Staying Hydrated

[2Tired4]

Originally Posted by dinosaur

There are always ways to find water. Never go anywhere without it. If you lose your supply, find ways to get it. Overcome those around you and procure your needs.

Overcome and adapt. Overcome and adapt. Overcome and adapt. Oops, I'm sorry! Did I become fixated on a singular path?

Sarge, am I wrong here?

I cannot agree more on this. Make sure you know where and how to get water. Know and have the ways of making it drinkable. And carry your own water.

[Malarkey]

It depends on where you are going and how much water is there, because procuring water can sometimes be slow, hard and even detrimental to your mood. So, make sure you carry plenty.

[oldsarge]

Originally Posted by Grandpa

Same here Sarge. Thats why I chucked the camelbak and went back to the bottle so I can monitor my intake. Get dehydrated in the Rockies and it can be a long, cold night.

Funny thing is I carry two 2 liter bottles in my pack and also have the Camelbak. Since I got the Camelbak I tend to drink it a little more but still not near as much as I should.

[oldsarge]

Originally Posted by dinosaur

There are always ways to find water. Never go anywhere without it. If you lose your supply, find ways to get it. Overcome those around you and procure your needs.

Overcome and adapt. Overcome and adapt. Overcome and adapt. Oops, I'm sorry! Did I become fixated on a singular path?

Sarge, am I wrong here?

Absolutely not!

[Survivo]

Sometimes I would carry Nalgene 32 oz wide-mouth, and a few 96 oz Cantens, since they weigh nothing and are flexible. I think the heaviest load of water I had to carry was 30lbs because I knew the water would be hard to find where I was going.

[ChadTower]

I don't think I have ever hiked a place where water is hard to find. Most of my hiking the last few years is in NH. There's water everywhere and most of it in the White Mtns is fast and right near the source. No treatment necessary so long as you make sure there's nothing dead upstream. It is brain damage cold, though.

[catspa]

Chad, similar in the Olympics of WA. If water (or snow) is a problem, it's more likely to be too much than too little.

Parker

[Grandpa]

I know I'm not going to pack 20 lbs of water or even 4 lbs while following a clear stream up a canyon, especially when I have to cross that stream several times.

[KeikoOka]

I carry water with me, but not that much. The places I hike tend to have plenty of easy and clean ways to get water. Of course, if the water is unsafe then carrying it becomes the best way to stay hydrated.

[ppine]

In place like Big Bend, in the Sonoran and Chichuan Desert, it is very dry, but water sources exist. The smart way to travel in that country, is to go in winter, and travel from one water source to another. If you can't find a water source, you backtrack to the last known one and try another route. Carrying 30 pounds of water sounds highly impractical even in the worst desert.