[pct-l] ultralight and dirt cheap water/camp shoes

[Dan Africk]

That's a good point, and I'll try to do some testing. I really don't think
there's enough play in the mesh and the narrow elastic opening to pull these
shoes off without ripping them apart(which I suppose is possible). I think
you misunderstood what I was saying about the heel- the sole is shorter than
my foot, so my heel sticks out behind where the sole ends.

Apparently a bunch of other hikers are using these for stream crossings, so
it works for some people, but I don't know what kind of streams they're
crossing. I just found the second link and while the first blog said the
shoes run large, the second one says they run small. Interesting:

http://jolly-green-giant.blogspot.com/2009/06/lightweight-water-shoes-and-how-to.html

http://www.brettonstuff.com/index.php/backpacking/ultralight-stream-crossing-shoes/

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:36 PM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net>wrote:

> but before committing them to the trail I recommend you try them in swift
> current with a rocky bottom that twists the shoes around on your feet.  Current
> has a great tendency to get under any flap of fabric and peel the shoe off
> the foot.  I have one pair of wading shoes with tops made of Spandex which
> are almost uncomfortably tight; however the current can start a gap at the
> top seam and instantly balloon the shoe to almost come off the foot.  Baring
> a real trial in swift current I suggest you lift your foot and try to blast
> them off with a garden hose from every direction you can reach. If someone
> wanders by and asks you're doing such a goofy thing you can tell them you
> stepped in some dog-doo.
>
>
>
> Any looseness at the heel of these new shoes will only exacerbate the
> problem.  You might consider attaching some kind of a string or lace to
> the top of the reinforcing seam behind the heel which can then be
>



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