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Old 08-29-2016, 08:15 PM   #405
temple5
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Originally Posted by stampsx2 View Post
Anybody have any advice on drinking river water. The crux of my hikes is always how much water i have to bring. A liter of water gets heavy after the fifth Kilometer. Overnight backpacking is out just because of the amount of water i'd have to haul. Ya you drink it along the way but i'm one of those take more, just in case hikers.

Advice? Life straw?
Running water in the mountains? I have never had any issues or ever purified and in the last 5 years I have been on over 50 over-nights

I always take the tablets just in case but have never used them in the mountains. Dont drink from standing or lake water. Waterfall, fast river/stream never had any problem.

Bring some wide mouth bottles so they are easy to fill.
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