Water, the essence of beauty

[Joshua Cocks]

How much water do you carry? An extra day supply of water?

What do you carry it in? Plastic bottles? Carry Sack?

[Random Walker]

Depends upon topography.
I have carried 5 liters in the deserts of the southwest.
I do not mind making a dry camp then hiking down a mile or so for water.
I use a one liter nalgene bottle and a 4 liter MSR Dromedary Bag.

[Kevin]

For water, this completely depends on a couple of variables.
1. What the weather will be like
2. Where I will be traveling (access to water or not)
3. Which activities I will be doing. (Hiking, Climbing, Skiing, Cycling)

I pretty always make sure I carry enough. For soloing out for a single day I will usually bring around 3liters in a camelback and another liter of juice or so. However, if I know I will be going to a place for longer than 8 hours and I will probably have access to a river/stream/creek I always have my Katadyn Pump Filter which I use more often than not on overnights.

I never bring more than 1 plastic container if even 1, usually camelbacks. On the bike I obviously use water bottles and camelbacks.