I have been somewhat of a barefoot nut ever since I first read Huckleberry Finn as boy... or maybe it was Tom Sawyer. Either way, I spend lots of time barefoot. I am barefoot basically anywhere/anytime I can get away with it. I don't hike barefoot or walk through the snow barefoot or anything that extreme but I probably could if I wanted to. I have some pretty thick pads on my feet. I think that is what a lot of non-barefotters forget. If you go barefoot for long enough you get a pair of pretty leathery pads on your feet. I can walk on lots of terrain (jagged rocks, extremely hot or cold concrrete, etc) that my wife and friends can never handle for this exact reason. When walking barefoot at the lake or beach or somewhere else where others are barefoot, I am often asked "how can you stand to walk barefoot here" as they hop around on one foot trying to put their sandals back on. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> But all you have to do is feel the bottom of my feet and that question is pretty much answered. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />