RE: [Philmont]: Water filters / purifiers

I took a filter to Philmont, not because of the taste of the PolarPure
water, but because of the other things in the water that I do not want to
ingest. The bandanna over the Nalgene removed the biggest particles. Yes,
my prefilter clogged. We had spares. I had the Sweetwater Guardian
filter. In one field, there were cow droppings in the water upstream of
where everyone was filling up their water bottles. The water looked
"clear". Ours was filtered.

Robert Tuck
ASM Troop 550
Warner Robins, GA
2002 620J1 & J2

-----Original Message-----
From: CoopWright@aol.com [SMTP:CoopWright@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 8:02 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Water filters / purifiers

I am continually amazed at the number of folks that take filters to
Philmont
because they are concerned about taste of the water. If you don't like the
water, you are really going to be in trouble with the food. I would
encourage
everyone to give Polar Pure a chance. Buy a bottle and use it on your
shakedown hikes. We have used Polar Pure for years, not only at Philmont
but on the
Alagash in Maine, along the White Mountains in New Hampshire, canoeing the
Fulton Lake chain of lakes in the Adirondacks, and along the Appalachian
Trail in
the Smoky Mountain National Park without a hitch. No moving parts, pretty
simple instructions.

Cooper Wright
Associate Advisor, Crew 1519
Co-author of the Philmont Advisor's Guide
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