by WyomingSummits » Sun Feb 17, 2013 11:25 pm
by WyomingSummits » Sun Feb 17, 2013 11:32 pm
by fedak » Sun Feb 17, 2013 11:52 pm
by WyomingSummits » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:05 am
fedak wrote:> Just because you don't mind a 20 mile backcountry hike with diarrhea running down your leg doesn't mean those of us who filter water are wrong.
Giardia usually has a 1-3 week incubation period. If it hits you while you are still out, it probably isn't Giardia.
by mrchad9 » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:09 am
WyomingSummits wrote:We could take a vote....number of SPers having been raped by hillbillys vs having contracted Giardia. Yes, I've consumed unfiltered water.....but I've also driven without my seatbelt on and waled down stairs with an open knife....just because the odds are slim doesn't mean taking a simple step that doesn't require any time isn't a wise decision. Just because you don't mind a 20 mile backcountry hike with diarrhea running down your leg doesn't mean those of us who filter water are wrong.
by asmrz » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:28 am
by mrchad9 » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:45 am
by asmrz » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:50 am
by mrchad9 » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:53 am
by fedak » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:58 am
by mrchad9 » Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:32 am
Concentration Comment
~1000 Typical swimming pool contamination
~100 Giardiasis is plausible
~10 Minimum needed to contract giardiasis
~1 Some wilderness water outside California
0.12 Some San Francisco water
0.108 Worst Sierra Nevada water
0.030 Some Los Angeles Aqueduct water
0.013 Mt. Whitney at Trail Camp
0.003 Mt. Whitney at Whitney Portal
The highest concentration of Giardia cysts was 0.108 per liter of water in Susie Lake, south of Lake Tahoe. The next highest was 0.037 per liter near Long Lake, southwest of Bishop. Samples taken in the Mt. Whitney area varied from 0 (most sites) to 0.013 (Lone Pine Creek at Trail Camp) per liter. The concentration was 0.003 per liter in Lone Pine Creek at Whitney Portal.
Recall that San Francisco water can contain a concentration approaching 0.12 cysts per liter, a figure now seen to be higher than that measured anywhere in the Sierra.
by sierraman » Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:43 am
by mrchad9 » Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:49 am
sierraman wrote:Obtaining that permit
by JHH60 » Tue Feb 19, 2013 2:26 am
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