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It's not wilderness around here really... LOTS of forest, lots of country but to give you an example, I hiked through forest today but I know that above the forest on the plateau there's livestock and there's fields with manure being sprayed all over them so I'm hesitant to drink from them without sterilisation or filtration. After a childhood of drinking water flavoured with steritabs hiking with my old man I'm not enthusiastic about starting the habit up again.
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Alright... thanks for that. Lower heat it is then. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't like I'd gone gourmet or anything; it was tinned ravioli but tasting like canned ravioli eaten out of a used ashtray wasn't ideal.
Next, any recommendations for water filtering? I've been looking at a Grayl Ultralight and pairing that with a normal bottle so I can fill from streams as I walk/ride.