dsmeltz wrote:
It is for an emergency while mountain climbing. It is used to rapel a wipe to a climbing buddy during a lens emergency! The number of times I have had a piton go loose and find myself dangling off the edge of a cliff and possibly about to plummet to my death only to realize, at that very moment, I have a smudge on my googles!
Or wipe my brow - when I hit the ground I want to look cool.