Spontaneous Q&A from the Trail - purifying water with bleach, daily mileage, Colorado, etc.
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
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01:49 Thoughts on the snow ahead?
04:38 Bacon Jerky
05:53 Are you still hiking with Perk and Aaron?
07:18 Thoughts on Hachita, NM
09:02 Hat and Umbrella
10:12 Colorado and higher elevation?
12:17 Weird, annoying bees
12:50 How many miles are you hiking daily?
15:50 How do you purify water with bleach?
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“Well hello there darlin”. Haha. I’ve never commented before, but I’ve watched every single video you’ve made. Most of them at least twice. Your videos (and others) have gotten me obsessed with hiking the AT and I’m planning to start NoBo next March. I live in rural upstate NY. Most people don’t know that NY state has one of the biggest wilderness areas in the nation, bigger than Yellowstone, Glacier, Grand Canyon and great Smokies COMBINED. When you want to summit the highest peak in NY state, I would love to be you’re guide. It’s a majestic mountain surrounded by numerous other beautiful mountains. Anyways.... we are BIG FANS and we wait every week for your next video. Can’t wait to hear about that mountain lion! Be safe. YOU ARE AMAZING
I live on the eastern edge of the South San Juan Mountains and it is an extremely dry year with fire restrictions already in place in many parts of the forest. I don't think you'll have much trouble. Snow pack at 10% of normal in much of the San Juans.
You are becoming a living legend in my hiking book. Best of the trail on your journey to the Triple Crown. You are earning it. Yah...! ✌
Your experience of freezing your filter has convinced me to get some aqua mira for back up. Sorry it was such a pain for you guys. Thanks for the video!
Does anyone like climbs? Hehe. When my partner and I hiked the Routeburn (NZ) last year he had some heart problems and I had some knee problems. Neither of these were news to us. But the way it turned out was a bit funny - I loved the uphills and hated the downhills, and he hated uphills and love the downhills hence we rarely walked together except on ridges, through valleys or when he were supporting each other through these trials. A wonderful experience. Thank you for making that comment Jess which brought those memories to the fore.
Looking good Dix..👌👍😊.. glad to see your still trucking. And tell your buddy.. i've been in the woods for over 40 yrs and I never thought of a vizen bottle for the small measurements needed some times.. awesome awesome idea!.. tell him "Arron" bravo!
Your southern accent is just the best!
Dixie - I just met “Airborne”, I believe a friend of yours. Helped him and “Bible” in Quincy, CA. Always an incredible feeling to see how small a world this is! Happy Trails from a fan. 😎
Real bad fires in northern New Mexico/ southern Colorado be safe Jessica
Great video. Thanks for sharing and inspiring the rest of us to get out there. Hope the trip to town went well.
Beautiful country for camping out. Boiling will kill anything bad in the water. Conventional wisdom is that boiled water is safe from the point that it starts a rolling boil, but some people like to boil it for several minutes. Plain chlorine bleach (unscented, 5% sodium hypochlorite solution) will also kill any of the bad stuff. Again, conventional wisdom is 4-8 drops per gallon (1-2 drops per quart or liter), depending on the water source and clarity. Bleach works pretty fast - water should be safe to drink within 30 minutes. Potable Aqua tabs also do a very good job and work in 30 minutes. Their drawback is the taste and color they impart to the water, which some people don't care for. It's never stopped me from drinking it, however - whenever I had to use them, getting safe water was far more important than the flavor. Best wishes for your hike. Stay safe out there. Happy Trails.
Like the Key&Peele reference, "A-A-Ron"!
Tell the people a the prescription counter in drug store what you need to do, and ask for help. They have all kinds of bottles etc. A pill bottle packed tight with cotton balls will keep bleach from spilling, push down on cotton and liquid will appear. I like to whittle a stick so its
clean. If you tap the stick it will shed a drop. if the bottle is glass wrap with tape cushion it. This also gives you tape to use for repairs.
Colorado, especially southwest CO, is facing a drought. That is, snowpack is way below normal, maybe down to 33% in the San Juans. From what I understand, almost all snow is gone there now. The problem will not be too much snow but finding enough water to drink.
2 drops for a liter for clear water, 4 drops for cloudy water. Shake it up and loosen the cap so the water sloshes over the threads then tighten the cap. Wait 45 min to 1hour then is safe.
If you're hitting section 22 in Colorado this weekend (9th and 10th) I'll have trail magic! Look for the red jeep after crossing Clear Creek!
I carry a party ballon to blow filter out after back flush . I live in iowa . Have a Great weekend
Happy Sunday Funday!
Good to see you, Dixie!
Happy trails to y'all!
Wow! What a surprise. To get up and see that Dixie had an episode posted. Learning a lot from your episodes. So glad you and the boys are doing fine. Thanks
If you get desperate you can filter your water thru Perks socks -- that should kill anything.
Thanks so much for sharing your fabulous journey.
we used to use tincture of Iodine from any pharmacy , not sure if that is readily available
Hey Dixie, glad to see you're still kickin it!
How has the southern section of the CDT compared to the southern section of the PCT?? May be too early to tell, but which one have you enjoyed more and why? I look forward to the weekly episodes from the CDT! Happy hiking!
Cracker Barrel Bacon Jerky is totally a piece of Heaven on Earth.
Happy hiking, great videos. Picked up a sea to summit xmug following your recommendation which is awesome!
Very cool Dixie. Live from the trail. Technology is amazing isn't it?
Just FYI there are flys that look like bees or wasps that will even mimic trying to “sting” you but they can’t cause they are flys.
There are two pie shops in Pietown. Hopefully they were open when you got there. Lots of calories for the trail.
W used tablets when I was a kid and only had lake water to drink. The idea about digging a hole near the water and letting it filter is a good one I thing it is a coyote hole or something? Then purify it. (Yes I know this is an old post im just sort of talking to the TV.)
Good luck Dixie thank you
You really got several more days before u hit the San juans im waiting when u do watching from Vegas
I'm feeling anxious about the fires in Colorado - praying ya'll stay safe! Love the spur of the moment Q&A. Thanks, Dixie!!!
It's our daughter Carlie's 7th birthday today... what was her requested gift? A new sleeping bag!!
Paul Smart Smart girl!! See what I did there...
Homemade Wanderlust lol..awesome... Yup she sure was delighted.. and when she gets home from school she will be so excited that Dixie approves.
Folks covered how to treat water with bleach well. The only point I did not see made is bleach degrades relatively quick so it is better to use unscented plain bleach that is less than 6 months old otherwise one does not know if 2 drops per liter and smell test are effective.
Iodine is a more effective water purifier than bleach; when I was in Nepal I used it to purify the Holy waters of the Sun Kosi for 10 days ie waste disposal system ; It worked really well but it does leave a taste. A filter is a much better option get one as soon as you can..
Thank you very much for the nice Videos. I am a Follower from Germany.
Snow levels should be lower than normal. It was a low snow year n Colorado this year. Be on the lookout for fires. They have already started.
Sure glad to hear from always fun to watch
Why can't you just share a filter until you can get a new one? I don't get it.
Spurious Effect she made a comment about that Perk did share his filter but she felt like he was concerned about that so she chose the other method. Plus they all don’t stay together hiking and I’m sure it’s a pain to switch it back and forth. You usually leave it attached to your bottle while hiking for easier drinking.
Nice job outrunning the lightning.
Bleach acts pretty much like chlorinating water, so the method the waterworks use to keep mains water safe.
Just carry the bear spray...Grizzly Bears 🐻 are whole different animal! 😂 seriously worth the extra weight just in case...I heard some strange grunting while hiking in Yellowstone...scared the hell outta me!
I carry it when in grizzly country but figure it would be a deterrent for other wild animals as well.
william wilson YES SIR. I carried it in Yosemite, Sequoia, even Mount Charleston in Nevada, because of those mountain lions too 😂🤙
if you get to gallup, nm you have to try the stuffed sopapilla with green chilli at the el sombrero restaurant, just know that they are large.
This.. is a timely task, but, if your tired of warm water, at night or day.. stroke up a fire, get some charcoal, cut the bottom off a Gatorade or water bottle.. put cool charcoal in bottle, 1/4 way, sand 1/4 way, gravel 1/4 way.. pour water into bottle lety drain into another container and repeat 4.. to 5.. times until clear and it will clear.."crystal clear" then it will be almost as pure as a sawyer.. its... a natural charcoal filter.. time tested mountain man approved!
Would you wanna have a meet up in Colorado? And wow! I hope I see Rigga around Boulder.
I hope you guys dont haft to skip around fires again.I guess theirs one somewere at the border of colo and NM
Love your videos. Thanks and keep safe.
We drove through pie town yesterday one shop was open
This entire part of the US has unpredictable weather! Lived here most of my life and the never know what’s coming.
Thanks for posting. Getting hungry for pie! Must settle for hommade tamales at the moment.
Rigga! Hope she can make it! Wondered what happened to her after the AT.
I would think you could put the Sawyer in your armpit if it freezes, or maybe it is fried if frozen. I take bleach also, with these tiny plastic bottles of drops to flavor water, to make it nice.
If you use a Visine bottle, be sure that sucker is cleaned out good...Visine in a drink will make you feel like a heart attack...enjoyed tagging along with you, this Morning...
So...if I add bleach to a visine bottle, the eye-safe visine residue itself would survive and even though diluted to a miniscule ratio with water...could make you seem to have a heart attack? Where does this stuff come from? Oh wait...you are kidding. Sorry...my bad.
You are right, the bleach should kill it...but eye drops in drinks can hurt you...www.therecord.com/news-story/3906013-nothing-funny-about-so-called-visine-prank-says-pharmacist/
Your Awesome!
Anyone using eye drop bottles refilled with bleach or something be very careful as if you forget this can burn the hell out of your eyes. You can buy a generic bottle dropper which might be better. -Try purifiers other than bleach. - I will look up this Patreon thing again but I looked it up once and was confused. - Video quality is worse and bad although it is possible it is something with my system.
I believe there are several types of fly that appear to be some sort of small bee. Just ignore if you can. Hope all is well in town!
Living in Canada I can't order things through your Amazon link. I would love to help support your fantastic, informative and amazing adventures. YOU ROCK!.......Happy trails, stay safe! ......P.S. Please come to Toronto Outdoor Adventure Show and do a presentation about your many trail experiences.......... Outdoorsdave, (Toronto Outdoors Club).
Seeing any wildlife on trail?
I can FedEx some Aquamira to you or buy a Sawyer and do the same. Let me know.
Driftwood Already got it taken care of but thank you so much for the offer!
i was literally just looking at a pack of bacon jerky and thinking "i bet this would be good on a hike"
why not buy 2 new sawyers? Go online get one send to you to the next town
Dixie, it's 8 drops chlorine per gallon
Looks like you're going to have a hell of a rainstorm shortly
I looked up pie town on google earth and the trail shows you going through some very large black, very dark areas, maybe its a lava field? anyway could you get a few shots of those for your videos... thanks
Check out this video - He is crossing the lava flow on the CDT. ua-cam.com/video/C3Ut3-Nx42U/v-deo.html
superdave0002 yes, it’s a huge lava field. That part of the trail is the “Zuni-Acoma Trail” and is almost 7 miles of lava. The trail is defined totally by cairns every 50’ or so. It is very interesting.
Bacon jerky! Yass!!! Go Dixie!
Dixie...on average how much does your pack weigh? With water and a few days of food? Thanks
Is that area you are in the result of logging?
Be safe.
Sleep and carry your sawyer next to your body to keep it working...
You keep mentioning that tabs take too long to purify water. You’ve said they take 4 hours to work, but I thought that was to get rid of everything, including viruses. But a sawyer doesn’t get rid of viruses either. I thought tabs only took about 1/2 hour to purify to the level of a sawyer? Idk though
The tabs get rid of virus and bacteria very quickly, about 20 minutes to 1/2 hour. Giardia and cryptosporidium take up to 4 hours depending on water temp and clarity.
Way to pass the 100000 subs
Hey Dixie; CDC they basically suggest 2 drops per quart/liter of 6% bleach and let stand for 30 min or double the time if water is colder than 77deg. ////if using Iodine @2% five drop per quart/liter stand times same as bleach......... best way is to get a rolling boil of water for 1min if below 6500ft or 3 min if above 6500ft ! ...any method needs the time to kill the bacterias or cool to drink , so patience is safer ! cheers!... mark real good your visine /bleack bottle!!!
Dixie - don't know if you've been asked about your sunglasses. Is there a reason why you chose that particular design ?
Carpenter Family she mentioned once that they were a dollar store purchase, no other reason for them but to shade her eyes!
As a user, I'm curious why your not using you're filter just because it froze. Is there a reason it won't work after it freezes. Good to know. Great luck and fun wishes for you.
The Sawyer squeeze works by passing water through microtubules which are small enough to exclude bacteria and protozoa and other things that are larger than water molecules. Because freezing causes water to expand, freezing the Sawyer can compromise the structural integrity of the filter by breaking the microtubules. This causes a loss of ability to exclude undesirable microorganisms.
Question I’ve had watching all your thru hikes.. it seems like people split up a lot but always catch each other so it’s odd to me you split up.. seems more dangerous in all ways to hike alone. Why don’t people just stay together on the trail? like why would perk keep going when he has the water source if he isn’t planning to finish faster or anything?
What are you doing to avoid ticks? And if you do get diarrhea, how do you plan to treat it?
Halffastcyclist Nothing to avoid ticks and I treat diarrhea with drink mixes and Imodium.
Dixie! Maybe I missed the name of your reflector umbrella. I've been ordering thru your Amazon affiliate link. But, I'm headed out for a week and need a good umbrella for sun shade. Ideas?
AUTUMN SIMMS I like mine from Montbell! It folds up small and doesn't break if the wind flips it inside out. But you didn't ask me :-P
Thank you! It’s a swing trek umbrella :)
Hey, all the info helps! I'm nursing 1st degree burns and decided an umbrella is just clever!
Very nice !
Can you show when you set up night camps
When will you be in Glacier Park?
How close are the fires from your location? Do you see any smoke? Be safe!!
Pie town is a good 325 miles to the southwest of Cimarron, NM (and the BSA Philmont Ranch) where the fires are at. Pretty good distance.
Great.
Those "bees" might actually be a species of fly that hunt bees. They have similar coloration, and are definitely super annoying >,
Mark the Visine bottle well. Somebody goes through your stuff and needs a quick eye wash and you wouldn’t care and .....S happens.
My stuff That will teach them not to go through my stuff, won’t it?! 😂
rock on trucking north ,,dinner on me if y'all are ever in Michigan 😎
Cow pond water? Cows have 4 stomachs CDT'ers only have 1!
Morning Dixie! I have a technical question for you or anyone who knows about these things. I want to do a live q and a for my patrons eventually, but i have no idea how. Is it an option in Patreon I'm just not seeing, or do you use some other app for it?
RiverWulf On the Road unfortunately you can’t technically do it through Patreon. This was a livestream on UA-cam with the privacy set to unlisted. Only people with the link can watch, so just post the link to Patreon before you go live. You could also stream through Facebook or Periscope if you want but I don’t know much about that.
Cool, thanks for the info Aaron! Keep up the great work, you and Dixie make a great team making vids!
aquamira is good
Welcome to the Rockies. They are not the Sierras or the Appalachians. Always prep for a freeze. Shoes..filters in your bag.
Video was out of focus. Maybe because it was Live? Stay safe out there. :)
Nancy Stephens Probably!
we used to call those sweat bees
That's what I too was thinking they were!
We use to use iodine tablets. They don’t have them anymore???
Are you still wearing a kneck knife?
John Hogan Yep! :)
FYI major wildfire to the northeast of your location
Whats up with the video quality???
Bleach is so bad for you. Hope you do not make this your go to and get a filter as soon as possible. It also tastes horrible. Fake hike?
Your Sawyer froze one night and you freak out that much?? The filter is just fine, dont wig out, just use it.
give me a break.... #dramaqueen #rookie