[pct-l] shoes for crossing JMT streams

[Nitnoid1]

I enjoyed walking through the stream crossings, last week. The cold water was refreshing, and my lightweight runners and wool socks dried within an hour. I suffered no blisters hiking with wet feet. I would not change anything, unless the temperatures were much colder.

The Incredible Bulk 

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On Jul 13, 2009, at 3:32 PM, Kea <keahiker at gmail.com> wrote:

Now we are getting serious.

Do you know what waist high waders look like?  Fishers wear them for fishing
in deep water.  Well, I know of one person who has made "waders" using nylon
material.  They go over his boots and up to his waist.  So as long as the
water does not overtop his "waders", he only has to deal with leakage
through the nylon (which is not much).  Of course there is the minor matter
of the thin nylon material sole wearing out on the stream bed.

Walk lightly and don't expect too much.

Kea



2009/7/13 Amanda L Silvestri <aslive at sbcglobal.net>

I recently used Crocks as both stream crossings as well as camp shoes.
They are light weight and I fastened them to the outside of my pack.  One
trick you might try is to use plastic bags over your socks and inside the
Crocks.  In this way your feet will remain relatively worm as well as dry
when going through cold water.  I haven't used this method in anything above
mid-calf yet and so got by with rubber bands.  For deeper water you may need
to use something stronger like Velcro, some sort of strap from your
local backpacking store or tape.


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