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  • Helium- Friend Size-Crop2

    Helium Friends

    For only the third time in 33 years Friends have truly changed.

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  • AS-SLIVER-SHIELD-STRAPS

    Alpine Shield Helmet

    The Alpine Shield helmet is the worlds first truly modular climbing helmet.

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  • Friend 5 A

    New Friends 5 + 6

    New Big Friends 5 and 6 are in store now across the world....and these mega crack munching monsters are already going down a storm!!

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  • Wild-Country-Pro-Guide-Titanium

    New Pro Guide

    New for 2012 the new Pro Guide belay plate is a superb choice as the ‘do it all’ belay device for belaying, abseiling and guiding on ropes from 7.7-11mm

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  • ROPEMAN-1-BLUE

    New Ropeman 1

    A new hot forged version of this bestselling mountain tool hits the shelf...

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  • Habanero-VCR

    New Habanero VCR

    Sharp and sensitive, this is a VCR version of the very successful lace up shoe.

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    Vision Women's Ziplock

    The Vision Women's is a lightweight and sporty all rounder...

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  • ROPEMAN-2-BLACK

    New Ropeman 2

    A new hot forged version of this bestselling mountain tool.

     

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  • NEW-HELIOS-KEYLOCK

    New Helios Keylock Carabiner

    New for 2012 the Helios is stylish, lightweight and with a distinctive new shape, the Helios is built with Wild Country’s I beam back to shave weight but maintain rigidity.

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  • ROPEMAN 3 NEW 2010

    New Ropeman 3

    An all new design, the Ropeman 3 extends the original concept to make this the first Ropeman that can be used both nylon slings and ropes.

    "...Now along comes the version 3. Is it a significant step forward? I would say most definitively yes!..." Steve Long Jan 2012....

    Read Steve's full review in our reviews section below...

     

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  • Spirit-Speed

    New Spirit Speed

    Highly evolved - the super classic Spirit gets a makeover with an Impact Zone heel and slick new lacing...

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Latest videos...

  • Michele Caminati - Grit Ground Up - Some hard grit ascents from the spring season

    Tue, 15th May 10:28

  • Climbing Magazine 'How to Climb' series - Episode 2 - How to top rope belay

    Tue, 1st May 17:20

  • How to Tie In With a Figure 8 - Rock Climbing 'How To' series - Part 1.

    Fri, 20th Apr 20:00

  • Joe Möhle climbs Life Enhancement program, F8a+ on gear...

    Tue, 17th Apr 16:09

  • Load Michele Caminati - Grit Ground Up - Some hard grit ascents from the spring season
  • Load Climbing Magazine 'How to Climb' series - Episode 2 - How to top rope belay
  • Load How to Tie In With a Figure 8 - Rock Climbing 'How To' series - Part 1.
  • Load Joe Möhle climbs Life Enhancement program, F8a+ on gear...

Latest pictures...

  • Tom Randall Climbing 'Gobbler's Roof' E7 6c at Harbrough Rocks. The UK's hardest off-width. The grade does not truly represent the difficulty of this route. The training for this route required 100,000 sit ups, ten hours of heel/toe deadhanging and one visit to a campus board. Objectively this route is two grades harder than Ray's Roof.Copyrighted work - Permission must be sought before use of this image.Alex Ekins +44 (0)7901 882994

    Picasa image: Tom Randall Climbing 'Gobbler's Roof' E7 6c at Harbrough Rocks. The UK's hardest off-width. The grade does not truly represent the difficulty of this route. The training for this route required 100,000 sit ups, ten hours of heel/toe deadhanging and one visit to a campus board. Objectively this route is two grades harder than Ray's Roof.Copyrighted work - Permission must be sought before use of this image.Alex Ekins +44 (0)7901 882994

    Mon, 23rd May 15:48

  • Ned Fehally, White Light Direct 8b+, Anston Stones.

    Picasa image: Ned Fehally, White Light Direct 8b+, Anston Stones.

    Fri, 22nd Apr 13:36

  • Ned Fehally, Unfamiliar E8 6C, Stanage Edge, UK

    Picasa image: Ned Fehally, Unfamiliar E8 6C, Stanage Edge, UK

    Fri, 22nd Apr 13:36

  • Ned Fehally, Pie Shop 7c, Llanberis Pass

    Picasa image: Ned Fehally, Pie Shop 7c, Llanberis Pass

    Fri, 22nd Apr 13:36

  • A beautiful sight....the new Helium Friends..in stores soon!

    Picasa image: A beautiful sight....the new Helium Friends..in stores soon!

    Thu, 24th Feb 09:43

  • Ben de Corme scopes out a new problem near his home in Galicia...

    Picasa image: Ben de Corme scopes out a new problem near his home in Galicia...

    Mon, 4th Apr 08:18

  • Tom Randall Helium Friend testing Rhoscolyn, Wales, PH Ian Parnell

    Picasa image: Tom Randall Helium Friend testing Rhoscolyn, Wales, PH Ian Parnell

    Thu, 24th Feb 09:34

  • James Pearson relaxing in Morrocco

    Picasa image: James Pearson relaxing in Morrocco

    Thu, 24th Feb 09:31

  • Tom Randall Climbing 'Gobbler's Roof' E7 6c at Harbrough Rocks. The UK's hardest off-width. The grade does not truly represent the difficulty of this route. The training for this route required 100,000 sit ups, ten hours of heel/toe deadhanging and one visit to a campus board. Objectively this route is two grades harder than Ray's Roof.Copyrighted work - Permission must be sought before use of this image.Alex Ekins +44 (0)7901 882994
  • Ned Fehally, White Light Direct 8b+, Anston Stones.
  • Ned Fehally, Unfamiliar E8 6C, Stanage Edge, UK
  • Ned Fehally, Pie Shop 7c, Llanberis Pass
  • A beautiful sight....the new Helium Friends..in stores soon!
  • Ben de Corme scopes out a new problem near his home in Galicia...
  • Tom Randall Helium Friend testing Rhoscolyn, Wales, PH Ian Parnell
  • James Pearson relaxing in Morrocco

Our New Website

The Wild Country website is designed to inform about Wild Country, educate about our products and inspire about climbing in equal measure. So there's not only better information about Wild Country products but this site should eventually be a great base of knowledge for the 'info' hungry climber.

With a totally redesigned site allowing us to get information over quicker and more accurately, we will be trying to pool information from around the globe; from our reps, importers, sponsees as well as the public to try and create a place to learn more about the sport...

So there should be plenty to get your teeth into; whether you're a sports freak, a trad climbing junkie, crack meister or gym rat - we love you all as long as you share the same obsession as us - rock climbing in all it's forms.

Welcome to Wild Country

Wild Country is the UKs leading rock climbing equipment manufacturer and one of the worlds best known outdoor brands. Wild Country's high quality portfolio of rock climbing gear suits all types of climbing; trad climbing, sports climbing, indoor climbing, bouldering. ice climbing, and mountaineering.

Founded in 1977 to make the first camming device, the Friend, Wild Country is synonymous with quality and innovation. Since then Wild Country has made the most original rock gear around including: the first curved nuts, Rocks, the superb Ropeman series, the incredible Helium biner, as well as best selling harnesses and more.

To find out more about Wild Country just click to About Us and you can learn more about our history, the current characters at the company and why we do what we do.

Online now: all our 2012 new products including the new Ropeman 1 and 2 our superb new Helios and Helix biners as well as Big Friends, the Pro Guide and much more: Download 2012 Workbooks for Wild Country & Red Chili here

Wild Country's partner brands can also fill in any gaps on a rack: we make Clog products and distribute Red Chili rock shoes.

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  • And all the juicy details of Kev's new route....good job Kev!!

    Wed, 23rd May 16:06

  • Kev Shields on the first ascent of The Rebellion E6 6B, Glenfinnan...

    Wed, 23rd May 16:05

  • Tara Hayes reports on her pretty awesome 4th place at the Ratho round of the Eur...

    Wed, 23rd May 15:49

  • All Wild Country's friends have the chance to win some BIG FRIENDS 5 + 6 here....

    Wed, 23rd May 07:55

  • Entrevista - Ben De corme en 8a.nu

    Tue, 22nd May 12:09

Latest News

  • Crack School Competition Winners - Fist Jams - And new comp too...

    22nd May Wow last weeks competition for our... more

  • Crack School - Part 4 - Offwidths - the 'big daddies' of crack climbing!!!

    22nd May Wild Country ‘Crack School’ is a... more

  • Hand Jamming Competition - Prize Winners

    15th May Another 'Crack School' down and another... more

  • Crack School - Part 3 - The Fearsome Fist Jam....

    15th May Wild Country ‘Crack School’ is a... more

Wild Country Climber's Blog

  • Kev Shields - new route The Rebellion E6 6B....

    23rd May The Rebellion E6 6B   Since I... more

  • James Pearson - More Odyssey updates

    21st May   Day 4 of the Hotaches... more

  • Kev Shields - Blog Update - A mixed year but a hard project..

    18th May In January of this year I had an... more

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    Hotaches 'Odyssey' UK Trad Tour - James Pearson - Narrow miss onsight on Strawberries...

    18th May Odyssey Round Up - Day 5     ... more

Twitter @wildcountryuk

  • And all the juicy details of Kev's new route....good job Kev!! http://t.co/eppyp7vz

    Wed, 23rd May 16:06

  • Kev Shields on the first ascent of The Rebellion E6 6B, Glenfinnan... http://t.co/GYwkAKo3

    Wed, 23rd May 16:05

  • Tara Hayes reports on her pretty awesome 4th place at the Ratho round of the European Youth Cup.... http://t.co/N1wCC4aH

    Wed, 23rd May 15:49

  • RT @bristolclimber: With a cam placement this good it almost feels like cheating!! Plus some advertising for @wildcountryuk #AvonGorge h ...

    Wed, 23rd May 15:46

  • RT @SnowAndRock: We're really liking @wildcountryuk latest series of how-to #climbing videos. What do you think? http://t.co/Eu37pv6a

    Wed, 23rd May 15:46

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