Who: A 35-year-old female
Where: Kalalau, Hawaii
Her mistake: Should’ve filtered the water.
What happened: A woman became ill supposedly from stream water during a 10-day camping trip with her husband.
It is unclear how or if the woman filtered the water. Either way, she made a mistake by not filtering the water, or not filtering it correctly. When the woman fell ill, her husband called for help. Firefighters launched a rescue.
The husband escorted his wife to a landing zone where she was airlifted to a local hospital. He had to hike 11 miles to the trailhead. It is unclear what disease she picked up from the rain water.
Sorry, there aren’t too many details on this one.
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More likely, someone didn’t wash their hands. Research points to that as a more common problem than untreated water.