In reply to Tricadam:
Evening, I'm a fellrunner who likes scrambling.
The best shoes ive tried are walsh PB in terms of pure grip, the rubber grips grass, mud, wet and dry rock fantastically. Sadly the rubber also wears fantastically on rock tho this may be why theres so much friction. Theyre really light too and precise, the closest ive felt to rock shoes i. Somethig you can run in.
I can scramble pretty well in innov8 x talons too tho they roll on the soft edges and wear fast too...mudclaws arent bad either asa re rocklites tho all a bit squirmy compared to the PBs.
Ive also got some norvan vt....theyre about the best all rounder ive tried. I literally have used them every day since getting them for everything from short fast hill runs to long rough runs, scrambles and around town...i even have them on just now.
Theyre super comfy, fairly light, grippy on rock and not bad on grass tho the flatter lugs arent as grippy as an x talon, PB or mudclaw. That said they wear much more slowly...two months of wear including road runs and a lot of scrambling (every two days or so) and the sole is almost like new...only problem ive had is the mesh uppers wore through where the soft mesh and tpu overlay meet...im on pair two now so hopefully i was unlucky or they can sort the flaw for the next version....theyre really comfy too.
Lacing thing works too to get them really scrambling ready tho ive not used it often as theyre pretty capable in regular mode.
Theyre also fairly low so orthotics should be ok...i think.
Hope this helps and thanks again for delivering my daughter...shes just enjoyed a trip to val di mello where the norvans also carried 16kgs of toddler and carrier with no complaints!