Sounds like a good way to get hookworm.
fortunately it doesn't exist everywhere.
the alps should be ok
but there is still other critters and stray glas or metal pieces
Apparently being barefoot is a real threat to y’all.
I already wear minimal sole shoes unless I’m on my bike or working with heavy tools/equipment.
I’m almost always barefoot at and around my home, even in freezing temperatures for brief periods. The last time my family went to hanging rock mountain it was a cool day so about a third of the way up I said fuck it and spent the rest of the day barefoot. It was awesome I loved standing directly on the mountain top without my shoes on.
I watch my step in unfamiliar places. I’m not saying I never step on sharp objects but after over a decade in South Florida with sand spurs a daily experience of my childhood life, I’ve gotten pretty good at feeling my step before I make it.
I’m not saying it’s for everyone or without risk of injury. I’m not saying there aren’t time for shoes. But some of y’all are acting like going outside and feeling the earth under your feet is going to sentence you to death. Like, good thing Prometheus invented Nikes before he wasted time on fire
Apparently being barefoot is a real threat to y’all.
Seems like it is for some unknown reason.
I was also really surprised by the instant negativity and the amount of downvotes this totally (at least) mildly interesting post received.
Perhaps a cultural thing coming to light because of the time it was posted?
I often perceive a stark change of general views and shift of popular and unpopular discussion topics once America (meaning mainly the US) mostly takes over Lemmy during my subjective nighttime.
This effect let me surprised and slightly flabbergasted many times in the past already.
Also you don't have to hike a mountain trail or something extreme to feel connected or whatever. I spent a big chunk of my early life with relatives p far from civilization and walking barefoot on warm asphalt, soil, grass or sand was nice.
I'm another fellow barefoot-indoors-and-minimal-sole-whenever-possible-without-causing-a-ruckus and, yeah, ruckus happens weirdly often...
So does shitting in your hand and throwing it at the first person you see. Doesn't mean it's a good idea.
It's fun. Try it. (The barefoot walking - not the feces throwing...)
At least the designated barefoot paths are risk-free, but maybe also try taking a few barefoot steps through a lush pine forest or so.
Even just strolling without shoes across a stretch of grass is a really nice experience!
Walking through my yard or in a park is one thing, on a trail? No thanks.
There are special barefoot paths were l live that have segments prepared to experience many often strange underground types.
From cork over all kind of stones, sand, mud, pinecones to really mind-screwing stuff like broken glass (specially prepared to not cut).
But they are usually less than a km in length.
Walking multi day trails is a whole other story...
You'll feel soooo primal when you're at the doctor's office, trying to explain how you got hookworm, strongyloides, Lyme disease, and chiggers on a single hike.
My friend randomly sent that to me yesterday
Nah, I'm not stepping on nails because I was lacking on my shoes game.
I'd certainly feel primal if I was hiking and got a splinter in my feet.
Nice try, this post is obviously Astroturfing from Big Rock, sharp object and hookworm incorporated.
Would do it more orten but then i do not trust the Ground. There could be any type of trash on the Ground and i like my feet non punktured. You never cknow what people leave behind.
This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.
This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?
Just post some stuff and don't spam.