And that is exactly why.... Ya never know what's upstream. Mountainous areas are
not so bad, but swamps, jungles, deserts, and populated areas can be. Not so
much in this country, because we have pretty good sanitation, but elsewhere,
it's very risky.

On Sep 30, 2014, at 1:50 PM, philschempf@g... wrote:

> I had an experience with a small stream coming down a steep ravine in central
Alaska, enough water to get a drink and not much more. I drank my fill and
continued to climb. Found a dead sheep decomposing in the stream a couple
hundred feet farther up the draw.  No adverse consequences though.
> 
> Phil
> 
> Sent from my HTC