Barefooting Bulletin Board

I'm curious, how many 'footers are also nudists? Personally, I disdain all clothing as much as I do shoes. Obviously I can't express this view publicly without getting arrested, but in private I am unshod from head to toe.

Here's an amusing bit of knowledge, most nudists aren't barefooters. I was briefly a member of a nudist forum and there was actually a topic on footwear preferences. Nearly everyone who posted said they rarely, if ever, go barefoot. Looking through the gallery proved this to be true. There where pictures of hundreds of people "enjoying nature", virtually all of them had on at least flip-flops and many were wearing sneakers, even hiking boots! One guy even said he'd go barefoot on the carpet, but the tile in the kitchen hurt his feet. I just don't see how you can truly enjoy nature or claim to be "completely" nude when your feet are encased in leather.

As a nudist I very confused as to why other nudists chose to wear shoes while baring it all. But here in the PNW (Pacific Northwest) a lot of places have gravel roads made of very sharp volcanic rock that hurt the average foot. But there are a couple of nice small resorts here with well groomed lawns and people still wear shoes, especially the older folks.
This summer I plan on visiting some of them and hope to lead by example.

On another note, this weekend and went to my in-laws farm. They are used to me now being barefoot. I went for a walk around the farm in the freshly mowed hay. There is a field behind a hill and very private. Off with the clothes and walk through the field in the warm afternoon sun. Feeling the sun on my skin and the cut hay underfoot was very healing.
Earlier I went to the creek and went skinny dipping. It was hard to get to because the ground was dotted with blackberry vines and young thistles. I found the thistles difficult to step on, I stlll have some little spikes in my feet as a result, very annoying.
I'm not a very good social nudist, I don't find myself having much in common with a lot of people. I enjoy my solitary nudism more than social nudism. In Hawaii there was an area in Oahu that had out of the way hiking trails and used to hike nude through the trails and swim in the streams. If I encountered people along the trails it was "oh well".

coastie wrote:As a nudist I very confused as to why other nudists chose to wear shoes while baring it all. But here in the PNW (Pacific Northwest) a lot of places have gravel roads made of very sharp volcanic rock that hurt the average foot. But there are a couple of nice small resorts here with well groomed lawns and people still wear shoes, especially the older folks.
This summer I plan on visiting some of them and hope to lead by example.


I'm not a very good social nudist, I don't find myself having much in common with a lot of people. I enjoy my solitary nudism more than social nudism. In Hawaii there was an area in Oahu that had out of the way hiking trails and used to hike nude through the trails and swim in the streams. If I encountered people along the trails it was "oh well".

I agree on both counts. I simply don't understand how someone can rave about "connecting with nature" while stuffing their feet in a pair of Nikes. Of course, most wear sandals or flip-flops, but the point is the same.

I also don't get much into the social nudity. I've never been to a resort or anything. It's partially because I'm rather ashamed of what I've done to my body (not my body, what I've done to it, subtle difference) and partially because I don't want to be part of a group where I have nothing to talk about. This is the same reason I don't do barefoot meetings. There has to be more to the gathering than just a shared physical state before I'm interested in joining. If it was a car show where the participants just happened to be barefoot/naked, I'd be there.

I'm anxious to do some nude camping. I've been naked in the woods a couple times, at work believe it or not! I worked night-shift outside at a large plant surrounded by woods. At lunch time I would sneak off into the trees and enjoy the darkness. It was a very primal, exhilerating experience.

[i]I also don't get much into the social nudity. I've never been to a resort or anything.....and partially because I don't want to be part of a group where I have nothing to talk about[/i].


Sometimes it can be fun if your in to volleyball, swimming and sports. There have been times where The local nudists have rented an athletic club for indoor nude swims in the winter, nice relief from the winter blahs but still, like you said, nothing in common.


This is the same reason I don't do barefoot meetings. There has to be more to the gathering than just a shared physical state before I'm interested in joining. If it was a car show where the participants just happened to be barefoot/naked, I'd be there.


I'm anxious to do some nude camping. I've been naked in the woods a couple times. I've done that and it's fun and relaxing but it's really hard to be able to put up with people you don't know or feel comfortable with.

coastie wrote:I've done that and it's fun and relaxing but it's really hard to be able to put up with people you don't know or feel comfortable with.

I only plan for it to be me and the wife. And that's if I can talk her into it. I'm not very social even with clothes on