And for another opinion regarding water treatment...
Ever since I read the
Giardiasis paper by Robert Rockwell, PhD, I have never treated or filtered Sierra water. It is ok with me if you want to carry a filter or Steripen or chemicals, but just so you know, there IS another option.
The water treatment discussions and links to additional studies are in threads listed in the "
Links to important Whitney information" topic in the Reference forum: