[at-l] Light and Cheap Sandals...

[terry_norton@iname.com (Terry Norton)]

I have been on the hunt for a light, cheap set of sandals to use as camp
shoes for my thruhike this year.  My Wal-Mart specials from my 1998 TH
finally fell apart this winter.  They were a wonderful 7.5 ounces (mens 9).

After months of disappointing searching I was about to buy a cheap pair of
flipflops (approx 5 ounces).  Unfortunately I would not be able to use them
for fords.

Today I hit pay dirt.  K-Mart has a sandal weighing in at 8 ounces (mens 9)
for $7.97.  There were only 4 pairs left, but one was my size.

Yea...Yea...I know everyone likes Tevas.  The new Hurricane is their
lightest sandal at 18 ounces.  I also looked at the Teva water socks which
supposedly weigh 9 ounces.  I hauled my postal scale into EMS on club day
(they don't have a scale!), and found the 9 ounces must refer to a womans
size 7.  A mens 9 weighed in at 14 ounces.

Cheers,
Terry
GAME'98
MEGA'01