Climbing Everest - no big deal ...

[dogtag]

I have a set of Limmer climbing boots. Limmer made boots for an American Everest expedition. Not all the climbers wanted Limmer boots. Those who didn't were the only ones to lose toes to frostbite, and afterwards they ordered Limmers. Limmer makes wooden lasts for his boots, the measurements taken from the customer's feet. Those particular lasts have missing toes.

If Limmers protect toes from frostbite, why would they
buy them when they no longer have any toes ?

[Vern Humphrey]

If Limmers protect toes from frostbite, why would they
buy them when they no longer have any toes ?

Maybe they wanted to keep their remaining toes.

I don't know what their motivation was -- I didn't ask them. But I do know they all ordered Limmers, and Limmer made them to fit their feet as they were after the frost-batten toes were removed.