barefoot hiking

love barefoot hiking in nature, especially muddy trails are amazing.
if your feet are toughened up barefoot inature is agreat experience.
what kind of surfaces you prefer?

 

Just about every texture is fine for me. I go hiking without any shoes with me and people think I'm nuts.

Mud, silt, moss, warm dirt trails, grass fields, wet leaves, paved trails all feel fine. Moss feels like a really soft fine-bristled carpet. Small stones in creeks are a little tough to walk on but I don't mind. They give your arches a workout. Silt along the river has a very fine texture and is much like quick sand. It sticks to my soles in clumps.

My prints on pavement after walking through a dew-soaked field of grass:

 

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once you get settled in the rochester area, see if you can get out to letchworth state park, out near mt. morris. i've hiked several of those trails barefoot, in exceptionally muddy weather. there was lots of soft, moist, springy moss to walk on. mmmm!