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Slo mo sno shuin' Great Wall trekkin' triathalon doin' pale ale drinkin' all Patrick, all the time, smoothie
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Posted - 06/07/2004 : 09:48 AM
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Originally posted by Spidergirl
Yup... what they said. I just use common sense. I'm sure it would only take one time to convert me to the ranks of the filter dependant though.
Yup. Despite all precautions I picked up a mean case of giardia in Nepal. Took me months to get over it. Not fun. Call me filter dependant. |
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victoria
Canada
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Posted - 06/07/2004 : 10:10 AM
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Some brave souls out there.
If it looks safe, it must be safe..........and the filter stays in the pack.
I'll use the filter thats already paid for, thanks.
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Lethbridge, Alberta
Canada
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Posted - 06/07/2004 : 10:15 AM
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On this topic,
Is there any benefit to using "glacier" water (ie Evian, Dasani, etc) over regular tap water? I'd imagine it would keep longer (provided it was kept out of sunlight), but besides taste is there any advantage to using such expensive waters.
Personally, I like to bring a 1L bottle of Evian or 1.5L but I think that's just vanity. I like to think it's a bit healthier due to the lack of chlorine and other chemicals, but is that more than a vanity?
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map hatin', coffee perc totin', garbage collectin', backpacking, action hero wannabe, who loves to hide out in Garibaldi park and will have his scouts sing if you keep him awake at night
2462 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2004 : 10:26 AM
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I guess I should add as an aside at this point, that why I will drink from sources I judge safe, I'm a Scout Leader. When I have my Scouts out, we boil or filter/iodine treat every bit of water we didn't bring with us.
I'm willing to risk my own health, not the health and well being of the kids in my care.
Bikerider, I also think it's possible to build up an immunity over time to certain things. I don't know if there is any medical evidence to back it up, but I have been out with other people who experienced the "runs" while I've been OK. We drank and ate all the same things so we were unsure if it was the water or something else. I joked that years of eating whatever ungodly creation the Scouts cooked, and usually after having washed the dirt off it after they spilled it on the ground, i can eat or drink anything. |
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summerland, bc
Canada
653 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2004 : 10:48 AM
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 Moxie scambler of pinnacles, tireless leader haunting the CDN/US border climbing everything in sight
Burnaby, BC
Canada
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Posted - 06/07/2004 : 11:04 AM
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Here's some good info from the BC Health Website:
http://www.bchealthguide.org/healthfiles/hfile10.stm
We typically drink untreated meltwater directly from snow or glaciers in remote areas, but I think we might start being a little more careful. The site also mentions that you can catch Giardia from your dog. Ie, the dog is on your hike, the dog drinks the water from the lake, you pet your dog and potentially come into contact with the dog's saliva. Risk from infection this way is minimal, but still possible. |
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alpine seekin, therma loungin, java brewin, licorice whorin, stealth hikin, all weather trail guru
Pt. Coquitlam, B.C.
Canada
1772 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2004 : 11:26 AM
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I'm a filter user.... and to think that when we were kids we could just dip our cups right in the neighbourhood stream.
Giardia has now been found in glacial run-off. Not everyone is susceptible to the effects. Some get sick and some do not.
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opinionated-stove huggin'-fleece wearin'-arse burnin' hill virgin
Here
Canada
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Posted - 06/07/2004 : 11:39 AM
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I have had enough unfiltered water to have probably built up an immunity to Giardia (50% of those who have had Giardia build up an immunity to it), however I still treat my water with Pristine, boil, or take a filter.
Recent studies have shown that many of the cases of Giardia have come from poor hygiene (ie. people not cleaning their hands well enough and then dipping their fingers into the communal GORP bag etc.) I recommend that everyone keeps a small bottle of Purel alcohol hand wash with thier TP...I do!
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Satirical photoshop junkie who frolics in the mountains of the Chilliwack River Valley
Chilliwack, BC
Canada
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Posted - 06/07/2004 : 12:07 PM
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Drinking Lindeman Lake water straight????? Too many people around there! I've been drinking straight from streams around the Chilliwack area for the past 20 years without any problems. With lakes I'll boil my water before drinking any of it.
The only time I ever got sick from drinking water without filtering was from the Ashnola River; but I believe the reason I got sick from that was I later discovered a dead deer lying in the river about 100 yards upstream from where I got my water
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Trail running, bike hucking, fast packing, beer drinking collector of pine cones on a day pass
AKA
Dances with Trees
Forest Gnome Cabin
Canada
13015 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2004 : 2:10 PM
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| Have done it,but try to avoid it too.However,one thing,if I haven't got enough water with me,then I'll always drink from a clean source rather than risk dehydration.It does depend where you are,for sure... |
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Rmd, BC
Canada
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Posted - 06/07/2004 : 2:17 PM
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And then there's othe other extreme.... My husband will not come with me unless I pack enough bottled water for the whole trip. Needless to say, he doesn't come much and we don't go far!
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353 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2004 : 3:37 PM
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Originally posted by seawallrunner
On one of the days of the Easter weekend, there were two big kettles going, full of water (from snow) just about hot enough to start boiling. A group of hikers arrived into the cabin, parched and tired from the long hike from the parking lot (11km). One of these hikers had a half-full bottle of Aquafina in his hand as he noticed the kettles full of water. "Ah! Water!" he exclaimed, as he dipped his slobbering half-full bottle into the kettle, to top it up.
When we cried out to tell him that this water was for communal use and was about to be boiled, he said " so sorry " or something to that effect and proceeded to empty his entire bottle into the communal kettle.
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Are you gonna drink that?
