[at-l] Re: gear lists

[cwillett@math.uiuc.edu (Christopher Willett)]

Depends on how much/what kind of cooking you do, how much water you
drink in the evening, and how readily water is available near
where you are camping.  If you are next to a spring or stream or
lake, then you can get by with a much smaller capacity.  I began
with the ability to haul 4 liters of water, but am moving up to
a 7 L capacity.  Why?  I like to be lazy in the evenings and only
want to fetch water once.  I also drink a lot of water in camp.
When I'm actually hiking, though, I rarely carry more than a
liter.

Chris

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Chris Willett
cwillett@math.uiuc.edu
http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~cwillett
Department of Mathematics
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Sean Dolan wrote:

> Hiya
>
> I dig the bottle attachment to the PUR filter ... it's pretty useful when you're filling water from a difficult water source and need both hands to pump and don't want to fiddle to keep the output hose in the container (since they very easily flip around on me). Also means you can basically put the bottle anywhere when it's filling and limits spillage.
>
> Regarding camp water ... do you think 4 Liters (2 one liter nalgenes + a two liter platypus) is too little?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jim and/or Ginny Owen [SMTP:spiriteagle99@hotmail.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, February 27, 2002 12:00 PM
> To:	DTimm65344@aol.com; at-l@backcountry.net; seanbdolan@earthlink.net
> Subject:	Re: [at-l] Re: gear lists
>
> Black&blue wrote:
> >I generally agree with what you write but there is one other reason to
> >carry
> >at least one Nalgene bottle.  If your filter, like my MSR, screws on the
> >bottle it saves you losing water as you pump like we used to with my
> >brother's Pur filter - you can only balance it so well over the top of a
> >mismatched bottle.  So I carry one to pump into.  I use Gatorades for the
> >rest.
> >
> >BTW, I never put anything but water in my water bottles as we discussed
> >some time back but TEHO.
>
>
> We use a Pur filter (Hiker) with an output hose - haven't used one of the
> "screw on the bottle" type filters for a long time - actually it's in pieces
> in a box downstairs  :-))
>
> One thing I realized after I sent that last post - Sean is missing a large
> water container.  If you're gonna march to the bottom of Peters Mt to get
> water, I'll guarantee that you only want to do it once.  So you want a LARGE
> (but light) water container.  REI sells what I think is called a water sack.
>   About 10 liter capacity, weighs 4 oz., can be blown up to use as a pillow.
>   Other places sell them too - I know Campmor has something like that -
> we've bought a couple of them there.
> Don't be doin' the 5-gallon heavy plastic container - that's overkill, both
> weight and capacity-wise.
>
> And if it's cold, be careful - you really don't want to be carrying even a
> small water container that's full of ice cause you forgot to empty (or
> protect) it overnight.  Ice is heavier than water - it's a head thing, not a
> gravity thing.   :-)))
>
> Walk softly,
> Jim
>
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