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Wild Country Rocks (Nuts)
I only own a few of these because I've bootied them, and don't actually use
them. However, I have climbed with them enough to have decided that I really
don't like them as much as Black Diamond Stoppers. (Before I bought my first
set of Stoppers, Aaron and I of course always climbed entirely with his rack,
and his nuts were old Wild Country Rocks that his dad had handed down to him.
Not surprisingly, Will Hobbs also had a set of these, and one or two times
that I climbed with him we used them instead of my Stoppers.) Other than the
fact that they are longer, which obviously makes them less likely to be able
to be placed in some small/tight spots, there's just something about their
shape that I find makes them less user-friendly. I remember being amazed, on
the first two climbs that I did after buying my Stoppers (Dream of Wild
Turkeys and Sour Mash at Red Rocks), how easy and bomb-proof the nut
placements seemed on those routes. I soon decided it wasn't just the
placements, but rather the difference between Stoppers and Rocks, an opinion
that has been reinforced several times since then.
I have one of these.
(I have owned 2.)
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Wild Country Super Rock (Nut)
I have one of these.
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Wild Country Rockcentric (Hex)
I have one of these.
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Wild Country Oxygen straight-gate (Biner)
I have none of these.
(I have owned one.)
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Wild Country Wild Wire (Biner)
I have none of these.
(I have owned one.)
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Wild Country Heliums (Biners)
These babies are so sweet. They weigh a mere 33 grams, just 2 grams more than
the Trango Superflys, making them the second lightest carabiners in the world
by a small margin. They are also truly full-size (the Superflys are slightly
smaller than standard biners) and incredibly strong: they are one of the few
carabiners on the market to boast an open-gate strength of 10 kN. But all this
technical jargon misses the point that really matters most: they just look so
cool! Especially the shiny red ones, like I have.
I have 23 of these.
(I have owned 27.)