Episode Summary: In this episode of “Yeti Walks Into Basecamp” we talk about water, because, well…water is life! This is the first of a two-part series speaking on filters, plastics, water bladders, water sources that aren’t so great (and how to handle them), and even bug sprays/treatments. We sit in with Katie “Oats” Houston, the Community Manager for Sawyer Products. You know Sawyer, they make the renowned Sawyer
Squeeze that, what, like 85% of hikers use on long trails. And, there may even be a D&D D20 involved. If you know, you know. It’s a great conversation with a LOT of sage advice, so give it a go wherever you listen to podcasts.

Topics: Water, water filtration, water bladders, water sources, bug spray, eco-friendly, gear treatment

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Timestamps and Questions:

0:00:00 – Intro by The Fire Once Lost

0:00:24 – Beginning of episode

0:04:28 – Drink of the choice

0:07:05 – Cotton world updates

0:23:08 – Interview w/ Katie “Oats” Houston

0:40:06 – Which Sawyer products are in your hiking loadout?

0:40:46 – Permethrin, Picaridin, ticks, and mosquitos

0:53:23 – Sawyer water bladders

1:02:15 – How to fill a bladder with low flow

1:04:37 – Filter care, backwashing and freezing temps

1:15:21 – What impacts or humanitarian programs is Sawyer involved with?

1:18:56 – Is there anything else you wanted to mention?

1:25:26 – End if Katie interview

1:25:55 – What do we use for water filtering/treatment on
trail?

1:33:36 – Basecamp’s Game of Thrones rant

1:44:05 – End of episode

Created, hosted, produced, and edited by Yeti Legs and
Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black)

Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The
Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.

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