Essential survival gear for New Mexico desert prepping

Taylor89 · Sep 12, 2025

Essential survival gear for New Mexico desert prepping? Need top water filtration and first-aid kits for solo hikers. What compact, reliable options do you recommend?

Johnie · Oct 10, 2025

NM desert heat is no joke, water is life out there...grab a Sawyer Squeeze or a Katadyn BeFree. They’re compact, reliable, and way faster than a pump, you can pair it with a few water purification tablets as a backup

Howard · Oct 10, 2025

Johnie said:
NM desert heat is no joke, water is life out there...grab a Sawyer Squeeze or a Katadyn BeFree. They’re compact, reliable, and way faster than a pump, you can pair it with a few water purification tablets as a backup

Any feedback on how they dofiltering poisonous crap discharged into the water table by the extensive mining done in SW New Mex? Or northern? I was looking at a property up by Questa, there was a nice stream behind it, but the water had this strange gold.green tint to it. Looked like dilute auto antifreeze. I came to find out the tailing pile fron the Molybdium mine to the east was leeching poison into the stream, which then fed into the Rio Grand. Not even wise to shower in it, let alone drink.

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