Interesting outlook. I have always preferred sandals, though I’ve worn work boots most of my life out of necessity. Recently I discovered Crocs and I think they are the best thing I’ve ever worn. They are as close to being barefoot as I can get. I “wash” my feet with soil daily. I never wash them in the classical sense, fun fact, within five minutes of skin contact with soil, the microbiome on your skin begins to change in ways specific to the soil. Touching earth is critical to the balance of microbial cultures, eating it too, though I am not yet one of those people. 😁
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Tried Earthrunners yet?
No, but I’ll be doing some looking into them. Thank you!
Took a look, but I don’t like straps between my toes. 😊
i'd like to add earthing to my vivobarefoot shoes but i'm a bit nervous about putting anything bumpy inside them... i really can feal the ground like my eyes are looking at it, in high resolution...
yeah, something i've not done a lot of in years. i'm in an environment now where i could get such contact. many of the "levadas" - aqueducts that route spring water from the north side to the south side of the island of Madeira, have nice flat dirt paths... it would be easy for me to find some places nearby where there'll be no residues of anything nasty and put a bit of clean soil bacteria in my gut and get my feet covered in it, and then finish up with washing my feet in the nearby stream.
i don't like crocs at all. plastic hipster garbage. but i get the point that they are letting dirt into your feet.
i wear a pair of minimal, african made Vivobarefoot shoes, for the biomechanical reasons. it's a little rough on the feet when most of the surfaces are dead flat pavement, but fortunately the portuguese tradition of mosaiced pavements gives a lot of areas where i can walk on very varied surfaces.