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<P>Chacos were absolute perfection for water crossings and wet/muddy trail. And yes, I wore them over snow patches, though I will confess that I wussed-out and carried boots to wear going over the high snowy passes (this was '06 which was a very big snow year). Now that I have more experience, I would not carry the boots and would stick with the sandals over the passes, as other sandal wearers did. Last year we hiked from Tuolumne to Echo Lakes, and I wore/brought only my Chacos -- no regrets at all. I was only a little bummed that on this stretch it was so dry there were no fords, just rock-hops. </P>
<P>L-Rod<BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Daniel Bailey <GREENHIKER@GMAIL.COM><BR>Sent: Feb 22, 2008 10:49 AM <BR>To: pct-l@backcountry.net, Donna Saufley <DSAUFLEY@SPRYNET.COM><BR>Subject: Re: [pct-l] hiking sandals? <BR><BR>L-Rod,<BR><BR>You mentioned that you wore your Chacos when the trail was submerged in the High Sierra? Submerged by water? Did you also use them on snow?<BR><BR>Be well,<BR><BR>Senator<BR><BR>L-Rod wrote:<BR>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<DIV class="ArwC7c ckChnd" id=1eqt>As already stated, I wear Chacos (with socks ? socks are important). My<BR>packweight was 35 lbs fully loaded with seven days food and two liters of<BR>water. I wore Wright socks, but am switching to Injinji toe socks.<BR><BR>L-Rod</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY>