[philmont] Micro Pur Contact Time

Steve wrote:
Call all of your Insurance people and CANCEL all of your policies. You
don't need them do you? Did you go to the Doctor today? Did you have a
fender-bender? Was your house there tonight when you got there? Good, see
you didn't need your insurance today.

Alright, that is a ridiculous analogy. I've just been reading and deleting
until now. I have NEVER taken a filter with me on any backpacking or canoe
trip (Philmont twice -- 2004 & 2006; Northern Tier once -- 2005; and over 20
backpacking nights per year for the last three). I only use chemicals to
treat clear water, muddy water gets filtered through a bandana, and crusty,
stagnated water gets boiled, treated with chemical and filtered through a
bandana. Neither I, nor anyone in any of my crews have ever even gotten
sick due to the water quality.

Comparing not taking a filter backpacking with health insurance is at the
very least a gross exaggeration. It is purely a personal decision to take a
filter or not, and no one should be made to feel like they are stupid for
taking a filter or not. I also read a comparison early today with rain
suits, which, while not as ridiculous as comparing it with insurance, is
still way off base. A rain suit has many uses, not just keeping the rain
off of you, a filter is a luxury item which, in my opinion, adds little
value, at least to me.

Anyways, I apologize if my remarks appear insensitive, that was not my
intent.

YIS,
David Wheeler
Bonham, TX
Philmont 2004 (23), 2006 (30)

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Received on Tue Jan 30 18:56:23 2007