In reply to planetmarshall:
> Despite owning a pair of TX4s, I have to wonder exactly what task is performed by approach shoes that isn't better done by a pair of fell running shoes. A pair of, say, Inov-8 Mudclaws are both substantially lighter and more secure on wet grass, and perfectly adequate on rock, having done most of the Cuillin Ridge in a pair.
TX2s are better than Mudclaws/X-Claws in getting in and out of crags with hard sun baked clay/mud, boulder hopping along beaches, much more breathable on hot days. Basically TX2s are good for walking/scrambleing on hardpack, Midclaws are good for running thought mud. Two very different things.
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