barefoot hiking

  1. An Interview with Ken Posner who recently hiked the 211-mile John Muir Trail barefoot

    Hello fellow barefoot hikers! I've been following barefoot adventurer Ken Posner's blog "The Long Brown Path" for a while, and was happy to discover that last month he succeeded on his third try (in three years) to barefoot backpack the 211-mile John Muir Trail through California's Sierra...
  2. Visions Of Asia

    Barefoot hike on Mount Takao in Japan

    After running my first 21 k, back in November, I went on to travel to Japan to enjoy the fall colors and the lovely autumn season. And as usual, I managed to insert a couple of barefoot hikes therein. The first one was in Tokyo, on Takao-san (or Mount Takao). Japanese warmly supportive of...
  3. Visions Of Asia

    And finally did the Lion's rock hike barefoot!

    The Lion's rock is a very strong symbol for all hongkongese, as it expresses their strong will and their desire to resist pressure (and God knows they are facing a lot of pressure from China these days!). It was somehow strange, but I never tackled this pretty easy hike until now. Probably...
  4. Visions Of Asia

    Barefoot, on a mountain during a thunderstorm...

    Last Saturday, we took on to a barefoot hike with my new friend, Yuan (the barefoot ultra-trail runner), in the Ma On Shan country park. Part hiking, part rock scrambling, this barefoot hike was complicated by the very humid conditions of the trail due to some rain the day before. But this was...
  5. Visions Of Asia

    Hiking barefoot above the sea of clouds: my climb on Lantau Peak

    Lantau peak is the second highest mountain of Hong Kong, culminating at 934 m (ok, peanuts for any normal mountaineer, but Hongkongers take what they find...). My first hike there was shod and at night, and not quite a good experience as we got drenched by showers in the early morning. This...
  6. Visions Of Asia

    Barefooting above the abyss: back to suicide cliff

    Roughly one year ago, I decided to start my barefoot hiking life with a strong target: suicide cliff in Hong Kong. Based on Kowloon peak, this climb is one of the most demanding physically, because of the steep incline and the rock scramble it demands. One year later, I returned to suicide...
  7. Visions Of Asia

    Hiking the tallest mountain in Hong Kong just before a typhoon

    In terms of barefoot hiking, not much of a feat, as the whole path is paved from the bottom to the top. However, in the continuation of my exploration of Hong Kong and other places barefoot, this allowed me to take some spectacular photo just before a monstrous typhoon slammed into Hong Kong...
  8. posnerk

    Five more peaks in the Adirondacks

    Here are two blog posts from two days spent in the Adirondacks, both long days spent hiking barefoot in wet, muddy conditions. https://thelongbrownpath.com/2018/10/10/blake-and-colvin/ https://thelongbrownpath.com/2018/10/14/a-long-loop-in-the-daks/
  9. posnerk

    Seven peaks in the Adirondacks

    Here's an account of hiking seven peaks barefoot in New York's Adirondack Mountains. These mountains have a mix of trails, and in some places they're some of the worst trails I've ever seen: straight up or down the mountains, totally washed out, tumbled rocks and tangled roots, and everything...
  10. Thea Gavin

    Backpacking & hiking 37 miles in Grand Canyon . . . 50% barefoot, 50% sandals, 100% fun!

    Backpacking & hiking 37 miles in Grand Canyon . . . 50% barefoot, 50% sandals, 100% fun! By Thea Gavin Just returned from a wonderful time hiking rim-to-rim across Grand Canyon . . . and taking a full week to do it! Trip report here...
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  11. Thea Gavin

    Celebrating Seven Years of Being Barefoot on Trails! (both hiking and running)

    This week marks the end of year seven since I first ventured out without anything on my feet; to celebrate these thousands of lovely miles, I wrote this blog post: "Seven Lessons Learned In Seven Years of Barefoot Hiking/Trail Running." I continue to learn as I go, and I'm grateful for the...
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