It is a point of pride for most climbers or outdoors people whom wear Choco sandals to have the pale ‘Z’ tan line pattern on your foot. Many times people can even have this suntan line last far into the winter. I have a friend that actually pointed out early this spring that he still had the Choco Z on his foot in mid-February. I personally have only over the last month acquired my Z tan lines.

One of the things I hadn’t planned on though was that glorious place known as the White Water. I spent a good 7 hours in the sun slathering on the suntan lotion to avoid skin cancer and being a lobster monster. Unfortunately for my shoulders back and chest, I failed to apply a second coat of lotion armor. So around an hour after leaving the slides of white water behind the lobster monster came out to play. I found my back chest and shoulders burning brightly. I also found my nose, ears, scalp, neck, calves and feet bright red and sore.

The next morning I examined myself in the mirror and cringed until I saw my Feet. Then I laughed. Instead of my whole foot being bright red, I only had a Z pattern emblazoned into the top of my foot.

I don’t really have a lesson or moral to this tale, but I thought it was funny.