I mean, what do you guys do about being barefoot when it's 20 degrees and snowing? I guess you just get so used to it. I saw pictures on here of people walking in the snow, though. So I guess you just get used to it?
I could do snow when i was younger, up to about 2 miles or so (as long as i kept moving) but i can only last 5 minutes now!
i was in the snow for only about 45 minutes last winter. didn't bug me much. my feet get to a certain point of coldness that is bearable and don't get much colder...
My feet just go numb and that's the end of that. Of course, during the winter I have to wear shoes sometimes or social services would get called on my mom for not dressing me right :O What a load...
Snow? What is this snow? Seriously, though, although I've studiously avoided going anywhere cold for the past 15 years, I can remember the misery. Way back then, I'd only barefoot for quick jaunts from the front door to the post box or the car to the lodge. The rest of the time, it was cheap snow boots which I could easily slip off once inside. Thankfully, I've been able to remain barefoot 24/7 for the last 15 years by avoiding cold places and those where folks are hostile to bare feet.
Usually flip flops get you through it but if there's lots of snow, shoes are needed. If I do wear shoes, I make sure I wear socks too (which I hate), but as soon as I get indoors the shoes and socks come off (even if I'm just visiting)...
snow is rare here and when it falls only lasts a couple of days or less so I regard it as a rare season treat.
The hostility (by people!) to bare feet causes me far more trouble than cold and snow. And I live in a mighty cold climate, by most standards. I had to edit this to make sure I get across that it's others who cause me the grief, more than my often dangerously cold climate.
what's 20 degrees and snowing? this would be a real headliner in this part of Texas . . I would just settle for some snow
okay, how about this. what if you live in a place where there is regularly one foot of snow on the ground... but there are sidewalks, but sometime you want ot of need to walk through the snow. what would you do. I do have she slipper type things, and the sole is very thin, they'd be good, I guess. what about salt? you know the salt that is on sidewalks? will that irritate your feet?
yeah, I remember that snow. we didn't get so much as a flurry, it was all south of us along the gulf coast. . . just 80 miles to the south
tbh snow isnt that bad. ill go bf in snow and its fine. icy/frosty mornings, and freezing rain, are something else entirely. and we seem to have more of those in the winter here than snow nowadays.
No barefooting in the winter in ND. Period. We're talking lows of -30 (that's 30 below zero) sometimes in the morning, with highs that can sometimes not even get over 0 Fahrenheit. A warm day in January is 20-40 degrees, and the top end of that number is rare. It's tennis shoes and boots for about 4 or 5 months. Usually, the "last hurrah" is November - there will be a few 60-70 degrees days. After that, it's virtually nothing until April.
Ha ha ha! That would be a serious problem, I guess. I can't imagine your mom explaining Social Services why her daughter doesn't wear shoes, ha ha ha!
When it's 20 and snowing, NOT a rare event here, I'm not barefoot. At least not much beyond the quick dash to the truck, the barn, or the mailbox. Temps from 20 on down are dangerous to bare flesh, and your feet remain in contact with the ground more than your hands do! (Obviously!)
Luckily here in North Texas it is easily possible to barefoot through winter. There are a couple of snow days here and there, but this is actually a treat. I love walking in snow barefoot.
