[pct-l] Water shoes advice

[jplynch]

11 oz doesn't meet my criteria for "lightweight".  My camp
shoes that I use now weigh 2 oz for the pair.  But they
wouldn't do for stream crossing.. 

On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:48:22 -0400
 "Dan Welch" <welchenergy at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been using Crocs for years without any problems.
>  They are lightweight
> (11 oz for the pair,) comfortable for use as camp shoes,
> dry quickly, and
> when the backstrap is placed around my heel they are very
> unlikely to come
> off even in rapids.  They aren't perfect but the best
> compromise of weight,
> "robustness", and comfort that I've found.
> 
> Timberline  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Sergey Shevchenko
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> Subject: [pct-l] Water shoes advice
> 
> 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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