Re[2]: [at-l] giardia

[Bob Cummings <ellen@clinic.net> (Bob Cummings)]

"...maybe we should start drinking more Vodka?  Particularly while hiking."

 It worked for me. Well, not Vodka but 180 proof grain alcohol, cut with some
 tang and water. As near as I can figure out, grain alcohol and Vodka are pretty
 much the same stuff, though most vodkas are more than half water. Of course, I
 also boiled water each evening on my Wood-burning Zip Stove for use the next
 day should I not find a bubbling, ice cold spring.

 Put me down as an almost thru hiker who neither filtered nor iodined -- well a
 couple of times with 40-year-old army surplus iodine.

 By the time I reached Maine I began to develop a mild bowel upset. I was
 treated unsuccessfully with flagyl, but no cysts were ever found. The condition
 didn't improve until I began to consume more fiber. Diet also can produce
 giardiasis symptoms.

 Weary