[pct-l] Hiking Barefoot?

[Nathaniel Morse]

Hey, thanks! This helped a lot as well. Good stuff to think about and know.
thanks.

On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

> People talk about this all the time but nobody has gotten very far
> barefoot or in VFFs. The only person I'm aware of who did any
> appreciable distance is Crow who has extensive hiking experience, and
> yet she only wore them for most of Northern California. She brings up
> some things most barefoot/minimal shoe folks don't consider, such as
> the additional and exhausting mental energy it takes.
> http://asthecrowflies.org/2010/12/14/hiking-barefoot-vibram-five-
> fingers-on-the-pct/
>
> You may consider hiking barefoot a portion of each day that it is
> possible and wear some kind of shoes where it is not. Even the
> Tarahumara strap on heavy car tire sandals.
>
> On Sep 4, 2011, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net 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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