[philmont] Reinventing The Wheel

Shane said, "Watch the trails (not just at Philmont) and you'll see more and more hikers and backpackers in Tevas, Chakos, or other sandals as their primary footwear. We aren't even advocating that. We are just trying to find lighter yet useful camp shoes..."

And he's right. My wife and I hike a section of the AT each year and more and more hikers are wearing the lighter sandal type shoes instead of boots for hiking not just for camp shoes. Crocs or a similar type shoe are abundant on the AT. A personal friend, when he was 22 years old, hiked the AT from Virginia to Maine wearing Teva sandals.

So lightweight footwear is not just for camp anymore although I believe that all Shane and company were trying to do was find the majority opinion of the best camp shoe. I personally seldom ever carry extra shoes but they would have been nice to have on occasion.

Wayne White
Troop 222,
Moulton, AL.
Philmont 92, 96, 00, 03
AA 06

 
Received on Thu May 17 00:07:45 2007