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Old 08-30-2016, 02:07 PM   #411
TomLeeMC
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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?
Same as everyone else, I dont wanna get sick on a 3-4 day trek so I use a filtration system. I've used the platypus gravity filter and it works great, but I usually carry the MSR pump with me. Lightweight, super easy to use, you work that arm out pumping and it screws onto any big mouth nalgene bottle.

https://www.mec.ca/en/product/5001-2...X-Water-Filter
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