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I get on with the business of filtering enough water for a couple of days from Bathtub Spring

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5420-bathtub-spring.jpg There's not much surface algae in the basin at Bathtub Spring, but there is a lot of heavy, slippery growth deeper in the waterThumbnailsI persevere with my ailing MSR water filter and manage to fill my water bag with clean, tasty water from Bathtub SpringThere's not much surface algae in the basin at Bathtub Spring, but there is a lot of heavy, slippery growth deeper in the waterThumbnailsI persevere with my ailing MSR water filter and manage to fill my water bag with clean, tasty water from Bathtub SpringThere's not much surface algae in the basin at Bathtub Spring, but there is a lot of heavy, slippery growth deeper in the waterThumbnailsI persevere with my ailing MSR water filter and manage to fill my water bag with clean, tasty water from Bathtub SpringThere's not much surface algae in the basin at Bathtub Spring, but there is a lot of heavy, slippery growth deeper in the waterThumbnailsI persevere with my ailing MSR water filter and manage to fill my water bag with clean, tasty water from Bathtub SpringThere's not much surface algae in the basin at Bathtub Spring, but there is a lot of heavy, slippery growth deeper in the waterThumbnailsI persevere with my ailing MSR water filter and manage to fill my water bag with clean, tasty water from Bathtub Spring

My MSR Sweetwater filter is having problems again, acting like the filter is clogged, even though the filter is quite new. I think I'll replace this with a different brand of water filter for my next trip.