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Re: [RC] [RC] Drinking on trail (human) -- Camelbak question - Flora HillmanI won't carry
a camelbak on my back because the weight will throw me off balance/tire me/rub
me after a while, and also will impede me when I get down and run alongside
my horse. If I start getting tired from carrying extra weight, I'm less
apt to give my horse his breaks from carrying me!
So.... my
horse carries my camelbak for me -- the water bladder being tucked into my
cantle pack where it fits quite nicely. The drinking tube is long enough
to easily reach my mouth, and I use an "ID badge" (alligator jaw)
type clip on the end of the tube which only takes one hand to unclip and will
easily clip onto anything in the vicinity (saddle, pad, pack, me,
etc).
This way I
have easy, fast access to water, don't have to fuss with bottles, and don't
have to worry about a water containment system weighing down my shoulders or
back. The only bottle I carry is filled with Pedialyte (human electrolytes
already premixed) which I drink when my horse is also drinking. I
also carry a package of Emergen-C which I can mix up in the bottle if
needed.
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