I haven't read his books... so I can't judge.
you know... I'm a tolerant guy from a tolerant city, and I'm all over acknowledging different cultures and supporting them.
I get the whole barefoot thing... i really do. I see every one of his arguments and respect them.
But I'm a Paramedic here... and one of the things we do is search and rescue/disaster stuff all the time.
I don't see anyone in an urban survival setting living with bare feet...
In actually in the wild either. How are you going to stand in a stream for hours on end holding onto a leurre?
aboriginal peoples around the world have been going around barefoot... but tribes around the world have decided to make shoes. Those are the tribes that later went on to create things like Microsoft and sliced bread.
yes there are ways around it... but like i"ve said before: if people like us are in a "survival" situation it's because something went wrong. gear's been lost, our way have been lost, or someone or ourselves are injured.
In situations like these the less things that you have to "make up for" and improvise the better right?
Again I don't know how he is in these books.. but in the show he's like yeah i'm going out in shorts and a sweater and my Mora and that's all I need.
That's not preparedness and it may inspire people to this:
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20100304/survival_death_100304/
Again.. not blaming the system for the mistakes of an individual... but hopfully everyone gets my point as a call's coming in!