[pct-l] the great campshoe debate

[joel01 at ekit.com]

What is this "camp" at night thing everyone is talking about?

I only carry the one pair of trail shoes and no other footwear.
However, a fairly large percentage of 2007 thru-hikers were toting
their Crocs or whatever other secondary footwear throughout the entire
trips. 



Oh, and an empty Powerade/Gatorade bottle makes a great lightweight,
disposable (in town) pee-holder. Forget general getting up at night
needs, when it's pouring down rain at night this is a wonderful thing
to have available. Though I first learned this method from extended
sea kayak trips; kind of hard to do it over the side without flipping
the boat.

Joel (aka Vlad the Impaler)







Quoting Jim Keener <lists at oldmanwalking.net>:

>I got a ride from Mojave to Tehachapi and bought a
>pair of flip-flops
>at Wal Mart. First and only time to visit a WM. They
>costed me the
>grand sum of $1.83. That was in 2004. I still wear
>them in the garden.
>I especially liked having them at afternoon break
>time and other times
>I wanted to air my feet.
>
>This is just my experience.
>
>Jim Keener ( J J )
>http://oldmanwalking.net
>
>On Apr 1, 2008, at 5:13 PM,
>jeff.singewald at comcast.net wrote:
>
>> Arno,
>>
>> Glad it is your two cents you are playing with.
>For me, I chose not
>> to pack flip-flops at the start and by the
>Saufleys I was ready to
>> steel the first pair that fit me.  Thank goodness
>no one was
>> carrying a pair in my size.  I finally picked up a
>pair and wore
>> them every night.  Sure, my trail runners were
>comfortable when I
>> was walking 30-40 mile days, but I really enjoyed
>slipping them off
>> once I got to camp.
>>
>> I suppose this is why we should each hike our own
>hike and for the
>> newbies, consider all of this advise as simply
>that.
>>
>> Jeff
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