[philmont] Deadly Crocs

No escalators at Philmont to be sure. Still, more than a few times at
Philmont I was glad to be wearing my hiking boots. I lost my footing
more than once and was lucky to have the foot and ankle protection.

The croc is an interesting shoe, a lot of folks swear by them and that's OK.

Whatever shoe you wear, watch where you step before placing all your
weight down.

I personally would have difficulty with crocs on a trail with some
slope or fissures, even as an "around camp" shoe, as my feet would be
sliding out of them.

Whatever you take, footwear and otherwise, check it out on shakedown
trips before Philmont. Philmont is not the place to discover that the
gear you should be able to depend on is not up to the task.

Joe Jansen
JAJansenJr@gmail.com
Philmont 1965; 1978

On 9/18/07, Roy Fisher <rfisher003@satx.rr.com> wrote:
> Subject: [philmont] Deadly Crocs
>
> I knew it was going to happen and I tried my best as in "do your best" to
> warn you Pholks about wearing Crocs at Philmont.
>
> I wanna tell you now that you are just really lucky that none of you got
> them hung up in the elevators there or was it escalators, anyway it's them
> moving thingys.
>
> But this morning on the TV, they said to always be ready to hollar to
> somebody at the end of the thing to hit the button and stop the action
> before the Crocs eat your toes off.
>
> I know you feel much better knowing that safety is just a shout away.
>
> John LeBlanc.
>
> Well I am looking, I am searching, but I haven't found near the ground or
> anywhere else an elevator or escalator at Philmont. I've seen the shaft
> where they started building an elevator on Baldy (I guess that's what it was
> for) but that's about it. Going up, I was also pretty sure that I was on an
> escalator heading the other way - every step I took just didn't seem to get
> me any closer to the top. I guess someone heard my shouts and they finally
> turned the thing off, cause I did make it.
>
> Happy Trails,
>
> Roy Fisher
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Received on Tue Sep 18 19:24:12 2007