Now you're talking...that is a better solution and not one that I had thought of on my own. Still, in the heat (cold?) of the moment I doubt I would have done what you describe since I had pretty much gone into "get the hell out of here as fast as I can" mode.

I still think that reality is that climbers will continue to place themselves in situations where they are above the anchor on static slings. It's avoidable in most all free-climbing situations, but I still don't know how to completely avoid it while aid climbing. I know I/we shouldn't but I'm sure we'll continue to occasionally do so. I know that in the rare situations that I do it, I am very comfortable that I will not fall unless something extraordinary happens. In that case, I might be hurt and it will be my own fault...but at least I probably won't plummet to the ground. I guess we'll just not agree.

In answer to your question about how to avoid daisy falls when aid climbing. (If that's something you lose a lot of sleep over)

1) Don't fall.

2) Clip the rope off to your last piece before committing to the next one and make sure your belayer is paying attention. If you fall, the rope will catch you or at least absorb some impact before you reach the end of your daisy. You need an attentive belayer or if you're soloing you need to be mindful of the position of your chosen device. Adjustable daisies can be lengthened to allow the rope to do more/all of the work.

3) If you're trying to transition to a sketchy piece get low in your aiders on your last piece to ensure that you won't be factor 2ing onto your daisy if the new piece blows. Adjustable daisies make this much more practical because you can adjust them to only give you a wee bit of slack should the new piece blow before you have time to clean the aider/daisy off the last one.

Like I said, not that hard.

If you're factor 2ing onto your daisies you should probably think about taking up a different hobby. I don't care what your daisies are made out of they are NOT designed to be fallen on and this constant talk about nylon being "safer" than dyneema is really just mental masturbation. If you're counting on any static material to safely arrest your fall you are delusional.

THe problem i see around here is newer climbers putting themselves in bad situations because they believe that a nylon sling, a beal dyna connection or a purcell will save their azz if they fall ...

There are alot of top ropes here where and anchor is right over or on the edge ... I see people going over the edge with slack in their tether all the time

Then there are those who run around telling you your pas etc is unsafe cause you cant fall on it