This is how my feet and soles look after an average day of barefoot travelling: I wonder: How much can you say about my barefoot lifestyle & adventures just from "reading" my soles? I feel the soles of a barefooter r telling much about his activities etc., pretty much in the same way the palms of our hand "speak" to an experienced palmist! What do you think? Please let me know!
You've been walking on asphalt (the black) and in the dirt. You've definitely walked a long way barefoot because of the calluses, perhaps in extreme heat or cold at times. Your feet have been in pretty dry conditions, as well.
Great Photos... I Hope You Continue To Post, From Every Country You Visit.. Take Care.. Keep Em Bare.. Cheers Glen.
Your soles have developed natural protection from the environment and show the signs of where you've been. They say that you are a fulltime barefooter, not just someone who slips off their shoes in the park or on the beach. I wish I was able to be barefoot fulltime. It's great to have tough, calloused soles. Hot pavement, gravel, rocks, don't bother you at all. I do get some strange stares when I'm in the city, etc., especially on a hot summer day. Keep up the great travels! You are an inspiration!:cheers2:
A slight revision, if I may: "They say that you are a fulltime barefooter who does not wash his feet." Here is the sole of a full-time barefooter (15 years without shoes) who DOES wash his feet: Like barefoot traveler, Hot pavement, gravel, rocks, don't bother me at all. I've hiked the Craters of the Moon National Monument at Noon in August, climbed to the Kivas at Bandelier National Monument in July, and explored the entirety of Angkor Watt in April, all barefoot. Furthermore, I often climb the razor coral limestone cliffs here in Micronesia. Here's a cropped closeup showing the type of stone this is: At the end of the day, I scrub vigorously with soap and water and my feet look just like the picture above (sans the red lines put there for emphasis in an earlier post; sorry, I haven't had time to make a new image). Colorful dirty soles are indicative of a lifestyle choice, much like barefooting itself. They are not a badge of honor, nor are they a source of shame. Enjoy them if that's your style, but don't flaunt them in a manner that infers superiority.
For me, it seems you enjoy nature because your soles are strong as a whole, and you like to walk trough much filth and feculence of very dirty streets, because your soles are not simply dusty or black, but completely filthy and spotted. Somewhat of a contrast to seohsreven. eace: You went barefoot in a quite hot and dry climate. That's just my two cents.
barefoot traveller, i see the tough and dirty soles of a full time barefooter. i barefoot as often as possible, and like you i enjoy dirty soles. dirty or clean it does not matter, as long as your feet are bare.
HI Andy... are you there... I am missing you on the web... what you have done all that time my friend!!!!? I am on myspace and now on facebook too: MarcelobarefootinRio
