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Pas danger 16-Jun-2013 At 1:31:47 AM rightarmbad

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The problem is that the people that typically use daisies are usually the ones not aware of the dangers present when used incorrectly.
I don't believe that there is any legitimate use for daisies in everyday climbing.

In some circumstances they are useful and when dug out of the pack because there may be a reason to use it is fine.
But a daisy that just lives on a harness signify's to me, that this person does simply not know how to use everyday equipment to do the myriad of everyday climbing needs, and is using it because of a lack of skill or knowledge.

I don't know of a single regular climbing activity that a daisy will perform better than the general stuff already hanging on my harness.

They simply have no place in most day to day climbing and only introduce added danger.

I can see uses for a PAS, but I don't own or use one.
As a beginner I did think that both of these things would be great, but only because it would hide or gloss over my inability to do things properly with the simple tools always carried.