Slow reply, Fall time distracts me from the internet!
I was amazed at how he climbed up and down in deep steep canyons all day in those things. He loves them but after three days his ankles were scratched and bruised from shale and especially from blackberry vines, so he went back to boots. We talked about rigging him some ankle leggings/gaiters to go with the toe shoes.
He said that they grip rock well but are surprisingly slick on many rain forest surfaces. The pads are Vibram, notorious for being slick on wet wood.
