A broken shoelace or boot cord can be a nightmare if you are out on a long hike.
It is best to carry an extra shoelace with you on an epic hike. Since most day hikes are a Go-lite type trip and you won’t have a lace with you here are a few tips.
If your lace snaps you can pull it out and just lace up the top portion of your boot around the ankle and cuff to give you better support. That will get you home on most day hikes but can be a bit painful on a long trip.
A second option can be used if you break your shoelace off near the top which is most common. Just recenter the lace in your boot and tie a Reef Knot. It is basically a standard shoe knot but without the bow. This tying method takes far less shoelace length to get a tight boot.
One of these lacing tips should get you home.
Heres how the tie a Reef Knot.
