For the last 6 winters, I was in AZ and lucky enough to go barefoot all year long. I'm in NH now, so maybe I'll stick around for awhile and end up getting boots this year.
I live in south Florida. The coldest it gets is still tolerable for bare feet. Of course, it's a bit cooler when I go skydiving from 14,000 feet, and you lose 2 degrees F per 1,000 feet! If it's 65 on the ground, at 14,000 feet it's only 37 F at altitude! Fortunately, you freefall through that and pretty soon you can warm your feet up again under canopy at only 4,000 feet or so, back on down to sea level where it's comfy. Winter's great here, because all the skydivers come from up north where they can't jump, and they provide the dollar-drive to keep planes flying down here in Florida! In fact, dropzones from up north send their planes down here to make money in their off season, which is our ON season! (Or should I say UP season?) Blue skies, -Jeffrey
Well, I don't, so I don't exactly know how I'd deal with it. I visited my dad in NY in March this year and last year, and when I was there it was pretty cold. (In March 2003 it even snowed while I was there, and I went snowboarding!) For the most part, my barefooting was confined to indoors, and when I went out I just wore boots but with no socks, and when I'd get indoors again I'd kick them off. Blue skies, -Jeffrey
I love running barefoot in the snow.. Of course if i am going somewhere i wear shoes in the snow, but sometimes, i go run around in the snow for a few minutes barefoot.. i love the way it feels on my soles..its this great feeling..
I can't handle any snow barefoot. Lucky for me, it has'nt snowed here in decades. I'd just wear shoes if it's too cold out. It even gets too cold for me here in florida sometimes, but I rough it.
I always wear shoes everywhere, people think im weird enough to go without a shirt and if i went without shoes itd be even weirder to them and besides im just worried im gonna step on something thats gonna hurt my foot.
Yeah ill try going barefoot when I dont live with my parents. They know I go shirtless and dont care and its easy to cover that up if I need to but being barefoot would be noticeable to them and id probably get into trouble so its best to just wait till I dont live here anymore. Besides I have more of a desire to go shirtless than barefoot, once I try going barefoot im sure ill get an urge for that too.
where I lived for the last 4 yrs I was able to do just about anything while nude, winter time only cut the outdoor time done some. It didn't stop me from feeding my dog outside while nude or a brisk walk to my truck for something. This fall I am moving into a apartment with a close friend and the outdoor nudity may have to end, but companionship and exceptence of my home nudity is worth way more than the change.
As fall and winter near I've found continuing to barefoot helps to develop your circulation. I'm usualy able to stay comfortable on dry areas down into the 30s (F) moist and wet trails above 40 (F) slush and refrozen snow are not my favorites as the slush draws out heat faster than my circulation can re-warm my toes, refrozen snow is very rough and unyielding not to mention slippery. Up here in central New York state I was able to continue hiking barefooted until around thanksgiving, after that I'd take a few short walks in the snow nearly everyday (five to ten minutes) On one walk in mid-january it was only 11 (F) and I got some painfull blood blisters on the center of the balls of my feet, they hurt like the dickens and curtailed my fun until mid february. I hope a few others will discuss any experiences they've had.
Well if it's too cold to go barefoot it's generally not too hot to wear shoes. I suppose if I wanted to I COULD train my feet to adapt to the cold, but I wouldn't really enjoy it. I did find myself going barefoot home at night in winter when it wasn't snowing, and I handled the cold ok then, but in the day time when i was with other people and where you're expected to wear shoes I wore shoes since I was able to wear shoes without too much discomfort from the heat generated by my feet. Still going barefot a bit during the winter helped me keep my feet from being too soft for when the ground warmed up in the summer, so far fewer blisters when I started going barefoot full on.
