Gear Review
KEEN Newport H2 Sandal - Women's
Not good for hiking semi-steep terrain
By maplegirlie500
Ranked #663 - Women's Technical Sandals
September 22, 2008
I know these are *water* shoes, but I bought them to hike in, thinking they would cool off my feet. ... Every time I wear them hiking I think, "Why did I wear these? They have no traction!" ... Recently I was belaying a climber and the only place to stand was on an incline comprised of dry, hard-packed dirt covered with a sprinkling of pebbles and loose dirt. I was very unhappy and nervous about wearing these particular shoes at that time, and I did slip just trying to walk to the base of the rock wall to get into position. ... The times I have worn these hiking on slightly steep to moderately steep terrain, they have mostly aggravated me, especially on the trek down. These are *not* good in the dry, Utah mts. where there's a thin layer of loose dirt & pebbles on top of hard packed dirt, as previously described. ... My bad choice.
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Change me.
2 Comments Last Reply: November 30, 2009 By: jim3426958
I've had similar experiences. I also find that in any kind of loose material (i.e. pebbles), I get sand, grit and pebbles in the shoe and have to keep taking them off and shaking them out. Nobody else in my family has this problem in the same Keens.
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Uhm, why would you wear those hiking instead of hiking boots or shoes? Keens are AMAZING for what they are meant for.
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