From: Steve Mac Intyre (smacintyre.asm@attglobal.net)
Date: Tue Feb 11 2003 - 17:27:06 CST
Go to the Dollar General store. You can get moccasins with a sole for
$6.00.
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From: <emuss3@ipass.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 11 February, 2003 11:57
Subject: [Philmont]: Camp shoes and such
> A couple of thoughts along the camp shoes thread...
> It is true the rangers wore sandle around base camp and
> , to my knowledge, were required to wear socks, that is
> no exposed toes.
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> As a matter of policy we require our crews to wear
> closed toed shoes. I know we all go bare foot or wear
> sandles all the time and have no problems with it.
> That's fine at home. When you are on the trail you do
> not need a splinter or cut or jam of a toe, better safe
> than sorry, even if you are a little less comfortable.
>
> Several people have alluded to needing a shoe to cross
> streams. That may be an issue on other high adventure
> trips, but is it really one at Philmont? In four treks I
> have never gotten wet crossing the water at Philmont.
> First off most rivers are all of three feet wide and
> easily stepped across, or you use one of the many
> stategically placed rocks and logs to cross. On anything
> any bigger there is a bridge of some sort, so a shoe for
> water use at Philmont is not the prime consideration of
> my crews.
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> We use the Wally World water socks alot. An improvment
> on those are track racing flats. While mighty pricey,
> they are featherlight. I used a pair of New Balance
> racing flats that weighed in at 5 ounces each, for a
> size 12. There are also some plastic closed toed shoes,
> look alot like a wooden dutch shoe, not heel and all,
> available that are also in the 4 ounce each range. Some
> of my guys found some of the soleless leather moccasins
> at a tourist trap which were nice, but useless in wet
> conditions. Some people just had plain old running shoes
> or trail shoes and were happy to carry the extra weight
> for the comfort and support.
>
> Whatever one chooses for a camp shoe, remember the
> primary purpose of the shoe is relaxation around the
> camp and maybe finding the obligatory flat rock at
> night. They are not replacemetns for a hiking boot or
> shoe, nor should they be. If you get to Philmont and
> have a blister or boot failure such that you can not use
> your gear of choice, then I would venture that you
> probably have a whole lot of problems that are alot
> worse.
>
> YIS
> Fred Mussler
> aka Hiking Czar
> SM- Troop 357, Raleigh NC
> Eagle Scout '75
> Philmont 90, 98, 00, 02, 04?
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