User Review: La Sportiva Nepal Top

Reviewed December 29, 1997 by Jon Popowich

Rating: rated 5 of 5 stars
Materials: Leather
Use: Climbing
Break-in Period: very short
Weight: 5lbs(?)
Price Paid: $230 CDN

I've had these boots now for several seasons - I was lucky enough to buy them from a shop who had ordered them directly from Italy, and therefore the price was an absolute steal at only $230 Canadian!!! Now they are $460, but I'm laughin'. I found the boots very comfortable right out of the box; in fact, I took them on an all-day steep climb/hike/scramble for their first trip and was amazed that there were no blisters, pressure points, etc., especially given the fact that the trail was very steep and quite the slog.

I've used them a fair bit for technical ice now, when it's warmer, with Black Diamond Switchblade crampons, and love their performance. It's more like climbing ice in a rock shoe, and it is so nice not to have all that slippage one gets between inner and outer boots of a double plastic boot. My only complaint about the boot is that it does have a little more flex than I'd like - don't get me wrong, it has very little flex, I just have this odd preference of technical boots to be not flexible at all. All in all it is a great boot and I would recommend them to anyone.

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