How to Find and Filter Safe Drinking Water

Don't get stuck with a stomach bug 🐜

One of our most frightening moments on the Continental Divide Trail was in New Mexico when we arrived at a water source called Adobe Springs to fill up… and the water was gone! The spring had gone completely dry.

With less than 1.5 liters between us, we had to decide whether to walk backwards toward water we knew was there, or forwards, crossing our fin…