Would you do firewalking? "walking on hot embers or coal"

[Flying Pencil 3,024]

So I was researching on firewalking, the act of walking on hot embers or coal that is a tradition in Polynesian cultures. So I would wondering if anyone would want to walk on hot coals. I think it's safe and there some psychics to it. But I would probably not do it?  Would you?

[Fluttershutter 2,528]

No way. My feet are way too sensitive.

They can do it because the tops of the coals are a lot cooler and the soles of their feet are tough. 

 

[DixonTheAdversary 1,632]

I've got this thing about fire, I don't want to touch it. So I'd say no.

[EpicEnergy 23,224]

Well I don't really want to have blisters on my feet for several weeks, so the answer is no.

[Rainbow Cloud 18,301]

No as I prefer not having my feet burned, I also have a fear of fire.

Edited March 17, 2021 by Rainbow Cloud

[Sonic Shimmer 4,133]

Depends how much I'd been drinking that night.

[Stardust 641]

Uh idk i would need a lot of training x3 if it were even safe haha and depends how hot it is im guessing its not as hot. But still not sure I see the point xP

[Cirrus. 1,090]

No, I wouldn't risk it. If it goes wrong I wouldn't want to deal with messed up feet for a couple weeks.

Funny story about this though: When I was about 4, my grandpa was making a small concrete foundation slab while building a mini windmill decoration thing at our cottage. We have a sidewalk/walkway thing on the side of the house where my aunts and uncles had gotten their footprints as children in some of the slabs at about the same age I was.

WELL I had seen some firewalking thing on TV one way or another and was screaming bloody murder and refused to let them put me on the wet concrete. I genuinely believed it was hot and would fry my feet for some reason. Needless to say, unfortunately I'm not part of the "footprint archive" there.

[Clawdeen 15,415]

No. Honestly the only way I could see myself doing something like this is if I was drunk. 
 

[ExplosionMare 18,085]

I don’t really see the point in it

[TheRockARockster 52,103]

Maybe if I get some money out of it.

[SparklingSquirrels 21,354]

No I don't think so . I'm always afraid of burning myself... even striking a match makes me jittery  

[Prospekt 11,020]

I've got very sensitive feet. Hot sand and concrete make me miserable when I'm barefoot, and that stuff is probably nothing compared to the heat of hot embers or coal. So...  no thank you. 

[Clawdeen 15,415]

I'd try it just to see if I'd feel anything. If not then that means I truly am dead inside lol

[Iforgotmybrain 5,765]

I wouldn't do it out of my own free will but if someone were to make a bet with me... Yeah I'd probably do it.

[Dreambiscuit 10,091]

Since I know there's a trick to it and it isn't really all that dangerous, yes, I'd do it, absolutely! It's all about the weird and unusual that makes life memorable.

[Gun Metal Zebra 2,232]

Years ago, a firewalker on a now defunct forum told me there is a certain technique to firewalking that makes it pretty safe.  I would definitely try firewalking if I knew this technique.

[pinkie_.pie 40]

Probably not, unless there's some sort of prize involved.

[ZiggWheelsManning 10,926]

@pinkie_.pie

I would only do it if there's a prize involved.