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Comment on Three Minutes of the Condor by FIAT LUX

FIAT LUX — Sat, 18 May 2013 23:44:07 +0000

What software did you use?

Comment on Angel’s Landing by barefootward

barefootward — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:30:31 +0000

I see that your son is barefoot for that hike, Cool.

Comment on The Blue Monk by barefootward

barefootward — Wed, 15 May 2013 05:52:37 +0000

LOL Bob, you kinda look like a modern day Moses in that last pic.

Comment on Out and Above by tbeer

tbeer — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:04:00 +0000

Love CNM. Saw a black Moose in the BC there a few years ago. Zion already, looks like you are moving fast…

Comment on Dual Survival: Dave Canterbury Apologizes by Big Jake

Big Jake — Mon, 13 May 2013 01:01:22 +0000

I’m waiting for the behind the scenes book to come out by Dave though. He should name it “Order me a large pizza and beer”. You know that a lot of this so-called survivor stuff is one big staged act. With caterers and all kinds of backup in the background. Although Naked Survivor is legit.

Comment on Toddlers by barefootandprimal

barefootandprimal — Sun, 12 May 2013 22:21:21 +0000

I watched my sister’s toddler fall down in the house wearing shoes. This happened repeatedly all day long! Until she took off the kids shoes and she was barefoot. She didn’t fall down again after that. I tried to tell her, but nobody listens to me.

Comment on Dual Survival: Dave Canterbury Apologizes by Big Jake

Big Jake — Sat, 11 May 2013 22:39:57 +0000

Dave was ok; but he seemed nervous all the time. Like he was pleading to the audience. He seemed to lack confidence at times, in fact Cody too is somewhat of a nervous nelly.

Comment on Out and Above by barefootward

barefootward — Sat, 11 May 2013 20:34:30 +0000

Awesome pics!

Comment on Out and Above by barefootbrian

barefootbrian — Sat, 11 May 2013 14:21:41 +0000

Good photos, Bob… it seems like no matter how good the pictures are, they pale to actually being there. Hope you two have a great trip!

Comment on Out and Above by Ken Bob Saxton

Ken Bob Saxton — Sat, 11 May 2013 12:56:40 +0000

Let me know if you’re going to “intersect” with us along the way…
http://RunBarefootTour.com/#map

Comment on Hiking Packs by Alesia Anne Miller

Alesia Anne Miller — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:42:24 +0000

awesome- i have a huge fanny pack i use in a similar way- it is really a cabella’s FP for fly fishing but perfect to hold all the things i need on the trail!

Comment on Hiking Packs by Adam

Adam — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:43:29 +0000

I’ve started transitioning to lightweight gear. My pack, tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, and liner weigh about 6.5lbs and clothes and miscellaneous other things bring the total weight without food and water to around 11-12lbs. I’m planning a week long hike in the Adirondacks this summer and I should be able to keep it under 30lbs total.

Comment on Hiking Packs by Paul Cardwell

Paul Cardwell — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:19:41 +0000

Thanks for the plug, but my America’s Camping Book (Scribner’s) is out of print and rare enough at used book stores. It contains plans for both my belt pack and pack frame combo and the revised edition includes my tent, designed between editions. It is nice to see a fanny pack that can be used for an overnight hike. One of my dreams I never got around to designing.

Comment on Hiking Packs by Wolfmaan

Wolfmaan — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:56:19 +0000

I replace most of my gear every 5 years or so. My pack, however has been the same internal-frame pack for almost 20 years. I like how the frame keeps the pack weight in one place and it doesn’t “slouch” on my back. As always: great article!

Comment on Toddlers by Barefooter25

Barefooter25 — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:36:26 +0000

When I was 11 or 12 years old, I was having a great time climbing fences around my house barefoot. I even jumped landing on my barefeet and they never felt better.

Comment on Dennis and Doggie-Doo by G

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:36:33 +0000

I have worked in the trades for twenty years and believe me when I tell you, the transmission rate for this sort of thing is VERY low. The exact same precautions can be taken as one would take against the itch (duck parasite). Simply wash it off, I would like to add that the sole of the foot is some pretty good protection. Normally for parasite transmission you need a wound deep enough that the little buggers can get through the “horny layer” and into the subcutaneous strata. Honestly, nothing to worry about and easily treatable in a variety of ways including just waiting for them to die off. Lovin’ the blog thanx!

Comment on Light Blogging by vas

vas — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:52:11 +0000

I follow your RSS feed. Keep up posting please.

Comment on Toddlers by South Dude

South Dude — Thu, 02 May 2013 22:29:50 +0000

I remember the last time I jumped out of a tree. I was 12 years old and I quickly discovered why adults don’t jump out of a tree on purpose. Fortunately, nothing was broken, but I was afraid that next time I wouldn’t be so lucky so there has never been a next time. And yes, I was barefooted.

Comment on Toddlers by incu

incu — Thu, 02 May 2013 08:32:16 +0000

Kids are great at telling directly when they feel fine and when they are too hot, too cold or otherwise unwell! The idea of being hard against yourself only comes up much later. So whenever children aren’t complaining about cold feet there is no reason to worry they will take any damage.
It’s probably reasonable for adults to take shoes/jacket for their children when going on longer trips and the temperatures aren’t all that warm, because children aren’t planning ahead as long as adults do. But it would be wrong to force them on your kids because “you will feel cold otherwise” – no, let the children decide when they’re cold. That way they will adapt to a greater range of temperatures (of course this implies that they are going out regularly).

Comment on Toddlers by Alesia Anne Miller

Alesia Anne Miller — Thu, 02 May 2013 05:08:03 +0000

I have always wanted to go to Chaco canyon- no body I know ever wanted to go- i guess I should just go it
alone!

Comment on How Judges Cheat – Part 2 by Beach Bum

Beach Bum — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:21:43 +0000

I have such a poor understanding of all this legal stuff, and just can’t get my head around much of it. When you said “judges cheat by simply ignoring what the law says, and not following the rules of judicial construction”, how is that legal? In other words, who regulates judges? Are there actual laws on the books that judges have to follow, or are they completely unregulated and can just make up whatever they want without being held accountable? So when you say “Unless you are able to read the briefs of the case, there is no way to know what the court’s opinion left out”, shouldn’t there be some kind of regulation that forces them not to leave anything out? And if the courts “simply ignored arguments that would have helped my case”, what else in our society are they pre-deciding no matter what? Isn’t the entire purpose of a judge to find the actual truth? If a very simple straightforward, and relatively trivial freedom of expression issue like this can be twisted by them, I shudder at the thought of what happens every day when the case is really a serious life and death matter, or involves passage or no passage of laws that could have drastic life and death implications on society as a whole. So what you are saying is that facts do not matter. Truth does not matter to them. And reality is whatever you want it to be, not what it really is. And in spite of the fact that these people like going by precedents, they chose to ignore the precedents set by the 1968 Youngstown and 1969 San Francisco cases. So they only like precedents that agree with the outcome they want, not those that contradict it. Once again, how is that legal, whatever that even means?

Comment on How Judges Cheat – Part 2 by Brian

Brian — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:04:06 +0000

I agree that it’s a civil rights issue. The flush of anger mixed with humiliation I feel when challenged by the shoe police makes that clear. As an otherwise privileged white male, it makes me all the more sympathetic to those who experience prejudice in more damaging ways.

Comment on How Judges Cheat – Part 2 by Ken Bob Saxton

Ken Bob Saxton — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:09:03 +0000

Brian,
It sounds like you’re saying we should give up, because we can’t win? I’m probably wrong. But every other group which eventually got laws that were arbitrarily discriminatory, have been told the same thing – until after they win. Look at what’s happening in this country with sexuality equality. Though most people are not lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT), most do support equality for LGBT. Now if we can begin convincing people that fashion also should not be legislated (and that the only real purpose of shoes, especially indoors, is fashion). The only way I see this happen, is to keep on questioning the existing laws and rules (mythical and real). It takes time, perhaps lots of time (LGBT have been around nearly as long as bare feet – except maybe the “T”), but that’s because people don’t often think about things until they hear about them often. Then at first their thinking is, why of course the rule makes sense. But eventually, even those attitudes begin to give. But not if we don’t keep questioning their validity.

Comment on There Really Is a Reason . . . by tbeer

tbeer — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:13:21 +0000

For me, I think it would be great to play barefoot on grass or clay. I’d like to get back into tennis, but it’s hardcourt, so I think I’ll be wearing a brand new pair of classic white Nike City Courts. I know I could play barefoot, but I would prefer to save the soles for walking, running and hiking.

That’s what is great about going barefoot. My shoes are still brand new after 2 years and on the rare occasion that I wear them, my feet, ankles and legs are much stronger inside the shoe.

Comment on There Really Is a Reason . . . by incu

incu — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:39:41 +0000

The soles will build up and wear down, to a certain point that’s no reason to worry. Just balance out the hiking and tennis playing to find an optimum!

Comment on There Really Is a Reason . . . by FIAT LUX

FIAT LUX — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:45:46 +0000

You might want to look at huaraches like those xeroshoes.com sells for this kind of idea. Unfortunately it is a shoe, and 4mm of rubber at that, but your foot is nowhere near as constricted in them compared to “tennis shoes”.

Comment on How Judges Cheat – Part 2 by Brian

Brian — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:51:30 +0000

Bob, I know you’ve already given this subject a lot of thought, but I worry that the more times judges cheat and decide against barefooters, the more precedent there is for upholding these arbitrary rules, and the more it reenforces the idea that bare feet in public places is dangerous and/or improper. I know a lot of people who don’t go barefoot in public — except at home or beach, etc. — are sympathetic to the idea of bare feet. But an awful lot of people are not. I don’t know where the balance is at the moment. I’ve been hoping it was tipping our way, but I’m not sure. I’d love to see a judge parse the difference between bare feet in flip flops and bare feet on the ground. Is it all seems to come down to a thin layer of rubber.

Comment on Barefoot Hiking vs. Barefoot Tennis by Ron Monsen

Ron Monsen — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:13:05 +0000

Very interesting because it highlights the difference between doing something totally man made and contrived vs the natural world. The man made “game” emphasizes a very high coefficient of friction between the foot and the surface to change direction or stop quickly. One could argue that the Cf (coefficient of friction) of human skin and clay/concrete is nowhere near the Cf of rubber and clay/concrete, so pushing fast and hard while BF is going to result in painful wear. However that same limit may have a benefit because you may not wind up being the best tennis player but since you are not stopping / starting or turning as fast you are preserving the rest of your joints!

Comment on There Really Is a Reason . . . by Adam

Adam — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:52:56 +0000

I do the same thing for certain activities, which is annoying, but better than wearing down my feet. I find it funny that most people wear shoes to protect their feet from becoming callused (among other things) whereas barefooters sometimes wear shoes to protect our calluses.

Comment on Make Like a Tree . . . And Leaf by Wolfmaan

Wolfmaan — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:12:33 +0000

Looks like it was a great hike!