Former Royal Marine to ‘drink’ his own toe in cocktail

Nick Griffiths lost three toes to frostbite while competing in a 300-mile ultramarathon

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A British adventurer who lost three toes to frostbite competing in an Arctic ultramarathon is donating the digits to be served in cocktails at a Canadian bar.

The Downtown Hotel in Dawson City, Yukon, is famed for its Sourtoe cocktail - a shot of whiskey topped with a dehydrated human toe, which the drinker’s lips “must touch”, according to bar rules.

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