[philmont] Are Crocs "approved" shoes

I just saw a speaker at a Saturday morning church breakfast lead off his
talk with a joke about his colorful shoes which looked like Crocs. They
appeared pretty much like the pair of crocs that you can see at
www.crocs.com.
I wonder if the rear strap arrangement is sturdy enough to keep your
foot in the shoe. Probably it is OK in camp but if you needed to use
these on the trail as a backup I wonder how much your feet would slip
and slide in the Crocs. Would a camp shoe which has a complete shoe
upper body be preferable. The camp shoe at
http://www.campshoe.com/feature.asp
is a complete shoe as is the shoe at
http://www.muckbootsonline.com/Edgewater_Camp_Shoes_p/ewcsh.htm. This type
of shoe may be an alternative worth considering. The two shoes the two
links cited take you to
may not be the only or best choices.

Joe Jansen
JAJansenJr@gmail.com
Philmont 1965; 1978

>From: "Roy Fisher" <rfisher003@satx.rr.com>
>Reply-To: philmont@troop47.com
>To: "philmont List Member" <philmont@troop47.com>
>Subject: [philmont] Are Crocs "approved" shoes
>Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 18:50:50 -0500
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>Used mine last summer; neither Ranger or Camp Staff said anything.
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>IMO the issue is protecting the fronts of your feet not the tops. The
>concept of holes and cooking might be somewhat over-blown. Most hiking
>boots and trail shoes now days have significant amounts of fabric across
>the top of the boot. If boiling water were spilled on hiking boots, the
>waterproofing might keep it out a few seconds longer while it soaked in
>and/or the Gore-tex membrane melted, but it might hold the hot water in
>longer too. And I *know* I can get my foot out of my Crocs faster than
>I can my boots! Having said that though, I will still have our crew
>wear their boots when cooking.
>
>Happy Trails,
>
>Roy Fisher
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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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Received on Sat May 12 16:09:59 2007