[pct-l] Water shoes advice

[jplynch]

Do you have any more details about these Walmart shoes;
like how would I identify them in my local WM.  Finding
anything in a WM has always seemed me to be a random walk.
Thnx!

On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 17:50:03 -0700
 Stephen Clark <rowriver at gmail.com> wrote:
> Don't think you need to go high tech expensive name brand
> shoes from REI.
> After all how long do you wear them? Just as long as they
> fit and don't
> come off your feet while crossing.
> 
> I carry a cheap pair of enclosed water shoes with deck
> soles that I got at
> walmart.  They run $6 - $8, have Velcro fasteners, weigh
> only ounces, and
> (because they're enclosed) double as camp shoes at the
> end of the day.
> 
> Quackers
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Sergey Shevchenko
> <sg.shevchenko at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > W
> > hat would you recommend as a good enough shoe to cross
> streams, in
> > particular along the JMT, which would be as light as
> possible?
> >
> > I was hoping to use Merrell Torrent Glove, but after
> walking in them
> > recently on wet pavement (after a rain), I'm not so
> sure anymore: they felt
> > slippery as hell. After a closer examination, I noticed
> that the
> >
> >
> > sole on these shoes is absolutely sleek
> > --
> > nothing to grip to stones.
> > I don't quite understand how they could really work out
> as "water shoes"
> > with such a sole -- the way I see it, one bad step on a
> slippery boulder,
> > and I'm in the water with a broken leg potentially.
> >
> > A sales person at REI was showing me in the direction
> of Chaco and Keens,
> > but they are heavy as bricks compared to Merrells.
> >
> > There are other Merell models that don't claim to be
> water shoes but have a
> > much more pronounced sole pattern, e.g. Trail Glove 2.
> Would you say that
> > using those would be a better idea than Torrent Glove?
> Any other advice?
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