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Originally Posted by GGG
Real Sandles and Crocs are heavy so I go with a homemade pair.
The lightest sandles you can get are homemade. If you have a blue foam sleep pad at home you trace around your feet and leave a piece for the strap as well. Then duck tape over the foam to make the strap for the flip flops and duck tape over the sole. I think my pair weighs about 2 ounces.
(As you can see I am a little OCD to save weight)
The other thing you can do is hike in trail runners instead of boots. This is a personal decision and it depends how good of shape your feet are in, how strong your ankles are etc. I hated boots, always had blister issues, when I lightened up my pack and started running my feet and ankles could support the weight without the need for boots. By switching to trail runners I solved my blister issue, camp shoe issue, stream crossing issue, etc. I don't even worry anymore about getting my feet because with trail runners they dry out within about 30 minutes so I just crash on through the mud.
Its a different philosophy then the big heavy boots but I find it has a lot of benefits.
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To each his own, I can't say I notice the weight of a pair of $2 foam flip flops. I also don't want to sleep on a foamie with two foot holes cut into it.
I agree on the lighter boots.