Re: Digest Number 3078

Roger,

> water into a canteen or other container. How many bladders have you 
ruined 
> with boiling water? 

I contacted Camelbak and MSR Corp this week, and both manufacturers 
claim their hyrdation products will withstand boiling-hot water (not 
boiling IN the bladder, but the addition of just-boiled water). 

> would be insulted by my unintentional poor choice of words. 

I think I was more disappointed than insulted. Disappointed at seeing 
someone claim that pump filters are the only reasonable solution, and 
that any user of a gravity feed, chemicals, or any other method of 
treatment must be crazy. There's just too many individual variables 
for any one method to be the only right one. I think it's probably 
more tactful to say "here's what works for me" and/or "I tried your 
method and here's why it didn't work for me" and leave it at that.

> And please don't patronize me by referring to me as "My friend."

Didn't think I was. I thought we were having a friendly difference of 
opinion. If my tone was too inflamatory, I apologize. 

-Clint