RE: [Philmont]: Enough water?

I would recommend that your crew each carry a collapsible 4 liter canteen
for when you need the extra water such as from Cito to the Tooth and base
camp. While you will resupply at Clark's Fork, it is one long dry hike from
Clark's to base camp via Schaeffer's Pass and the Tooth. It is a long hike,
particularly late in the afternoon, and much to dangerous to run out of
water and chance ruining an otherwise enjoyable experience.

The advantage of a 4 liter collapsible canteen, is that the extra water load
is shared throughout the crew, versus two crew members carrying a 5 gallon
water jug on a pole on the climb up to Schaeffer's Pass, as we did two years
ago. Live and learn, and never again.

Chuck

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From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
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Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 2:30 PM
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Subject: [Philmont]: Enough water?

We will be at Philmont in July (721-B2). We had a shake down hike this past
weekend, hiking 11 miles Saturday and 5 on Sunday. We practiced cooking
methods that we might use at Philmont, bear bag prep, dining fly set up, and
simulated lack of water, ( only refilling our containers 1 time even though
we had 2-3 other opportunities at the park). I'm concerned about the water
situation. We do not plan on bringing water filters. We will only be using
Polar Pure, possibly coffee filters or bandanas if silt is an issue.
However we will be on trek #5. From what I gather from previous threads,
the hike from Cimarroncito to Tooth Ridge is long, tough and water is
sometimes lacking. We are not going to carry 2-3 gallon jugs at 8lbs /
gallon. The boys are pretty set on that. The water supply from our bottles
once we arrived at our camp site on Saturday was marginal, considering we
had another 5 miler on Sunday. Since we will not be carrying a large jug of
water to the dry camps, what might be recommended for the crew to carry
individually? I'm thinking 4 quarts/ liters per person is not too much, but
is it enough? Looking for some experienced feed back.

Bob S. Indy,
Philmont '74, and soon to be '04

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