I wanted some orange on it in case it got dropped from the holster...
a lanyard has other issues though... if it was attached to my wrist, it would keep me from holstering it, to use my hands for climbing, if it was attached to the holster, it would have to be long enough to extend to my reach, & would then always be getting tangled in the thick brush...
I do have a hammer loop ( I'm using a cowboy rig
) but if I had the gun out, & reholstered it while moving through some thick brush quickly, I might forget to put the hammer loop back on...