Jason Tree-Climbing in Colorodo in his Black KSO Vibram Five Fingers

By Justin Owings on May 7, 2009 | In user stories | Leave a comment »

Jason hanging from a tree in his black KSO Vibram FiveFingers in Colorodo
Jason hanging from a tree in his black KSO Vibram FiveFingers in Colorodo.

This just in the mailbag from Vibram Five Fingers KSO fan Jason:

Love your website, Vibrams and real feet are great, aren't they? This shot is on the top of Mount Cutler in Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado. Actually just up the ridge from the actual summit near a steep drop off.

Love this shot as it just seems so human (in a fundamentally natural kind of way)! And yeah, real feet and Vibrams are great! Would you ever consider doing something like this while wearing conventional footwear? Full-fledged barefootedness for those with soles of steel or pseudo-barefootedness (as with fivefingers) is a confidence inpsiring thing, and it provokes outlandishly fun behavior like hanging from trees as Jason demonstrates here.

Thanks for stopping by, Jason!

About the Author — I founded BirthdayShoes.com in April 2009 on realizing just how much I enjoyed having "free feet" - I mostly wanted to use them for weights, sprints, and plyometrics (I'm not much of a runner!). I'm a Googler by day and minimalist footwear aficionado by night; you can find me 'round Atlanta. If you want to catch up with what I'm doing outside of the site here, follow me on twitter @bdayshoes or @justinno or check out my personal site JustinOwings.com.
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