Who said melting glaciers was a bad thing?

[89th]

Now you can order a glass of water for 95 bucks!

https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/12/19/water-tasting-menu-the-inn-at-little-washington

[George K]

Remember Penn & Teller's Bullshit where they did bottled water? Yeah.

That said, however, when I was a kid (I must've been 16) our family vacationed at Glacier National Park. My father and I would take some long-ish hikes into the mountains. Just the two of us. Usually it was a morning adventure - about 10 miles, but on a couple of occasions we did an all-day sucker.

One of my clearest memories is drinking water directly from a glacier-fed mountain stream. I can't put my finger on it, but it was delightfully cold, rich and refreshing. That water tasted SO DAMN GOOD!

Of course, now I'd never do it, giardia being a real concern.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/backpackers-dont-listen-to-slate-science-does-support-stream-water-treatment

https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-10/documents/giardia-factsheet.pdf

https://bucktrack.com/water.html

[89th]

That was my thought, what ancient parasites remain within…

[Mik]

Interesting. In Alaska many died of thirst next to glacial rivers because they could not drink that water. It had too much silt in it. They were gray and cloudy.

[George K]

@Mik said in Who said melting glaciers was a bad thing?:

They were gray and cloudy.

Not my experience at all. Crystal clear, brilliantly cold and refreshing.

[Mik]

You may have been closer to the top.