Quick Mountaineering Boot Lacing Tips

A couple quick tips to keep your heels from flopping around in your boots. Blister prevention in under two minutes. Another film by mother-daughter team Jilly and Alison Salva.

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Sports

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• Mountaineering
• boot
• lacing
• tips

[icychap]

Great tips! Thanks!

What boots are you wearing?

[Jillywray]

@icychap glad you found this useful. Those are an ancient pair of Lowa mountaineering boots. These days I'm wearing Lowa double boots for the burly stuff and La Sportiva boots for outings in the lower 48. We're due to have access to a camera again and expect to produce more short vids. Check back in April 2011. Thx again for watching!

[Jillywray]

Right on gregbg. I'd be curious to hear what works best for you. Here's to blister-free trekking.

[gregbg]

Thank you very much. I seem to have finally found the solution to the problem with blisters on my pinky toes.

Is the reversion on the "heel hooks" prior to the first surgeon's knot very essential for that or can I just use the normal lace orientation? On my boots, this inversion substantially shifts the leather leaves that the heel hooks are attached to and I worry that some day they might be broken by that.

[Jillywray]

gregbg,

I recommend the reversion of the heel hooks prior to the first surgeon's knot, however, what works best will depend on your boots and the shape of your foot.

You may want to experiment with both lacing methods to see what feels best.

Alternatively, try placing a small piece of lamb's wool between your pinky toe and the boot. Ballet dancers have used lamb's wool in their point shoes for dealing with friction/blisters.

Best of luck with your boots and let us know how it goes.

[Scopific]

I like sticking a couple of fingers in there

[Fadsmashers]

@gregbg Ancient!!! They barely look used!

[icychap]

@Jillywray I'm going to try the "over the top" heel hook lace technique with my Scarpas. The only problem I've had is heel lift, and this should take care of it. Thanks again.

[kewldudesweet]

great i need to learn how to tie my shoes all over again haha

[varmintslayer311]

I am excited to try this. :-) Thank you.

[Geology2008]

Brilliant tip :)

[NameTaken1000]

I might try this to sink my heel in deeper, into the boots that I am breaking in.