[at-l] Montrail Melees are not for trail hiking...

[davids@xxxxxxxxxxxx (David S.)]

They're called the Excelerace - more information here:

http://www.montrail.com/goods/prod_description.cfm?id=56

Six2

Pete Fornof wrote:

>You may want to look at a new model of Montrail's called the Excellerace. I
>wore them out of the box and hiked sections 28 and 29 in VA which included
>Dragon's Tooth, McAfee Knob, and Tinker Cliffs. I considered the sections
>fairly rugged. Didn't get one blister or sore feet on the hike using these
>mid-ankle trail racers. I recall that Backpacker Magazine testers all highly
>recommended these shoes, and normally, you don't see all testers in total
>agreement. Anyway, these were the lightest, most comfortable shoes I've ever
>worn hiking.
>
>Broknspoke
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Sloetoe" <sloetoe@yahoo.com>
>To: <at-l@backcountry.net>
>Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 5:52 PM
>Subject: [at-l] Montrail Melees are not for trail hiking...
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>><Ooops. Someone who's name I didn't copy, commenting on the
>>nature of Gear Store Disco Boys, said>: I got a pair of Montrail
>>Melees which felt okay at first, but after several hours I think
>>they're going to be trouble.  They come up very high around the
>>ankles and I think they're going to rub.  Other than that
>>they're pretty comfy so I may perform surgery on them.  I think
>>that'll make them unstable for the trail but fine for home.
>>
>>### Montrail Melees are the lightest trail runner Montrail
>>makes. They are essentially some tread, de minimums EVA, a full
>>foot shank, and some large pore mesh on top. I use them ONLY for
>>races, and NOT for any races where there is any extended running
>>on rock or asphalt. The large pore mesh allows cubic yards of
>>dust/detritus in, but allows almost 100% of water in shoes/socks
>>to be splashed out. For their intended purpose (trail races on
>>softer surfaces, lesser degree of small-grain dirt), there is
>>little to compete with it.
>>### But the Melee on the AT, with MUCH travel on rock, and MUCH
>>small-grain trail detritus to sift into socks/feet, would NOT be
>>a good match for the Melee. If you want to bring durability into
>>the picture too, ALL trail runners are meant to disintegrate (as
>>doing so hopefully protects your feet -- like a helmet), but the
>>Melee are intended to be even lighter, AND (even) LESS DURABLE
>>than most anything else around.
>>### If you want to use the Melee for their intended purpose,
>>consider
>>http://www.mohican100.org
>>### If you want to consider a FINE[!!!] Montrail for a
>>liteweight AT hike, the one I lust over is the Java.
>>### FWIW, most of my trail running is done in New Balance 805s,
>>which I too evaluated to be both more substantial *and* more
>>pillow-like, than the NB904/5s.
>>
>>Happy, limp-free, Trails,
>>Sloetoe
>>who models the Melee at:
>>
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