Natural feet

[zebra363]

The Weekend Australian ran a feature about the Pintupi Nine, believed to be the last major group of Aboriginal Australians to abandon a nomadic desert lifestyle 30 years ago.

You probably need a subscription to read the article, but what really jumped out at me was their incredibly healthy-looking feet in this picture taken the day they came into

Comments

[leecetheartist]

I am so pleased with how my foot flexibility and ankle strength have improved way out of sight!

[zebra363]

Yes, it's amazing! I bought two pairs of Vivobarefoot boots after my horse-squashing-feet incident, and they do have room for my toes and flat flexible soles, but they don't hold a candle to VFFs for comfort and ease of movement. In VFFs I always feel like springing around, and in the boots I feel like going back to the house and putting on VFFs.

I've been meaning to mention that I bought a pair of the water-resistant Lontras recently and have been pretty happy with them. They aren't completely waterproof, but they let you walk on wet grass without it immediately soaking through to your socks/feet the way most of the models do. I went up a size because I'd read they were particularly hard to get on.

[leecetheartist]

Thanks for the tip... wet grass is not something I've been enjoying, gods forbid, the shallowist puddle.

Our experiments with waterproofing need more work.

Lontras, huh? Thanks!

[zebra363]

I haven't seen them for sale in Australia. I used my mail forwarding service to buy from the main US VFF site.

I thought they might be too hot for here, but they're fine for cooler weather. Some reviews say the waterproofing doesn't last long, but I haven't had mine long enough to say. I figure I'll hit them with one of those waterproofing sprays if / when it becomes necessary.

[leecetheartist]

Been there. Yes. Ewwww.