Originally Posted by
Velo Vol
Should have avoided Wyoming.
Kudos.
I think the guy who got giardia first got it in eastern Idaho. He was too sick to ride so he hitchhiked the first day and got medication. We boxed his bike at that day's destination and he took a bus ahead until he felt well enough to ride. The giardia is very contagious and can be passed by handling other people's water or other things.
The second guy got it after the first and he took the leftover prescription before he saw a doc and got another bottle of bug killer. Then, finally, I got sick with it and the second guy had leftover meds but he didn't want to give it to me. Second guy told him to so he threw it out onto the highway. We ended up dropping him in Illinois and he finished the trip alone. Wasn't my idea, the other guys wanted to drop him earlier and I convinced them to give him another chance.