Wild Country (company)
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Wild Country is a major manufacturer of rock-climbing equipment and is most noted for introducing the Friend, a spring-loaded camming device. The company is based in Tideswell in the English Peak Dist
Wild Country rigid Friend cams: two from 1980s and one from 1990s.
Wild Country Rock nuts from 1980s or 1990s.
Spring-loaded camming device
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A spring-loaded camming device is a piece of rock climbing or mountaineering protection equipment. It consists of two, three, or four cams mounted on a common axle or two adjacent axles, so that pulli
Wild Country (company)
…Wild Country is a major manufacturer of rock-climbing equipment and is most noted for introducing the Friend, a spring-loaded camming device. The company is based in Tideswell in the English Peak District, close to some of the UK's most popular climbing areas. Wild Country was founded in…
A selection of spring-loaded camming devices of differing sizes
Climbers often carry a large number of cams on traditional climbs.
Use of a cam in a large crack