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beyond_gravity
Mar 8, 2008, 4:18 PM
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So i've got a piar of nepal evo's a few weeks ago, and so far I really like them. However, as I start to do routes that combine snow and vertical ice, i'm having issues with the laces comming undone. What happens is that the top laces seem to loosen and work their way out of the hooks, causing the entire upper of the boot to loosen.
There's nothing worse then pulling over a hard ice pitch, and feeling your boots comming off! Has anyone else had this problem?
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dr_feelgood
Mar 8, 2008, 4:40 PM
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beyond_gravity wrote: So i've got a piar of nepal evo's a few weeks ago, and so far I really like them. However, as I start to do routes that combine snow and vertical ice, i'm having issues with the laces comming undone. What happens is that the top laces seem to loosen and work their way out of the hooks, causing the entire upper of the boot to loosen. There's nothing worse then pulling over a hard ice pitch, and feeling your boots comming off! Has anyone else had this problem?
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chossmonkey
Mar 8, 2008, 4:57 PM
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Try getting them on a little tighter as well.
My boots will occasionally come unhooked if I put them on loosely for easier walking on a long approach.
Once I get my heel all the way back and get them put on properly I have never had a problem.
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shoo
Mar 8, 2008, 5:05 PM
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When you're tightening the laces, make sure the laces at the bottom hooks are as tight as those at the top. They tend to be a little harder to tighten, so it might take some work. If you don't do this, the looseness in the bottom will start to even out from bottom to top, resulting in an unexpectedly loose set of top laces. In fact, the top laces will actually become much looser due to the changing pressure from your shins.
Doing a thorough job before you start climbing will pay off in the long run.
(This post was edited by shoo on Mar 8, 2008, 5:07 PM)
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Crimsonghost
Mar 8, 2008, 9:40 PM
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The main reason is probably that the Nepal Evo's have flat laces instead of round ones. This means they catch better in the d-ring lace locks but don't knot as well. Try replacing them with round laces or simply do a trusty double knot - however, they will be a bit harder to untie with frozen fingers! Round laces will tend to "fill" the hooks better so are less likely to come unhooked.
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go_dyno
Mar 12, 2008, 3:20 AM
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I have Nepal EVOs and something I was taught years ago which has served me well on all my boots is to lace the top hooks from the top so you tie your knot just below them instead of above them.
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Alpine07
Mar 20, 2008, 9:52 PM
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I had the same thing happen to me a couple times this winter. Just use multiple knots, or tie them tighter. worked for me.
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axelvanettinger
Mar 20, 2008, 10:17 PM
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we sell our evo's at my work with round laces, I agree with previous posts about changing your laces!
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retro
Apr 6, 2008, 1:00 AM
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I do exactl;y what go_dyno said. I lace the bottom laces (just after the lace locks) real tight. Try sliding your heel back as far as you can and press your calf against the back of the boot. You don't want to be leaning forward when you lace as you create a gap between the boot and your calf....this will eventually lead to premature unloosening of the laces!
Once the bottom laces are tight, I do what go_dyno said and cross the laces...wrap them over the top of the hooks and then down toward the toe of the boot..inside to out... (are you with me?). Then cross the laces below the hooks and send them back up over the top of the last hooks (where they are slipping off) inside to out....and back below the hooks to be tied with a double knot. I haven't had them loosen at all with this method.
For such a wonderfully designed alpine boot, I just don't get why they continued to use the open hooks at the top of the boot. A D-ring would be perfect and they would never come undone!!! 
good luck
Chris
(This post was edited by retro on Apr 6, 2008, 1:02 AM)
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