/r/BarefootHiking
"Free your feet and your mind will follow." Move through nature the way our ancestors did, experiencing the world through your soles! Stories, pictures, video, advice, and news related to shoeless hiking, trail running, and nature walking.
"The soul of the land can best be felt through the soles of your feet." -Essence of Wild
Get your feet dirty moving through nature the way our ancestors did, experiencing the world through your soles!
Share pictures, videos, event notices, stories, advice, news, and anything else related to barefoot (shoeless) hiking, trail running, and nature walking.
What about minimalist shoes?
While minimalist shoes are probably better for you and provide better ground feel compared to traditional shoes, this subreddit is exclusively about unshod hiking, being able to feel the ground under you, from soft cool wet grass to hard warm dry rock. There's a whole world of experiences out there that shoes of any kind cut you off from.
Minimalist shoe discussion, for everything from running and hiking to wearing at the office, can be found over at /r/BarefootRunning or r/BarefootShoesTalk.
List of Local Barefoot Hiking Groups
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This was a fun one I had been looking at for a while. I've been test climbing the vine everytime I would pass it on this trail run. I finally felt confident enough to climb all the way way up to where the tree branches start growing.
One time, in one of the remote villages, I found traces of bare feet in the rock, and I was left wondering to whom these traces might belong?
Has anyone else found anything like this during any exploration trip?
Would post a picture, but seems not wanted. Just going to say after my walk today, that my feet are kind of like an old farm truck. Beat up, not lovely, very functional, and doing good after 60+ years. Hope yours are as well.
Been very rainy and cold here. I hope tomorrow for the last day of 2023. I can get some barefoot time in the forest near me. Life would be good ending the year barefoot in nature.
While out doing photography, found a canal that had some very cool stuff growing and ended up being deeper than I thought 🦶🏼🫠
I've only gotten poison ivy rashes a couple of times over the past year of doing this 😅
In Silesia, Southern Poland, on a very pleasant sunny day, despite the 12°C
Can't beat a free mudpack treatment 🤣
Rain overnight meant the local park is lovely this morning 😄
Sore feet but worth the view!
I'm not sure if this belongs here, but to me barefoot tree climbing is just an extension of barefoot hiking and would love to see more people trying it out.