PeteHall
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ZombieCake said:Until not so long ago an AA Maglite was fixed to the side of my lid for many years
This reminds me of a nearly serious incident... I too used to keep a backup light permanently fixed to the side of my helmet.
Getting to a particularly squalid dig, I had removed my helmet (an ecrin rock) and the (very flat) buckle had got clogged with mud.
On the way out, I shoved the buckle in as far as it would go and set off up a 40m pitch. At the top, I looked up to clip on my cowstails and my helmet, complete with main light and backup light fell off the top of my head!
By some miracle, it jammed between my shoulder and the cave wall.
Since then, I have always carried a head-torch around my neck as well. This is also very handy for seeing where you are going when you need to take your helmet off for a squeeze or a duck