Just off historic Route 66, tucked within the Tonto National Forest near Flagstaff, Arizona, there’s a trail that asks you to take a different kind of first step: remove your shoes. This is the ...

We’re used to wearing shoes every day, all day long, but have you ever considered ditching them? Walking barefoot might feel unusual at first, but research shows it comes with real benefits. From ...

Two sisters from Maine decided in 2000 to hike the Appalachian Trail - all 2,179 miles of it, from Maine to Georgia. They did it barefoot. Lucy Letcher, 25 at the time, and her sister Susan Letcher, ...

The idea that running barefoot might be good for you took off in 2009 when Christopher McDougall, a journalist, published a ...

A 44-year-old from New Paltz got lost while hiking in the Shawangunk State Forest on the afternoon of July 25. Barefoot, and carrying no food or water despite temperatures in the mid 80’s, the hiker ...