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Posted by bheiser1 on January 30, 2008 at 12:14:12 pm EST
In reply to What's the most water you have lugged around? posted by MTB416 on January 28, 2008 at 5:51:55 pm EST

I typically carry about 4L of water on day hikes, in the summer in the Sierra. On a hike during a particularly hot period during July last summer, I still ran out of water, and felt extremely (maybe dangerously) parched during the last mile out. It was that "hard to even swallow" kind of parched feeling...

I didn't have a water filter then. Now I carry it even on day hikes, and could have used it on the hike in question to refill from a river along the way. Even so, I would still carry the same amount since I'm never sure whether I'll find a suitable water supply or not, since I tend not to read guidebook trail descriptions before-hand and don't really trust maps as a sure indicator of water availability (often I've found they're misleading).

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