We get water from runoff when we camp. How do we purify it?
Tom
07/09/2014 11:27pm
I have a pump ceramic purifier and iodine tabs and filter bottles and enough bottles for everyone. They are plastic bike type bottles with a filter inside bottle but key filter is my ceramic pump filter which I took a pic of but it must not have been visible enough
Peter Zobel
07/10/2014 4:36am
I have a SteriPen UV type purifier. Good for clear water, not so much muddy. Package came with some sort of pre-filter too.
From Intl Mtn Guides site :
07/13/2014
Bring 2 large Nalgene 1-L bottles per person per five hours climbing. (Evan: Sounds like 4 bottles for the summit day per person, Summit day on Mt Shasta will be climbing up from 5 am to 11 am and descending from noon til 5 pm I think, for ten hours total maybe? So 4 liters?)
If the water is from melted snow, probably no need to sterilize.
If from runoff, consider a purification strategy such as boiling, iodine, or filtration.
From Extreme Alpinism site:
Mark Twight and James Martin in Extreme Alpinism, suggest climbers must drink 5 to 6 quarts of water in
a 12-hour climb, and note that even this may only provide 50% of the hydration that is theoretically
required. Since it is often practical to carry only 2 or 3 quarts (4 to 6 pounds of starting water weight), it is
necessary to carry a pot, lid, stove and fuel to replenish our favorite Nalgene water bags from snow.
Tom
07/09/2014 11:27pm
I have a pump ceramic purifier and iodine tabs and filter bottles and enough bottles for everyone. They are plastic bike type bottles with a filter inside bottle but key filter is my ceramic pump filter which I took a pic of but it must not have been visible enough
Peter Zobel
07/10/2014 4:36am
I have a SteriPen UV type purifier. Good for clear water, not so much muddy. Package came with some sort of pre-filter too.
From Intl Mtn Guides site :
07/13/2014
Bring 2 large Nalgene 1-L bottles per person per five hours climbing. (Evan: Sounds like 4 bottles for the summit day per person, Summit day on Mt Shasta will be climbing up from 5 am to 11 am and descending from noon til 5 pm I think, for ten hours total maybe? So 4 liters?)
If the water is from melted snow, probably no need to sterilize.
If from runoff, consider a purification strategy such as boiling, iodine, or filtration.
From Extreme Alpinism site:
Mark Twight and James Martin in Extreme Alpinism, suggest climbers must drink 5 to 6 quarts of water in
a 12-hour climb, and note that even this may only provide 50% of the hydration that is theoretically
required. Since it is often practical to carry only 2 or 3 quarts (4 to 6 pounds of starting water weight), it is
necessary to carry a pot, lid, stove and fuel to replenish our favorite Nalgene water bags from snow.