RE: [Philmont]: Water Filters/Purifiers

If I remember correctly, there are traces of Crypto and of Guardia in Philmont streams and untreated water.

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From: "Pfeifer Randy-QA4427" <Randy.Pfeifer@motorola.com>
> Wow.  I'm surprised that your ranger would recommend or approve of using
> a filter-alone instead of the Philmont recommended water treatment
> scheme (then Polar Pure).  A filter will remove all the big stuff but
> won't remove the small stuff. Polar Pure will kill the little stuff but
> won't kill all the big stuff (e.g., Crypto).  A purifier or a
> combination of filter and iodine (or other) will kill/remove it all.
> You either got lucky or know what's in the water at Philmont (and it's
> nature).  I've never felt knowledgeable enough to bet my life on one or
> the other. We've always used both a filter and Polar Pure to be sure.  
> 
> 
> Randy Pfeifer
> 
> Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Water Filters/Purifiers
> 
> Our Troop has used MSR filters on all of our backpacking trips,
> including Philmont.  There has been a lot of discussion about this topic
> in the past and I have been somewhat reluctant to respond because we did
> not follow Philmont's recommendations on our '04 Trek, when Polar Pure
> was still used.  We have used the MSR filters without any other
> treatment in a large variety of conditions and have never experienced
> any problems.  We will probably take the filters again this year and
> forego the treatment tablets simply because it is a system that has
> unfailingly worked for us.  Best advice is to follow your ranger's
> instructions.  Having said that, our ranger in '04 told us to use the
> filters in lieu of Polar Pure if we had successful experience with the
> filters.
> 
> Dan Preston
> Louisville, KY
> On Mar 19, 2006, at 1:45 PM, Neal Osborn wrote:
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