I completed my solo hike. Did about 50 miles in three days. I had originally planned to take longer, but the way things worked out on the trail, I finished well ahead of schedule.
I took the opportunity to take a couple of filters with me to try side-by-side in actual conditions. The filters I took where the
Sawyer Squeeze, the
Platypus GravityWorks 4L, and the
MSR Autoflow with
dromedary bag. I also took a
MSR Reactor 1L for my stove. All brand new items for me.
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| Moon Lake Trailhead |
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| Entrance to Wilderness Area |
First day of the trip started early from Moon Lake and I was at my first planned camp site early in the afternoon. Unfortunately the camp site was occupied by a herd of cattle. As was the next several lakes. I finally just found a camp site because it was late in the afternoon. While the camp was not ideal it was off the trail, and away from water as required by wilderness regulations. Unfortunately as the evening progressed, the cattle decided to move through my camp on their way to water, and continued to wander near camp for the rest of the night. Can I now say that I extremely dislike the fact that cattle are allowed to graze in the wilderness area. This was not my only encounter with cattle, but more on that later.
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| Brown Duck Lake |
Since water was a couple hundred yards away from camp, I used the GravityWorks filter to retrieve water, bringing 4L clean water, and 4L dirty water to my camp. I will post my review of the filter next but let me say that I was fairly impressed with some reservations. While this was not my first experience with hollow fiber, it was my first experience with gravity systems. I will also post a review of the reactor stove, but let me say that I was favorably impressed by the stove.
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| Island Lake |
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