RE: [Philmont]: Water carriers (once again)

From: Strother Hollingsworth
> My Troop has done Philmont in 2001 and Boundary Waters Canoe
> Area (BWCA) in 2002 and 2003. We each carried two Nalgene bottles
> and a Stearns 2.5 gallon water bladder. This combination gave us the
> capacity to deal with any dry camp and this system was flexible with the
> water purifiers we use. When the water capacity was not needed the
> Stearns water bladder took up very little space and weight. Personally,
> I don't recommend to sipping tubes for sanitary reasons.

 We usually have each crew member carry 3 1 liter nalgenes or 2 and a
bladder.
I prefer the hydratrion bladder as the sipping tube is more convenient.
There are definitely
some (most?) youth who should not use the tubes as they won't keep them
clean.

I can't understand a 2.5 gallon water bladder for a dry camp. Maybe someone
can explain how that would work? You have to fill up and carry to the camp,
and
that could be several miles. 2.5 gallons is 21 pounds! Why not several 1
gal
bladders to distribute the load? That is what we do. Of course, for BWCA, a
2.5 gal bladder would be fine, but backpacking? I don't know.

With the change away form polar pur I'm thinking of leaving the filter at
home and
just using the micropur. It would be a real change in our thought processes
since
the immediate use of the water with the filter is what we are used to.

Regards
Don Roberts
ASM T1201, CA C1202
Fullerton, CA
Philtrek 05 808-k

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Received on Mon Apr 25 14:27:09 2005