Man up!

(Breaking bad for barefooters)

Anyone interested in joining in a COLDFOOTER challenge? Up to 15 minutes at the coldest bearable (really, bare-able) temp. Now, throughout winter. Maybe keep score as we go along. Word of honor, now. Y'all remember honor, right?
RIGHT???

 

Word of honour, yep, sure no problem.
Well where I am in the UK it's about 7'C or 45'F, with a chilly breeze. Been barefoot all day so far, nothing too bad, Infact when I was chopping wood earlier the ground felt pretty comfortable.
I'm up for your 15min challenge! Not sure what the coldest is I can stand, this is probably one of the first times I've checked the temperature in ages. I've not struggled much in the past few years, but I'll let you know when I finally wimp out!

Madesh

 

Yer a Good Man, Charlie Brown....er, Madesh!

 

This a.m., 40 F (4.4 C) for 30 minutes.

 

kind of sexist, isn't it?

 

Totally. As a "bleeding heart left-leaning Jewish liberal," I affirm that the entire topic is blatantly and unapologetically sexist. But if I had said, "Person Up," nobody would know what the hell I meant. By all means, if any female barefooter wants to try this, hey, the more, the sillier! And that's ALL this is...seasonal silliness.

 

I'd love to participate in this but since I live in Houston, Tx I have to admit I'll be climatically challenged. Rarely does it get below freezing here so I simply won't be able to compete. :-(

I'll just have to see how cold it will get here.

Good luck to all contestants (male and female!) and watch out for frostbite!

 

Have to wait for some nice cold weather, we'll see what it's like when I get home tonight

 

I said "silly," not STOOPID!
Man alive!
oops....

 

It could've been called "Toughen Up." :toetap05:

 

Yeah but then you wouldn't get as much hair on your chest when you did it

 

Well we just had about 50cm of snow fall in the last 48 hours and it's -12c out there right now so... I think I'm going to stick my barefeet in some warm boots.
But Im still walking around my house barefoot... as always.

 

I am totally not interested in being uncomfortable for a dare. What exactly is the wonderful sensation I am supposed to experience? Have walked in cold or snow to fetch paper or mail. Not all that great. Is the thrill just that it can be done? What is the point?

 

Are you having a bad day dude?
I assume 'nuspieds' is just on about challenging yourself and pushing limits. Just roll with the crazies it's more fun that way :xmasnut:

 

Per-ZACK-ly!!!!

 

At risk of drawing withering fire, I'm with hillman on this one. Outside ought to be a place/situation where you switch off the ego and personal agendas; forget how you appear, or what you're wearing (or aren't). It's difficult to absorb and commune if you can't be free of gnawing discomfort! It's a bit of a waste of surroundings, to reduce them to a backdrop against which to enact some sort of obsessive compulsive, narcissistic ritual, or however you want to categorise it. Like hillman, I can't see what's to be gained, beyond a vague feeling of oddly directed defiance. Wait until the milder weather, when you're easily able to forgo shoes, and can quickly forget that you have. But maybe the gist of this whole challenge is like that quip: Why do you keep hitting yourself on the head with a hammer? Because it feels so good when I stop!

 

Thank you, I couldn't see any point to it despite being lashed for asking. All I did was ask what the purpose might be. If someone wants to play "I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok" have at it.

 

I doubt anyone embarking on this will approach developing frostbite, but why even start yourself on that path? Why risk causing even cursory damage to blood vessels and stuff? It just seems so needless and such a miserable prospect, and - dare I say it - masochistic, in the true sense of the word! But, y'know, if you have an inner compulsion that can override common sense, go for it. Live-and-let-live (both for those that do it, and those who wish to express reservations).

 

Yawn.....

 

I read somewhere narcissistic masochists are easily bored.........Maybe. I prefer b&d.