I usually carry zip lock baggies if I do stream crossings. The bagies can have many other uses as well. When you keep your feet low when crossing a stream there is less to contend with. Keepingg them low means your are only moving your feet forward.If you are lifting your feet then you are moving them forward and trying to push your foot back down in the water, so more to deal with. Plus you have more of a positive contact keeping your feet low, as oposed to being up on one foot while the water is pushing you and trying to get your other foot back down.Wow, thanks for the picture. I never realized there was a technique that you could use when crossing a stream or river before. I don't really mind getting wet but one time I did kill a cell phone that way.
Didn't you have to do any stream crossing when you were on the AT?What do you do if you come to a trail that stops and picks up on the other side of the water? I have seem a couple places like this and wonder why you have to go over the stream for the trail.
Oh my. Bwahahaha. Thanks for the laugh, IH! I was expecting someone to respond in this fashion. First impressions DO last for a very long time.Didn't you have to do any stream crossing when you were on the AT?
+1Water shoes are always in our packs for stream crossings.
I am honestly not trying to be a jerk. Sorry if I came off that way. Some here may even tell you I am a pretty decent guy.Oh my. Bwahahaha. Thanks for the laugh, IH! I was expecting someone to respond in this fashion. First impressions DO last for a very long time.
No offense, KeikoOka but maybe you shouldn't have claimed to have thru-hiked the AT when you (admittedly) section hiked it. Especially in a forum that has many experienced folk responding.