[philmont] Are Crocs "approved" shoes

Some Crocs do not have the holes in them and are great camp shoes. I even used them as river shoes last weekend on the Buffalo River.

Ugly but effective.

Rice Brewer
Northwest Arkansas

> -------Original Message-------
> From: Shane Hoffman <mycales@tx.rr.com>
> Subject: [philmont] Are Crocs "approved" shoes
> Sent: May 11 '07 7:02am
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> Having watched Rangers hike in Teva, Chako, and Keen sandals on the ranch,
> I’d assume that Crocs would be fine. I plan on taking mine in 2008,
> and about 12 of our contingent used them in 2005.
>
>
> I do not know of any hard and fast rules about footwear approval…
>
>
> I don’t know how you could do much better than Crocs for
> after-hiking wear. I can also tell you from personal experience that
> Crocs can be used as backpacking footwear. I wore them for about 4 miles
> on the Eagle Rock Loop Trail in Arkansas this last March when I got tired
> of changing in and out of my boots for river crossings. I felt one rock
> in the 4 miles I hiked in the Crocs, and they sustained no damage.
>
>
> Don’t let the kids wear the Crocs for cooking. The holes in the top
> of the shoes will make pretty blister patterns when boiling water is
> applied. We require hiking boots for our cooks.
>
>
> Shane Hoffman
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> FROM: philmont@troop47.com [mailto:philmont@troop47.com] ON BEHALF OF Alan
> Miller
> SENT: Friday, May 11, 2007 7:07 AM
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> SUBJECT: [philmont] Are Crocs "approved" shoes
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> At a Crew planning meeting last evening the topic of camp shoes came up
> and a discussion of Crocs ensued. Are Crocs, and similar shoes, approved
> as "closed toe" shoes in the eyes of the BSA? Some of us thought yes,
> some no. Not looking for a discussion as to the merits of Crocs as camp
> shoes for Philmont, just if the are considered OK.
>
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> YIS,
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> Alan Miller
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