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kbatku Questionable hiker
Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 3330 | TRs | Pics Location: Yaquima |
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kbatku
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Sat Aug 31, 2019 3:04 pm
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Plus giardia takes a long time to kick in, it's not really a concern in an emergency life or death situation
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Anne Elk BrontosaurusTheorist
Joined: 07 Sep 2018 Posts: 2410 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
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Anne Elk
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Sat Aug 31, 2019 3:20 pm
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kbatku wrote: | ...giardia takes a long time to kick in... |
I dunno - YRMV, perhaps; my 2nd bout of it kicked in within 4 days of my drinking the tainted water.
"There are yahoos out there. It’s why we can’t have nice things." - Tom Mahood
"There are yahoos out there. It’s why we can’t have nice things." - Tom Mahood
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Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7676 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
"Had to eat ants to stave off starvation"...what a rookie, one is not going to die without food for 2-3 days.
My Giardia took nearly two weeks to kick in, then it was flu like symptoms, throwing up, runs, could not hardly eat for a week, lost 10 pounds, that was maybe 5 years ago, no lasting effects.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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texasbb Misplaced Texan
Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 1153 | TRs | Pics Location: Tri-Cities, WA |
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texasbb
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Sat Aug 31, 2019 6:55 pm
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Anne Elk wrote: | kbatku wrote: | ...giardia takes a long time to kick in... |
I dunno - YRMV, perhaps; my 2nd bout of it kicked in within 4 days of my drinking the tainted water. |
I'd consider four days a long time, plenty long to be dead if you didn't drink any water. This is one of those easy risk assessments.
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Snuffy Member
Joined: 28 Dec 2012 Posts: 315 | TRs | Pics Location: Everett, WA |
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Snuffy
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Sun Sep 01, 2019 7:55 am
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It’s interesting these days having family members on SAR, getting to hear more than what gets reported out to the public. All I can say is that our local SAR are very professional people and I would have left those two right where I found them.
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You don't find yourself standing at the top of a mountain without having started out in the valley.
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