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I've walked the Camino in barefoot shoes
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[QUOTE="JabbaPapa, post: 1199653, member: 195"] I ended up walking barefoot into Villafranca del Bierzo on my 1994, as my army boots had broken and the Spanish replacement boots I could afford ended up being 100% unworkable and worse than nothing at all. There were no reliable pilgrim shops along the Way in those days ... The first few 100 metres were tough after I ditched them, but I had walked something like 1,650K to that point, and my foot leather was tough enough at that point for it to be OK, and the end of the walk into Villafranca was not too bad. After that, I got through IIRC three pairs of espadrilles, two into Santiago and a third to get home, all of which wore through on the Camino so that I was next to barefoot from that point onwards, except for the 1-2 days when each pair was new -- though they did provide protection for my toes and heels, which was good enough in context. They *did* get quite powerfully stinky !! The most exciting moment was coming across a viper sitting bang in the middle of the Camino -- we stared at each other a bit, then thankfully it peacefully slithered away ... --- Bottom line ? From personal experience, I'd say that walking on these silly Ways of Saint James [I][U]with[/U][/I] good footwear is more advisable than [I][U]without[/U][/I]. [/QUOTE]
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