RE: [Philmont]: Water for dry camps

We used 2 liter soda bottles , two per crew member, tied to each end of a 2 ft string. Easy to hang over the end of an external frame pack and secure with a web strap. They were left empty or only partially filled, as required, based on our crew water needs We considered them crew gear,as they were in addition to each person's personal water bottles. We did this in on treks in 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002. It worked well and distributed the weight evenly between crew members.

However, in 2002, staff made us start hanging the bottles at night out of fear bears would still be able to smell the former contents of the bottles. We never had a bear problem on any of those trips, but it was a good point. Next time I would use the roll up platypus style bottles instead.

Mike Heitmann
Troop 975
St. Charles, Missouri

-----Original Message-----
    From: "jeff snyder"<hener55@yahoo.com>
    Sent: 3/29/06 7:30:49 PM
    To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont"<philmont@troop47.com>
    Subject: [Philmont]: Water for dry camps
    
    Just wondering how you carry twice the water for dry camps. do you use the three 2.5 gallon containers you are supposed to bring, or do you use 3 liter platypus or nalgene canteens for each crew members. Seems like carrying that 2.5 gallon container would be a real pain!
       
      Jeff Snyder
    
 

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Received on Mon Apr 3 14:54:26 2006