[pct-l] Sierra runs - swallow bridge

[calliger at infolane.com (Richard)]

hmmm\,....our Class theory is that the clearest still water has
the least chance of infecting someone as the nasties tend to
settle out toward the bottom 1/3 of the water..while the
running stream has the nasties mixed up and equally distributed
thus yielding a higher uptake into the body...

but are these nasties in a solution or a suspension. All the
time? Settle out over time? or stays in solution no matter
what the turbidity of the water is? Go figure...test?

Any volunteers?


At 01:19 PM 11/7/03 EST, Bighummel@AOL.COM wrote:
>If by "swallow bridge" you mean the northern-most bridge over the Sth Fork of 
>the Kern River about 14 miles north of Kennedy Meadows with all of the 
>swallow nests underneath;
>
> I drank unfiltered water from above and below this bridge in late summer 
>this year when the river was running low, with cow pies in the water and on
the 
>water's edge.  None of the five of us in our party had any problem.  I just 
>made sure that I collected my water from beneath the surface in the fastest 
>moving part of the current.
>
>FWIW,
>
>Greg
>"Strider"
>Hummel
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