Re: [Paddlewise] Sole Bothers

From: Robert J. Matter <rjmatter_at_PRODIGY.NET>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 00:20:46 -0500
Alex Ferguson wrote:
> 
> >From: Susie Genevieve Houle <litlsusi_at_pop.netZero.net>
> >>I am interested in what all of you pw'sers where on  your feet when you
> >>paddle?

Water shoes from Shoe Carnival in the U.S.  They are $24 and they
usually have a sale where you can get a second pair of shoes for 1/2
off.  I have a wider foot and they are comfortable.  Blue quick drying
fabric on top (neoprene?) and black rubber soles.  They are not at my
location so I can't give you a brand name but they are made in the
U.S.A.  
 
> Does anyone wear bare feet? No one? I'm the only one??? OK, it is winter
> and the water is down to 6 degrees C but at least it isn't frozen solid,
> helps if you jump in quickly (into the kayak that is).

I have *paddled* in my bare feet in the past but am reluctant to do it
anymore.  In the event of a quick exit I don't want to be fumbling with
shoes.  I don't want to risk stepping on the unseen sharp rock, shell,
broken beer bottle, or fish hook on my way to land.  Shoes out of the
boat are a must.  Two weeks ago I steeped on a screw pointing up 2" out
of the ground by some rocks at the put-in, but was unscathed.  Luckily
it was a machine type screw with a flat end instead of a pointed end.

-Bob M.
Hammond, Indiana
U.S.A.
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