catpappy wrote:
> I did this for a few years, and then...
I can relate to that. Ten years ago, my son and our friend and did a PCT section from Tuolumne Meadows to Sonora Pass, carrying a Sweetwater filter, and pumping every drop. Then, the filter got a bit clogged, and the pump lever broke! We thought we were really in for it!
Somehow we got through that trip without dying. Amazing!
Then I started reading on these forums about how overblown the water filter business was. Made sense.
You sure described the sensation, catpappy: liberating.
