Pro tip: I quit climbing with my lanyard slack after a guy in Boise called me out at a rec climb
Last spring at a rec climb in Boise, a veteran climber watched me work up a white oak and said flat out that my lanyard was too loose on the ascent, and I brushed it off at first. He then showed me how a slack lanyard cost him a nasty swing on a dead limb back in 2019, and now I keep mine snug on every single tie in. Has anyone else had a stranger at a climb give them a hard truth that stuck with them?