Was at the park with my son this evening, around the playground equipment, and the city likes to put wood chips down around all the equipment. It's pretty uncomfortable to walk on, but I've always managed before. Well this time I ended up with 3 tiny splinters all together in one spot. Couldn't get them out by hand, had to wait until I got home and could use tweezers. They were also towards the left side of my left big toe, which is pretty awkward to get to. But I will press on! I would have thought splinters that tiny would be unsuccessful in my thickened foot/toe skin, but I guess not. Oh well, got them out and now it's like ahhhhh feels good man!
Maybe you should work on toughening up your feet on safer surfaces before getting in wood chips. Enjoy the nice cooler weather and play in the grass with your little guy. The cooler temps also offer a good opportunity to practice on blacktop. Still, kudos for your guts in a pro-shoe universe.
Ugh, I hate those stupid wood chips around playgrounds. All my kids like to run barefoot at the jungle gyms. At least it was your foot and not your little man's!
Ya......I have been hiking and bouldering barefoot for three years now and never got but one wound (a thorn puncture) until today. Was walking on a paved trail with my dog and went over to a stream to let the dog lap some water when I stepped on the end of a piece of rebar that was hidden by the grass. It punctured my heel good, and that is saying something since my heel is like shoe leather. It was rusty so guess I'll go get a tetanus shot tomorrow. Haven't had one of those since I was a kid.
yikes! why would anyone put these wood chips around a playground! i havent had any splinters yet but one day its gonna happen... i swear the wood chips are to actively discourage us from going barefoot.
Yeah the skin on most of my feet is super thick, especially the heel and balls of my feet. The ends of my toes are fairly thick, too, but not enough I guess. I've been barefoot nearly 24/7 for almost 4 months now, and I'll continue to do so as long as possible until it gets too cold.
It's one of those gardening things mimicking Mother Nature... mulch, mostly chipped bark, is put on the soil to retain moisture, reduce erosion, provide nutrients and suppress weed growth. In some places, pine needles are used instead of bark chips, or compost, too. By putting that onto the soil, gardeners mimic the natural leaf cover you would have on forest floors in fall. Anyway, there are occasions, when those bark chips feel quite nice to bare soles: after rain, when they're wet, those things act like sponges. Wiggling bare toes, ~*Ganesha*~
well, you cant mimick the perfection that is mother nature. hehe but okay, no conspiracies going on.... just some people afraid of crab grass and dandilions
I agree - it's just a matter of conditioning. At the gym I go to they have an outside running track, up, down and through woods. It's "paved" entirely with woodchips and I love it! My soles feel completely energised after a few laps and I've never had an injurty from it.
That's so true, indeed! :2thumbsup: And she's just beautiful this way, too. Well, I can understand that some people are afraid of dandelions, since those are Mother Nature's little anarchists, her bright yellow outcries of "Fight the Power!" as they won't succumb to civilization, but will prevail and continue pushing through cracks in paved surfaces like sidewalks, as if to tell us "You cannot stop me!" Being so anti-establishment, these plants can be a source of fear to the sheeple believing in the system... I happily salute them, when I encounter their boldness to break through and greet the warm sun of spring. :sunny: Wiggling bare toes, in honor of Mother Nature, ~*Ganesha*~
Hehehe made me giggle picturing little dandelions shouting out "Fight the power!", I never thought of them that way before but I like it
