[at-l] all this boot camp talk! :)

[shellydhale at earthlink.net (Shelly Hale)]

I love to go barefooted...though --having a great respect for Felix's
friends...the snakes--if the trail is overgrown or where I can't clearly see
where I'm placing my foot, then I wear my boots...and maybe even my gaiters
(now that I have a pair).

There's nothing like walking on moss.  That's just Foot Love!  All nice and
softer than any carpet man has ever made.  And the mud!!!  Just to feel it
gush up between your toes....sigh....

The only thing I hate about it is when it rains and your feet don't have a
chance to dry every so often, then become really tender and slice open at
the slightest thing.

Stone bruises are a real pain...and I find that when I've worn shoes
continuously over longer periods of time that I tend to end up with  one
(usually in the spring).  But, once I've had that first one...my feet seem
to be OK for the rest of the season.

Shelly Hale

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shane Steinkamp" <shane@theplacewithnoname.com>
To: "At-L@Backcountry.net" <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 10:49 PM
Subject: RE: [at-l] all this boot camp talk! :)


> > I wonder if the real story is which of the above fool
> > each of our particular feet into thinking they are closer to
> > being barefoot? :)
> >
> > thru-thinker
> > [who has played many a beach volleyball tournament all
> > weekend long, running/jumping/turning while barefoot in hot
> > sand, and would prefer walking that way on the AT if I could
> > just glue a pair of superfeet or somethin' on my soles!]
>
> I started hiking barefoot when my boots - which had been VERY comfortable
> for a few hundred miles - suddenly started eating my feet.  I decided I
was
> better off without the boots, so I ditched them and put on all my socks.
It
> was wonderful.
>
> I had a lot of trouble at first sometimes because my feet had been
weakened
> by being in shoes and boots for so long.  Once my feet got their proper
> exercise, I had no trouble - except on sharp or prickly things.
>
> There's a bunch of people hiking barefoot.  There's even a book about it.
>
> http://www.barefooters.org/hikers/
>
> Shane
>
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