Sure, but gathering wood takes a lot of effort and energy. It's an option if you don't have the filters, but the original question was why not distill if boiling and filtering ends up in "not great".
If I have to survive, and I can do with boiling and filtering, I'll take "not great" water over spending hours gathering and chopping wood to keep a fire going long enough to vaporize a liter of water.
And a massive amount of fuel.
Have you ever tried to evaporate a liter of water? It takes a lot of energy to do so. Fun for a science project, but if you need enough to stay alive/be comfortable, it's a lot easier to bring water.
There's more than one via ferrata.
Credit cards have good protections against fraudulent webshops and often provide free insurance against damage and theft. This makes it worthwhile for buying a new laptop.
My card is automatically fully paid off at the end of the month, so mhe debt is very temporary
Also known as the "fuck everyone not in a car"-setting