{"id":3608,"date":"2017-06-26T10:55:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T09:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/?p=3608"},"modified":"2020-10-24T20:01:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T18:01:13","slug":"hiking-clean-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/hiking-clean-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean Water for Hikes and cycling, without the weight"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Clean water is important to have when you’re cycling, hiking or climbing<\/a> in summer but the issue is that it is heavy. When I go cycling I go with just one flask and I fill up the water bottle when I get to fountains that are marked as safe to drink from. When I go hiking or climbing I usually do not go with more than one and a half litres of water although I have gone with up to three litres for a hot summer day’s activities when the temperature is above 32\u00b0c.<\/p>\n

In Switzerland, France and Italy you theoretically do not need to walk with that much water because you cross streams, fountains, rivers and lakes. If you had a water filtration system you could theoretically purify the water from these sources and continue hiking. Yesterday I came across Katadyn and two solutions for water filtration.<\/p>\n

Katadyn BeFree<\/h3>\n

The Katadyn BeFree is a collapsible water bottle system that you fill from unfiltered water and then filter as you drink. This system also allows you to refill clean water containers within a very short lapse of time. It takes very little space in your bag and it’s light. It’s easy to have this with you at all time. It would be practical for cycling and climbing. You leave home with clean tap water and when you run out of clean water you fill this system and squeeze clean water in to your clean water bottle and continue the day’s activities. I have seen this system for 45 CHF in Switzerland<\/a>.<\/p>\n