When I was seven years old I lived in Hawaii and I don’t think I ever wore shoes. At least until a bike tried to take off my toenail. After that I think I wore them while I rode but as I grew up I started wearing shoes more and more. Then last year I found out about Vibram Five Fingers.
This is my first pair and I am hooked. They feel amazing. I thought I would just wear them once in a while. But I don’t want to put on any other shoes. It’s really odd. I know how strange they look but my body really responds to them.
I am aware that I am coming late to this party but as a good friend of mine reminded me – I did hike into the Grand Canyon with a pack wearing only aqua socks. This was of course due to my own stupidity of not breaking in the boots I bought to wear on the way down. But I made it down and back just fine. And I’m not sure I want to break in another pair of boots…..ever.