Ken and I are planning a trip to Zion's National Park, and as part of our adventure, are planning to hike in the Narrows. Even though I grew up in UT, I've only ever seen pictures of the Narrows, and am looking forward to seeing it in person. One of Ken's assignment has been to research hiking in the Narrows. Because this hike is mostly done IN the water, he found that water shoes are STRONGLY recommended; water shoes with toe coverings and good traction. Unfortunately, he also discovered that these shoes aren't cheap - they average about $100/pair. I don't mind spending money for good shoes that will be used frequently, but when you don't have much money to spare, $100 is a lot for a pair.
Ken has found quite a few shoes online, and some at a significant discount, but since they're online, I have been to multiple shoe stores, in the last few days, looking for and trying on several pairs of water shoes to get an idea of what we might be buying. It's always a risk buying things online, but we finally found some we think might work and at only a fraction of the cost. Hopefully they'll be just what we need for our amphibious hike in the Narrows.
Hi-Tech Multi-Terra Water Shoes for Sharon
TEVA Sunkosi Sandals for Ken
5 comments:
Bryan has hiked the narrows before! Jealous. I am a big fan of Chaco's, I hike in them a lot, but never tried them out in the water.
Have fun guys!
I hiked the subway once and we hiked through water. I just have plain old regular shoes but I bet it would have been much nicer with water shoes. :) Sounds like a ton of fun.
I'm not well versed in water shoes but it looks like you picked out high quality shoes. If you go cheaper you'll regret it. Buy it right once, that's my motto.
Hey.... about where to store storage... Under beds, in the bottom of closets... Bathroom vanitites. We used to put cans under the couch. Good luck!
All those are looking perfect water shoes... I like the last one!!
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