Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Any thoughts on foot preparation?

I appreciate the feedback. I probably should have just stayed with the boots I had been wearing, but I wanted boots that weighed a little less. I have not paid much attention to how well the laces are tied, but I will do that now. My foot problems don't seem real bad as compared to some, but I did get the black toe and lost my nail twice. It did concern me a bit as when I got melanoma, it was under my thumb nail.....and yes, I had my oncologist look at the toe. He told me it was from hiking. In the past, I've really never had blister problems, but have had them in different places on each hike, the worst was the last hike with one about 1 1/2 inches under my big toe. That was easily the largest I've had, but it didn't hurt. I also had two on the top of a couple of toes. My boots are being worked on currently and the guy working on them did tell me the importance of how I lace them.......so we shall see. Thanks again.