I used a Hiker pro for years now I have http://cascadedesigns.com/msr/water-treatment-and-hydration/fast-and-light-water-treatment-and-hydration/hyperflow-microfilter/product so far it is working great. Smaller then the Hiker and way faster I also like that it has a back flush. I also like the way the prefilter works.

I have the same pump. I've only had to use it once and ended up really sick. It was a nasty combination of events which saw us with no option than to pump water from what we now call "the funk dam". There were all sorts of nasties floating in that water, so my questions is:

Is there an upper limit to what a filter pump can handle? If water is 100% funk, is there a better option than pumps? Should I pump then add tablets then boil?

I was particularly careful to avoid cross contamination so I can rule that out as a source of failure. Any other ideas?

So the revelate frame bag didn't make it on time? Thats a bit of a bummer. How was the BNT sections?

I couldn't see this had been posted yet... The Mountain Turtle is out according to his blog. Freehub failure in the middle of nowhere apparently.

What a bummer, I really enjoyed his call ins and the spirit he brought to the race.

Edit: Whoops, I missed the post on the previous page....

Also, having seen the pics of Matt Lee, I'm amazed at how little he's packing.

Does anyone out there have any info on what is in Mr Lee's kit? He seems to have it completely dialed and it would be interesting to see what you can do without.