Monday, 24. February 2003
Topic: - on February 24, 2003 at 4:13:39 PM CET
Thousands of pairs of Nike basketball shoes are washing up on beaches
from Washington state to Alaska after spilling from a container ship in Northern California.
There's just one hitch to finding a free pair.
"Nike forgot to tie the laces, so you have to find mates," said Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer, an oceanographer who tracks sneakers, toys and other flotsam across the sea. "The effort's worth it 'cause these Nikes have only been adrift a few months. All 33,000 are wearable!"
A beachcomber told Ebbesmeyer about the shoe spill after finding two new blue-and-white EZW men's shoes washed up near Queets on Washington's Olympic Peninsula on Jan. 9 and 16.
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