Had my first encounter with a hiker snob.

[Traveler]

PF Flyers..... They had the "Magic Wedge" that made you run faster and jump higher. Anything less is a reflection on social standing.

[WILLIAM HAYES]

sounds like pretty good advice to me I see nothing snobbish about it

[squeezebox]

There are things that are flat out wrong. Like hiking barefoot, no shelter, no raingear etc. Mentioning their wrong behavior might just might save the search and rescue folks from a big project, and might save the wrong folks from death.

[Mags]

There are things that are flat out wrong. Like hiking barefoot,

http://barefoothikers.org/barefoot-sisters.html

[squeezebox]

Hiking barefoot is asking to ruin your feet, and/or asking for psych meds.

[daddytwosticks]

Hiking barefoot is asking to ruin your feet, and/or asking for psych meds.

But, but, what about that big hippie dude who used to be on that TV survival show? And what about that other long-hair on TV who runs barefoot up in the Oregon rain forest?

[rafe]

Hiking barefoot is asking to ruin your feet, and/or asking for psych meds.

Might be true in the general case but not all. The Barefoot Sisters did a huge chunk of the trail barefoot, though one of them did have to take time out after making it to Hanover (from Katahdin.) They did finally start to don footwear once the trail was covered in ice and snow.

From personal experience -- I met a fellow hiking barefoot on a trek up and over the Franconia ridge this summer. He was doing fine.

My nephew was born and raised in Hawaii and has amazingly tough feet. He can walk barefoot on terrain that would grind mine to shreds.

[Spacelord]

Might be true in the general case but not all. The Barefoot Sisters did a huge chunk of the trail barefoot, though one of them did have to take time out after making it to Hanover (from Katahdin.) They did finally start to don footwear once the trail was covered in ice and snow.

From personal experience -- I met a fellow hiking barefoot on a trek up and over the Franconia ridge this summer. He was doing fine.

My nephew was born and raised in Hawaii and has amazingly tough feet. He can walk barefoot on terrain that would grind mine to shreds.

I can't even make it to the mailbox without shoes... I'm a wimp.

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[Slo-go'en]

There are things that are flat out wrong. Like hiking barefoot, no shelter, no raingear etc. Mentioning their wrong behavior might just might save the search and rescue folks from a big project, and might save the wrong folks from death.

Of course, these are the same people who will be offended by the advice and least likely to heed it. Doesn't matter that every year a few people die after falling off of wet rocks at the top of a waterfall wearing sneakers.

[Another Kevin]

Of course, these are the same people who will be offended by the advice and least likely to heed it. Doesn't matter that every year a few people die after falling off of wet rocks at the top of a waterfall wearing sneakers.

My sneakers have more grip than my boots do.

But I'm also not going to go out on wet rock anywhere near the lip of a waterfall.

[squeezebox]

But, but, what about that big hippie dude who used to be on that TV survival show? And what about that other long-hair on TV who runs barefoot up in the Oregon rain forest?

As I said asking for psych meds.

[squeezebox]

My sneakers have more grip than my boots do.

But I'm also not going to go out on wet rock anywhere near the lip of a waterfall.

Do you ever consider tieing off with a rope before going near an edge?

[squeezebox]

I can't even make it to the mailbox without shoes... I'm a wimp.

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I have a foot problem, I can't make it across the bedroom without shoes or slippers. I guess I'm triple whimp.

[Another Kevin]

Do you ever consider tieing off with a rope before going near an edge?

OK, I should have added "without a belay and a helmet" to the earlier statement.

"Belay!" "Belay on!" "Climber ready!" "Climb on!" "Climbing!"

[squeezebox]

OK, I should have added "without a belay and a helmet" to the earlier statement.

"Belay!" "Belay on!" "Climber ready!" "Climb on!" "Climbing!"

Really not so stupid in a place where you might get hurt.
But you are a weekender!!

[Uriah]

Hiking barefoot is asking to ruin your feet, and/or asking for psych meds.

Thankfully the cavemen never heeded such advice, or we'd have never made it to this point.

[Slo-go'en]

Thankfully the cavemen never heeded such advice, or we'd have never made it to this point.

Well, shoes were likely the first piece of clothing ever invented and that helped to get us to this point

[shakey_snake]

Thankfully the cavemen never heeded such advice, or we'd have never made it to this point.

How many cavemen ever walked from Georgia to Maine in one hiking season? (excluding hikers with The trail name "Caveman")

[Uriah]

How many cavemen ever walked from Georgia to Maine in one hiking season? (excluding hikers with The trail name "Caveman")

I know of one.

And I suspect cavemen walked farther than today's "hikers" and during every season, long before the land was given boundaries or names or wiped clean of its many perils. But I also suspect we'll never really know. We do know they were adaptable sorts, unlike many of today's reincarnation.

[vamelungeon]

People all over the world do quite nicely without shoes, and have been since there have been people. I wouldn't wear shoes if I didn't have to wear them. I think shoes cause most foot problems. Our feet are very well designed to perform their designated task unaided. "Shoes" for most of our existence have been mere skin/leather covers without any of the "support" that IMHO weakens our feet.