[pct-l] Hiking Barefoot?

[gschenk1 at roadrunner.com]

Have you ever kicked steps in hard pack snow with your barefeet? Ever stepped on a cholla needle in your barefeet?

It sounds pretty crazy, but on the other hand, they said man could never fly, too.

Gary

---- Nathaniel Morse <alwaysanguine at gmail.com> wrote: 
>    Does anyone know anyone who has hiked a majority of, or thru-hiked the
> PCT barefoot? I've heard of a couple people that started doing it, but I
> never heard the outcome... And I'd really like to thru-hike it in 4-5 years,
> barefoot, but I'm trying to get a general Idea of whether or not it's
> possible. i.e. is there a ton of volcanic rock? how toughened do your feet
> have to be? and other things. If someone knows of anyone that has hiked part
> or all of it, barefoot, I'd really appreciate it. (But please keep the
> "crazy" comments to yourself.) Thanks.
> 
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