I can’t resist making fun of these silly folks.
Fresh fall leaves, Mr. Guttmann said, are “crunchy and cool,” and mud is “black dough that squishes up between your toes.” Dennis Slattengren, a 60-year-old nudist who owns a vending machine route and who was at least wearing shorts for this trek, savored the texture of silt that has run onto concrete and partially dried — “like warm velvet,”
I’m sure he would savor the pain created by doing the Great Range barefoot. How about a barefoot 46, in all 4 seasons, from all 4 points of the compass? Ha!
If someone has to be rescued cuz they weren’t wearing shoes, should they be considered negligent?
Bare-booting Forbidden — Adirondack Base Camp // Feb 3, 2009 at 10:09 am
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i think anyone attempting to hike a 3000 plus mountain barefoot is not the kind of person who needs shoes. And if their feet are soft and sensitive, chances are they won’t be planning much in the way of reckless or overextended hiking.