Mind you I *did* do west coast trail in my montrail hardrocks this year - it has a number of sections at the southern end that are pretty much cutblock level nasty with lots of mud. Isimply wore a mini-gaiter to keep the crap out of the shoes and didn't worry about getting wet. Dried off on the non-swampy sections. Not something I'd reccomend for someone inexperienced with that, but worked for me. I'll go with the "the heck with it I'll get wet" approach if it's warm enough out.