{"id":362384,"date":"2016-01-08T09:49:43","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T09:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/odd\/2016\/01\/08\/see-this-ukrainian-man-who-has-been-walking-barefoot-for-the-past-10-years-regardless-of-the-weather\/"},"modified":"2016-01-08T09:49:43","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T09:49:43","slug":"see-this-ukrainian-man-who-has-been-walking-barefoot-for-the-past-10-years-regardless-of-the-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2016\/01\/08\/see-this-ukrainian-man-who-has-been-walking-barefoot-for-the-past-10-years-regardless-of-the-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"SEE This Ukrainian Man Who Has Been Walking Barefoot For The Past 10 Years Regardless Of The Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-342936\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Andrey-Novoselov5.jpg\" alt=\"Andrey-Novoselov5\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Andrey-Novoselov5.jpg 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.informationng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Andrey-Novoselov5.jpg?resize=600%2C800 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.informationng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Andrey-Novoselov5.jpg?resize=696%2C928 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.informationng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Andrey-Novoselov5.jpg?resize=315%2C420 315w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.informationng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Andrey-Novoselov5.jpg?w=720 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Despite\u00a0the region\u2019s sub-zero winters, a Ukrainian man from Kiev has been walking around barefoot since February 2006.<\/p>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.4.3 --><\/p>\n<p>Andrzej Novosiolov\u00a0apparently began the bizarre practice on a whim \u2013 his feet felt unusually hot one evening, so he tried walking on fresh snow without footwear and found the sensation surprisingly pleasant. Although his feet began to ache from the cold within a few minutes, he made a habit of walking barefoot on snow, going longer and longer each time. Eventually, in April, he stepped out of his house without shoes and was able to spend the whole day outdoors that way.<\/p>\n<p>It still wasn\u2019t easy for him, though, as Andrzej\u00a0often injured himself stepping on broken glass and other sharp objects. But reading about Olga Gavva, a manager from St. Petersburg who had also adopted a barefoot lifestyle, he decided not to let these accidents keep him from doing something he genuinely enjoyed. Over time he taught himself to walk intuitively, learning where he should step and where not to. This way\u00a0he slowly got to the point where he didn\u2019t need to invest in footwear any more. He claims to be able to walk barefoot in temperatures down\u00a0to seven degrees below zero and when it gets colder than that he just runs to keep his feet from freezing.<\/p>\n<p>Andrzej\u2019s wife and children had a hard time adjusting to his strange obsession, and in the beginning\u00a0they felt embarrassed to accompany him on walks. But they got used to it in time, and these days they don\u2019t even pay attention to his unclad feet. Passersby are still often perplexed by his unclad feet, though, and some of them assume he\u2019s too poor to buy shoes so they offer him their own. 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