Re: [Philmont]: Water Purification methods

I just talked to Mark Anderson at Philmont about the Micro-Pur. They are going to give each of us a strip of 12 Micro-Pur tablets. We will be able to acquire more at the back country commissaries by trading in the wrappers of the used Micro-Pur . The Micro-Pur takes out more of the bad things and tastes better than the Polar-Pur. He said you could bring yours if you want, the Micro-Pur just gets more bad things in cold water. As the normal, no one likes change of any kind good or bad. Also this is a thing of what's best for you and your people. Some will like Polar-Pur better, some will like the Micro-Pur better. As some one once said on this list, we just need to agree to disagree, and let it go.
He also said they got 5 inches of snow today in base camp.
Steve MacIntyre
Philmont Advisor, 02, 03, 05
Troop 777, Hermitage, TN
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Doug Kemp
  To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
  Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 11:15
  Subject: [Philmont]: Water Purification methods

  Our troop owns enough Polar-Pur to provide each hiker with a personal bottle. We've never had anyone get sick from waterborne illness and we view the risk level as being quite low in the places we hike.
  We usually bring our own Polar-Pur to Philmont and leave the Phil-issued bottles in our locker (one less thing to clean up upon return).

  Has anyone asked Philmont whether crews will be allowed to bring Polar-Pur instead of using Micro-Pur tablets?

  YiS
  Doug
  '00, '02, '04

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Received on Mon May 2 23:52:41 2005