Isildur's nut key

Ever since I bought my nut key, waaaay back when, it's been trying to kill me. I remember three specific instances where I was imperiled due to my nut key -

1) 2001: I butt scooted my way down a short slabby boulder so I can hop across a 2 foot wide, 15' deep chasm to the base of a climb where my stuff and my friends were waiting. As I committed myself to the hop, the nut key caught the loop of fabric on the back of my shoe and I lurched forward in an unexpected way. Fortunately, the cord attaching the nut key to my harness broke and I managed to land on my two feet across the chasm instead of fall face first down it.

2) 2002: on the descent route of Tahquitz, the nut key caught some shoulder high bushes as I was about to hop across some boulders. I caught my balance before I landed and managed to avoid a tumble down a 100' slope.

3) 2004: while chimneying my way up, my nut key caught my shoe while I was in a cramped heel-in-my-butt position inside of a crack. fortunately, I managed to dislodge the nut key before I gave in to muscle fatigue.

It's not like you can get rid of a nut key. You need one for trad climbing to get the oh-so-expensive stuck cam or nut out of the crack.

But this weekend, I momentarily lost my footing while walking in a narrow corridor of rocks and boulders, and somehow managed to get my nut key between my hip and the boulder I stumbled onto. Consequently, the resulting force put weird stress on the damnable thing and it broke clean in two.

It looked like Isildur's sword after facing Sauron! Take that foul demon! You may have won some battles, but I have won the war!

I think I'll have Taryn frame it. :)