Yeah but who hikes(camps/fishes etc) head to toe in garments(especially in tick season)?
I, like chris, trek the bush in as lil gear as possible(sandals, cargo shorts, wife beater lol)
I cant help with sandals though. I walk alot of rock and my feet have become like the rocks ive walked on lol. I just where cheap sandals from china(wal mart) and some last surprisingly well(one pair lasted 4 years till I wore the material into nothing ???)