“During the early phase of the expedition, participants can drink water at the source only and cannot carry it with them.”
Bunch of stupid asses. At what point in “immersing” ones self in mother natures “embrace” does one drink water and then move on WITHOUT filling a canteen with water for later.
I gotta wonder if they were even treating the water they were allowed to drink. Unless it’s a spring, most of the desert water supplies are chock-filled with intestinal bugs and bacteria, viruses, golly knows what.
These sorts of things take a couple weeks to manifest themself, well after “vacation” is over.