Thread: barefooting

Congrats on your new bare feet shoes. Which ones did you get? What did I get?: 1 ea. of Cody Lundin's two books.

I agree being in remote wilderness is not the place to start training your feet for shodless activity. I see their position as being most related to legal, and customer service, more that a knowledgeable recognition of danger especially to the conditioned foot.

Originally Posted by welshwizard

I looked at these earlier in the year after hearing someone extol their virtues on a radio programme.
Snag is that in the UK they are £95-100, approx $150 US. How much are they in the US at the moment?
It seems UK prices are almost robbery.

I got mine at www.SummitHut.com. I paid $75 bucks for a pair of classics and about $12 for some toe socks. Shipping wasn't much, but I don't know if they ship overseas. Unfortunately the ones I bought were too small and I just sent them back for an exchange.
PS-ewwwwwwwwwwwww. I just looked at their international shipping. They want almost as much as the shoes. Sorry.

Originally Posted by kevint

Congrats on your new bare feet shoes. Which ones did you get? What did I get?: 1 ea. of Cody Lundin's two books.

I agree being in remote wilderness is not the place to start training your feet for shodless activity. I see their position as being most related to legal, and customer service, more that a knowledgeable recognition of danger especially to the conditioned foot.

You got a new pair of SPB's!!! I bought the classics.

The only type of "manly" footwear are boots in my opinion. I wear boots to the office every day then barefoot after that, the shoes come off and it's barefoot time. If the asfault is hot or I'm going for a hike on rocky terrain, then the Vibram five-fingers work. We evolved for a couple of million years walking around barefoot, only for the last few thousand (after natural selection pressure s have disappeared) have we started to wear footwear, and only for the last 40 years or so have we worn these highly "scientific", support, control, and cushioned shoes. When confronted with the decision of 2 million years of evidence or 40 years, I'll go with 2 million.

Originally Posted by phdjt

The only type of "manly" footwear are boots in my opinion. I wear boots to the office every day then barefoot after that, the shoes come off and it's barefoot time. If the asfault is hot or I'm going for a hike on rocky terrain, then the Vibram five-fingers work. We evolved for a couple of million years walking around barefoot, only for the last few thousand (after natural selection pressure s have disappeared) have we started to wear footwear, and only for the last 40 years or so have we worn these highly "scientific", support, control, and cushioned shoes. When confronted with the decision of 2 million years of evidence or 40 years, I'll go with 2 million.

hi phdjt. Welcome to the forum! I am happy to never worry if something is manly or not; since I am a man-whatever I do is by default manly

I was on the verge of having myself fitted for a pair of fives, and just then I reconsidered. They may feel more barefoot that any other shoes but would not help toughen my pads

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