to bother on a long distance or thru hike. Either that or mooch off the guy with the pump, but I didn't see that as an option?
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