Wild Country Friend Cam
Combining the original 13.75° cam angle with a new twin axle, the Wild Country Friend cam offers reliable protection that's been proven for decades over thousands of miles of cracks climbed.
- Robust, hot-forged design features wide, rock-friendly cam lobes, high-friction machined faces and hollow axles
- Advanced, lightweight short termination
- Ergonomic floating trigger design and injection-molded thumb stop
- 12mm Dyneema® extendable sling with directional pull indicators
Imported.
View all Wild Country Cams| Best Use | Rock Climbing |
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| Expansion Range | 0.4: Unavailable millimeters 0.5: 20.6 - 34.5 millimeters 0.75: 25.8 - 43 millimeters 1: 31.7 - 53.6 millimeters 2: 41.5 - 69.3 millimeters 3: 52.7 - 88.0 millimeters 4: 66.8 - 112.1 millimeters |
| Strength | 12/10kN (12kN-sling doubled, 10kN-sling extended) |
| Weight | 0.4: Unavailable grams 0.5: 88 grams 0.75: 102 grams 1: 123 grams 2: 142 grams 3: 192 grams 4: 260 grams |
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My new "Go-To"
After my rack got stolen out of my bag at the crag, I had to replace everything. Instead of going with the old standard Camalot C4s, I got a double set of friend cams and filled in the bottom end of the spectrum with Camalot C3s 000 and X4s 0.1 and 0.2. Hopefully Wild Country has smaller Friends on the horizon, then I'll replace the few Camalots I have with them. Highly recommend.
Get these over C4s.
These cams have served me well since I started climbing on them over a year ago. I own a #1-#4. The trigger action is smooth and the thump loop makes placing them easy. As with all double-axle cams, the large expansion range makes these feel secure in a greater variety of placements than a single-axle such as Metolius Master Cams. The extendable sling is the highlight of this product for me. At the crag, the extendable sling offers enough range that I find myself climbing with fewer quickdraws than I did when my rack was all BD C4s. On wandery multi-pitches, this difference is moot as you end up using a sling to extend any cam. I can't think of any downsides to this product, other than that they are heavier than dedicated ultra-light cams.
Best cams ever period
Bought a set to # 3 in February. love them all and the extendable sling helps alot.
Definite upgrade to the c4
Have a higher quality than the c4. Lighter as well. All around win-win. C4 cams don’t have the level of milling that these have, feel more refined.
the best workhorse cams
Super strong day in and day out. these have quickly become my go-to cams over my c4s that I got around the same time. The crux hits these are cams a reach for every time. I'll be getting more to replace my c4s and the years go by.
Very satisfied.
This is my first camming device from Wildcountry. I am super happy with the quality and will be buying more FRIENDS.
Classic, reliable, bomber!
Wild Country makes solid bomber gear, can’t go wrong!
Lightweight, robust and easy to identify size
Wild Country cams have some very nice features. They certainly grip well and don't move much with rope drag. The alpine draw feature is great for minor extensions, when the rope is running almost straight. The big wire loop in the main cam is great for clipping into when a longer extension is required. Finally the color is easy to spot, making it quick to grab the right size. They are functioning very similar to the Black Diamond and I think I recall reading somewhere that there is some cross licensing of design.
Great Cams!
I bought .4-3 to build my trad rack this past spring, I liked the design and they were cheaper than BD. I have been using them for about 6 months. They have worked great so far, although I haven’t whipped on anything yet (thankfully). Extendable draws are nice although I don’t always like using them, great if you need just a little extra length to reduce rope draw or walking. Will continue to use them and probably go with wild country for any more cams in the future.
Excellent alternative to BD C4s to round out the rack. Colors and size ranges match BD so it takes no extra effort sifting through your gear on route to find what you're looking for. Larger sizes don't have keeper tabs to reduce bulk when racked up on your harness. For the weight conscious, there is a negligible difference in weight between BD and WC cams when considering the full range. At the larger side (2 - 4) BD cams are ever so slightly lighter by a few grams, and on the other side (.4 - 1) WC cams are ever so slightly lighter by a few grams -- not enough to truly make a difference. The weight savings are picked up by needing fewer alpines when only short extensions are needed. Extending the sling on a Friend gives you roughly an 8 inch or 20cm extension, compared to the fixed length of roughly 4 inches or 10cm on a BD C4.