Re: Hiking with young childen
I hiked with my son at age 8. Be very careful of the weight! No more that 20% of their body weight. With the hike you have planned should be fine if...
Donavon Zoffka 2008-09-25 04:26:05 #52542

Re: Water Quality Question
Thanks Richard, Reid and John, Reid, to your point, we did remember to use potholes with life in them (plenty of frogs, tadpoles, mosquito larvae, etc.) as...
chris.forsyth 2008-09-24 23:59:28 #52541

Re: Water Quality Question
Chris- just took alook at the manual for MSR filters, and didn't see anything that jumps out. You didn't mention if you have the additional silt filter, or...
jagchiker 2008-09-24 23:17:57 #52540

Re: Royal Arch Route pictures
Ken, Thanks for the photos. I also downloaded your east view for consideration the next time I'm in the area. It does look "possible". Perhaps Rich...
Brian Alleyne 2008-09-24 22:24:22 #52539

Re: Water Quality Question
chris.forsyth wrote: > > This past weekend I was backpacking in Saddle Canyon (the one near > Powell Plateau, not the Marble Canyon one). We filtered...
Reid Priedhorsky 2008-09-24 21:45:53 #52538

Re: Water Quality Question
Chris - I'm a little surprised that any tinting would remain after the filtering process. The pre-hike test for my First Need filter (0.1 microns) is to...
richard2425848 2008-09-24 17:02:01 #52537

Re: Water Quality Question
I see that my original question was ambiguous. The yellow tint in the water was *after* passing through the 0.2-micron filter. The color of the water in the...
chris.forsyth 2008-09-24 16:29:11 #52536

Re: Water Quality Question
The yellow tint could be a number of different things, but my first guess would be pollen (ponderosa pine?) that blew into the potholes and mixed with the...
dnally 2008-09-24 14:34:46 #52534

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