man, it HURT! It as just a hike up two hills [but they had mountain-like trails] where many tourists go, so I was thinking, oh it must be a simple flat trail. wrooong. the path to the trail was covered in tiny rocks and what seemed to be little pieces of iron or flint. who knows. it was probably volcanic rock, though. The trail was covered in choppy volcanic rock, except for this link between the two hills where it was just grass. nice grass. and the ground was kinda hot, but really dry, so my feet stung. the thickness of my feet have been getting thinner, though. But I'm glad I did it.
Keep it up-it gets easier and the looks you get from other hikers is priceless-really those in boots are only experiencing half the nature that we get in bf
Same. It's 7F today and it feels warm here. I'm getting more and more confused by this forum every day.
While I can't speak for the OP's location, keep in mind that this forum is worldwide. It's now summer in Australia and here in Micronesia, it's always warm (28C at the moment). As for me, anything under 26C is way too cold... behindthesun93, keep on hikin' bro! The more you do it, the better it gets!
So I'm looking for some people in western PA to hang around with barefoot. I'm 45 and am not looking to do anything bad.
You have the same problem I have in Maine, although I imagine you probably get colder some times, but we take even longer to get spring. I do know what it means for 7F to feel warm! Relatively. Yeah, a lot of these people never know our kind of cold, and as seohsreven says, it's a global community.
Congratulations for you first barefoot hike. But there is no need to overdo. If it hurts so badly, maybe the trip was a bit too long or too hard. If you go hiking more often you will discover that you get used to and be able to stand longer / harder trails. I like to hike on natural trails and there usually i can make 25 kms a day (about 16 miles) on bare feet without trouble.
