Quote Originally Posted by KDogg View Post
On my thru hike I always washed (really just rinsed) with filtered water....all of about a quarter cup of it. Not sure why this is such an issue. It's not like it is a ton more work to have that much more filtered water. My first thought reading this thread, and another that was posted here about a week ago, was that you were going to wash your pot in the water source. I know this isn't what you are asking because you know that would just be wrong. So, if you really want to use unfiltered water to wash with go right ahead. You will have to fill your dirty water bottle for washing or leave a bit in there when you filter....both of which seem like just as much, or more, work than just using that little bit of filtered water in your clean bottle and not worry about it.
I think about this idea that you shouldn't wash dishes in the stream....
And yeah, I get it....
but at the same time folks are walking their old dirty stinky feet through that same stream.... or even stopping for a break and soak a while....
I mean it's not like it's some pristine water there.....