Quote Originally Posted by Baggins View Post
Not always.
I was once coming down off Pillar and had been holding the torch in my hand due to the mist, came out of the mist on the steep descent heading towards blacksail and I slipped, threw my hands down to stop myself and my torch clattered against the rocks and broke off from the strap, its very difficult trying to attach a headtorch to a strap when you can't see what your doing

Bill
That reminds me that I should carry a spare headtorch!