Archive for the ‘Bare Feet and Society’ Category
A Barefoot Lifetime in Photos
Alberto, in a moment of rest, enjoying the Portuguese Coast
Alberto, a seasoned barefooter from Braga, Portugal, shares a lifetime of barefooting in photographs spanning from his childhood in the 1950′s to today. This invaluable collection is definitely an inspiration to all of us barefooters from around the world. You can see Alberto’s photos here »
Alberto has also started a new site in Portuguese promoting the benefits of a barefoot lifestyle, as well as sharing his wealth of experience that he has acquired over 60 years. You can visit Alberto’s new site at descalcismo.org
YouTube Gathering, April 21, 2012
Mauricio Morales, AKA Barefoot Moe, was featured on this short video which was filmed at the 2012 YouTube Gathering at the Hard Rock Cafe in Toronto, Ontario April 21st, 2012
Injuries While Barefoot: The Elephant in the Room
Okay, everybody. Bring it back in for a minute. We need to talk candidly about something.
For as much as many others and I promote the barefoot lifestyle and talk about how low-risk it is, a very real possibility is that we willactually get hurt because we’re not wearing protective shoes.
We can even get hurt wearing minimalist footwear when something might have protected us better. The general public believes that catastrophic injuries to bare feet are waiting in every aisle of every store and under every table of every restaurant. We know that’s not true, but injury risks still exist. It sucks.
A visit to Kettle Cave
The Kettle Cave video was filmed in early April of 2010. It was a cold day and the snow had just melted. If you look carefully at the barefoot walking scenes around 0:55 you can see ice and frost on the ground still.
My goal was to find this cave known as “Kettle Cave” located in Niagara-on-the-lake. I filmed a good percentage of this video barefoot, but if you look closely around 1:38 of the video, you will see me descend the rock face wearing black Vibram Fivefingers. The reason I was wearing them was because there were ice deposits in the leaves still from winter. The Fiverfingers did not last long before I threw them in my back and went the rest of the day barefoot.
A Backwards Look at Liability
I’ve been told on several occasions to be careful how I promote barefoot activity. The concerned persons say I might end up liable if people end up hurting themselves. This is a completely backwards and thoroughly confusing concept to me.
How is it that our society’s collective thinking has gotten so twisted that we now believe that I could be liable if people use their feet as nature intended and that shoe companies are free from liability for weakness, stiffness, skin conditions and other ailments that are caused or exacerbated by their products? Do you see how topsy turvy that thinking is?
