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 When we finally left for the glacier I had a pair of boots a size too big and five pairs Climbing movie (900K) - you need quicktime, An American friend tops out.
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Read about the movie Pair of Boots, A (1962)
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Directed by : John Cassavetes
Written by :Mo R. Lewis
Cast :...
1. "Nevertheless we left for the guiding company to get fitted out for the day, which included rigid plastic boots, crampons like metal artificial bear claws that you attach to your boots to stop you sliding over the ice, ice axes, helmets and harnesses."
2. "My mood blackened when they couldn’t produce a pair of boots my size."
3. "When we finally left for the glacier I had a pair of boots a size too big and five pairs of thick woollen socks to pad out my feet."
4. "The rigid plastic boots we had been given would have been too slow to walk in and as I waded across icy streams in my waterproof hiking boats, I was glad I had not taken Barbara’s advice to bring only my runners."
5. "At the start of the glacier we put on our harnesses, plastic boots and crampons."
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