hygiene againnnnnn??? was Re: [at-l] Trip Report

[Tim.Hewitt@fairchildsemi.com (Tim Hewitt)]

OK, but you hiked before the automobile was invented, and no one treated
their water back in the olden days. As for the pool problem, well when
clorine was finally invented, pools stopped making people sick too :).

-p (tounge firmly in cheek of course)

-----Original Message-----
From: Sloetoe [mailto:sloetoe@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 5:49 PM
To: Tim Hewitt; at-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: hygiene againnnnnn??? was Re: [at-l] Trip Report


--- Tim Hewitt <Tim.Hewitt@fairchildsemi.com> wrote:
> SaraSW@aol.com wrote:
> > Several folks have talked about colds recently, ...
> >
> > So what do folks do when this happens on the trail?
>
> So I agree with Stitches - my 1999 thru hike was one of the most healthy
> times I have ever had. I did not get even so much as a sniffle.

> Since I also treated my water sources carefully and washed well after
> toileting, I also had no bowel problems...
>
### Sloetoe can't let Paddler escape unscathed....
### "So Paddler" he says, "my throughhike was also sniffle-free, but I
never washed nor treated my water with anything but respect. And the only
time I suffered a GI complaint was 12 hours after emerging from the green
underground waters of the Williams College pool. (Should I blame Williams
College? ... No, me neither.)"

[Sorry, p. Missed the whole hygiene thing last time around. My take is
(and this carries a lifestyle-dependent HYOH caveat) "Better than washing
on trail is to not get dirty."]

Toe'd

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