I purchased my first pair of Chacos last October, love um. Note; I do not wear the sandals while paddling. Robert wrote; >I always worry about stumping my toes in sandals. Or worse, cutting my >feet. I have even seen folks kayaking barefooted. Seems to be a risk to >me. > Ok I'll fess up, I cut the side of my foot about six weeks ago. This happen during launching, on what I appeared to be a clean beach, wrong. A rather serious cut that bleed like a stuck pig. At least I did something right and had my firstaid kit with me. Four stitches and six weeks later I'm just feeling like a fool (I felt foolish the moment it happen). I am someone that will wear my neoprene booties in ninety degree weather. Seriously, I wear foot protection 99.9% of the time. After informing a friend about the accident he stated he never knew me not to have foot protection. The day I cut my foot the thought of injury did not even cross my mind. Ya know the old saying, "it only takes one time". You ain't gonna catch me without foot protection again. Lesson relearned! Arthur Hebert *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I get my Seasoned Kayak Footwear in the following manner. When my feet start to hurt in a certain way running, I know it's time to buy new Running Shoes (Reebok $25). The old ones then get recycled into my General Purpose Hanging Around Shoes (Outside and Inside). The former GPHAS then get recycled into GPHAS (Inside Only)--basically slippers that feel very, very comfortable and don't have to be laced to stay on my feet. Then the old GPHAS (Inside Only) are recycled into Seasoned Kayak Footwear by being thrown into the garage pending paddle bag transfer. They effectively prevent stubbed toes, sandal entrapment, and basically all other complications of having the wrong thing on your feet in a kayak. If I have to portage through irredeemably vile swamp in them, it's no loss. Sand, sharp rocks, rot, surf accidents may eventually do them in, but by that time I've got a couple of backup GPHAS queued up. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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