A customer's one sentence about buckles made me rethink my whole harness setup

Last month I was guiding a trip up in the Cascades and this older climber watched me fiddle with my chest strap for a minute. He just said 'you're fighting the buckle, not using it'. I had been twisting the webbing every time I tightened it because I was pulling at an angle instead of straight out. Spent 10 minutes on trail adjusting it after that. Now I check my harness every time before I clip in and it's a totally different feel on long approaches. Anyone else had a random piece of advice from a stranger that completely changed how you use a piece of gear?

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wrenwilson20d ago

Kinda wild how the real lesson was about pulling straight, not the harness at all.