Ep 6: Backpacking Water Filters Are A Gimmick

Finding Clean Drinking Water in the Backcountry. Some brief discussions about what is the most important consideration in the woods. What is most important: Shelter, food, fire, or water? The mountain lion I encountered. The time I had a parasite under my skin. The reason backpacking water filters are a money-making gimmick. How to find clean, natural drinking water in the wilderness. Understanding the nature of water in the woods. How to make water clean to drink. The many reasons water filters are not reliable, and why no approach to the woods should be reliant on unreliable things. 

 

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