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In Norway, where statistics show about 80%(!) of the population go hiking in the mountains at least once a year, almost nobody uses a filtration device. And we
by semi-extrinsic 9y ago
In Norway, where statistics show about 80%(!) of the population go hiking in the mountains at least once a year, almost nobody uses a filtration device. And we don't all get sick. Official advice is that drinking from streams is fine when you're not downstream from human habitation or livestock grazing areas.
- mmagin 9y agoOr these relatively cold streams harbor few parasites evolved to thrive at human body temperatures -- I would not carry this practice to warmer areas of the world.