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The steri-pen, in my opinion, is a great little tool. It does work, but as has been mentioned, the water should be pre-filtered and the sediment allowed to settle. Turbidity in the water plays a major roll in steri-pens ability to purify water. Here's a link to another thread I was involved with on ...

Gon, yes better safe than sorry. there is a passive type thermometer that may be of interest. it is called a wapi and is used in solar pasteurization known as sodis. that being said, one can tell when water is about to go into a rolling boil-- you begin to get a couple of bubble streams from the ...

Well, there's a couple of things to consider. One is fuel might be scarce. And in the case of ultra lighters, they take as little as possible to begin with. The second would be precious water is evaporating by taking it to a boil. Sure, in the grand scheme of things it might not seem like much but ...

On ocassion I get into a debate about water purification; moreover, the need to boil water to kill off the nasties. My stance is you do not need to bring the water to a boil to kill the nasties, they are killed far before that when water/milk reaches pasteurization. What does this mean? simply put ...

okay! that sounds correct. there is a saturation point with the sugar. this is why when you use sugar it should be changed out after it turns into a viscous gel like substance. in the case of the uterus, it seems the doc was able to visit soon and handle the emergency... it does make sense! of ...

was it to keep it from drying out or prevent infection? Something tells me it was to protect against infection. Of course, I wasn't there so I don't know. Actually, one can also use salt on the wound. it has the same hygroscopic properties as sugar and honey, but I would reserve that method for ...

Well, trying to make good on my word, I would like to submit a couple of articles I wrote for "Wilderness Way" Magazine http://thehanddrill.com/sweetblood.html http://www.dirttime.com/bigchill.html Each one of these articles deal with some of the most common back country emergencies I hope you enjoy ...

thanks again, guys. I'm sure I can learn just as much from you. life experience tends to be a great teacher of life. Undoubtedly, your individual experiences have rewarded you with knowledge and expertise exclusive to yourselves. So, I look forward to learning from those experiences. As for my ...

Thanks guys.

Actually, I'm going to test next week. As much as I would like to do it this Saturday, I can't. I have other obligations.

So far, I've really been enjoying the archived nets... pretty cool info.

thanks again

Master Guns, suggested I check this site out... I'm glad he did. This place looks fantastic and is nice to know it is based out of Cali. I really like the archived nets, what a brilliant idea. A little about me I am a survival instructor and am co-owner of dirttime.com , along with Christopher ...