{"id":588674,"date":"2024-01-14T12:11:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T17:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=588674"},"modified":"2024-01-14T12:13:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T17:13:48","slug":"vibram-five-5-fingers-el-x-model-durability-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/14\/vibram-five-5-fingers-el-x-model-durability-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Vibram Five 5 Fingers EL-X Model Durability Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why so holey?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10138\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=10138\" 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