Hello
I'm researching about the anthropology and history of barefoot walking, especially in mountain zones.
For example: how com common people in the Pyreneees would walk around in medium-hight mountainous zones unshod? No trouble with rocks, gravel, cold, even with a good callous layer developed underfoot?
Do you have any leads on about
- was it mostly by choice, or because one did not afford shoes
- makeshift shoes, e.g. those made of bark in Russiac/the baltic area
- how it was experiences
- the difficulty and pathologies
- the adoption of shoes (including the way industrial rubber soles came to be a a sort of de facto standard)
Thanks
JF in Paris
Triathlon, some minimalism
I'm researching about the anthropology and history of barefoot walking, especially in mountain zones.
For example: how com common people in the Pyreneees would walk around in medium-hight mountainous zones unshod? No trouble with rocks, gravel, cold, even with a good callous layer developed underfoot?
Do you have any leads on about
- was it mostly by choice, or because one did not afford shoes
- makeshift shoes, e.g. those made of bark in Russiac/the baltic area
- how it was experiences
- the difficulty and pathologies
- the adoption of shoes (including the way industrial rubber soles came to be a a sort of de facto standard)
Thanks
JF in Paris
Triathlon, some minimalism