[pct-l] I can't wear shoes

[Lindsey Sommer]

My brother has been doing very long backpacking trips in VFF for years now,
and loves them. He wears the dark brown leather ones. He also lives in
Hawaii and uses them to backpack through the national parks there, many of
which are ALL lava of some form. Though, obviously you'd have to replace
them more in those conditions.

I'd be curious to hear how it goes with the VFF's!


On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Ron Ronron <oldlemonparty at gmail.com>wrote:

> I've been living my life in vibram five fingers for the past two years.
> Normal shoes invariably hurt my feet, which is what lead me to VFF's. I've
> spent eight hour days on hard concrete floors working retail for a couple
> years in VFF's. I play basketball, run, etc in VFF's. I was amazed that
> doing all these activities essentially barefoot only left my feet feeling
> freaking amazing.
>
> Having been convinced that wearing VFF's exclusively while hiking the PCT
> was a bad idea, I started training with trail runners. No pack or anything,
> just walking several miles. Bam, horrible knots in both calfs, and PF type
> foot pain in the left foot. No fun a week before I start hiking.
>
> So, I'm back to just having to wear the VFF's, which probably won't be an
> issue in SoCal. May not work out too well in the Sierras. VFF's are not
> ideal in continuously wet conditions. I also now have to carry a travel
> size foam roller with me on my hike.
>
> Shoes suck.
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Lindsey Sommer
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