by Will N To » Mon Mar 05, 2018 4:11 pm
I have knee length waterproof socks, and smartwool socks that wick exceptionally well, and a pair of water shoes (12.3 oz) that are also my camp shoes. My main boots are Keen ankle high waterproof boots.
I have the notion that I can do major stream crossings in the knee lengths and water shoes, everything else with my Keen boots. The waterproof socks have a pretty good fit at the top so I think I can even go deeper than the tops.
For me smart wool socks just wick the water away from my feet. I can squeeze them out, put them back on. Not too bad. But this was with mesh-lightweight boots.
I think my issues is if I get water inside my Keen waterproof boots, they don't breathe much. Should I get a pair of mesh hikers?
Cape Wrath Trail I imagine is the proving grounds. What do you wear? What do you recommend?
Thank you
[Warstory.... If you really want to appreciate smartwool, spend 40 years wearing cotton socks. In Michigan we were ice fishing--cotton socks make it almost like Scott in the Antarctic. One guy is wearing a couple of layers of cheap polyester dress socks from the discount store. "I couldn't find my 'good' socks." We laughed at him. He was embarrassed. We complained about our cold toes. He said, 'mine are okay.' We were oblivious for another 20 years. We did take to wearing pantyhose; then someone said 'have you heard about capoliine?' ]