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@ mleku
2025-04-23 22:12:03
i dunno if it's exactly accurate but in the game The Long Dark you have to boil the snow or put water purifier stuff in it or you will get sick for a day or two. seems right to me, though. if i was stuck in the snow i wouldn't be doing it any other way, the cold, nope, the sick belly while you have to trek to survive, big no.
probably the only thing i would say is you may not have to boil it, just filtering it through reasonably fine cloth (even denim) with freshly made charcoal in the bottom is said to be good enough so, probably, you can get away with just jury-rigging some spare piece of cloth for the task, and carry a bit of charcoal in your pack. also, charcoal has uses if you do get a sick belly you can eat a bit of powdered up charcoal, and that will help settle things down, bad stuff sticks to charcoal and it gets flushed out.
fun fact, in some old soviet car it was standard issue with a little first aid kit that included charcoal tablets