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From: eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Newsgroups: net.rec
Subject: Re: Water Purification
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Date: Tue, 15-Oct-85 02:05:16 EDT
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> > For hikers/backpackers/survivalists/outdoors people, what way(s) do
> > you prefer purifying your water?
> My number one method is to avoid questionable water.  Unfortunately, even in
> the Cascades, this is getting harder and harder.

Two years ago, one of my climbing partners purchased a First Need filter
pump system.  Last year I also purchased one.  They appear to be adequate,
but I am uncertain whether I have given it an adequate test.  Some of the
claims about removing certain toxic substances seem farfetched.

It is truly a sad day on earth when people have to restore  to this
type of high-tech to get a drink of water.  We are certainly loving
wilderness to death.

From the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers:
--eugene miya
  NASA Ames Research Center
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