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Originally Posted by WestTexas
Our first time out we carried a lot of water (5-6 liters each). But as it turns out you'll cross a lot of little streams, most of which have at least a small area of moving water that you can pump filter. After the first time, we brought enough water for on the trail drinking / lunch, and then planned to camp near water water for dinner/breakfast. In the January / February months, I probably only carried 2-3 liters in my hydration pack. Then we'd camp and pump/filter a few gallons into a collapsible container for dinner/breakfast and refilling hydration packs.
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West Texas,
You guys are my heroes for filtering and drinking the water from those streams and, obviously, living to tell about it.
I've seen areas where the water was actually foaming in the bend of a stream. My thinking was whatever caused that can't be good to drink. Maybe I was over-reacting but there is a fair amount of private property that abutes the trail. And who knows how careful those people are with how they handle their grey water?
