I edited my post because I came off like a prick, and for that I apologize.

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This is really bad advice for several reasons, the primary one being that you have far less traction barefoot or in socks than you do with shoes on. Second, if you cut your foot on something sharp, you are in real trouble.


Traction is just simply not an issue.

You are correct, if you do step on something sharp you are in trouble. However, if you step slowly and carefully, you prevent yourself from stepping on anything that will cut you. The proof is in the pudding.

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fyi, I still have those boots and they look like someone took a box cutter to them-lots of small cuts in the leather all over them from extremely sharp rocks on river bottoms and trails.











Edited by sparkyy (08/24/09 12:52 PM)