Trad Or Sport Climbing, Quickdraws Are the Backbone of a Climber's Gear Rack

A quickdraw is made of two non-locking karabinersstrength and lightness. A fantastic all round quickdraw
connected with a sewn webbing sling. The topthat is suitable for sport, trad or alpine climbing. DMM's
karabiner has a straight gate and the bottom16mm Nylon sling comes in 12cm and 18cm lengths
karabiner has a bent or wire gate. The bent gatethat also uses their colour coding system. The wider
biner should always be the one clipped to the rope.webbing is easier to hold when working routes
The sling can vary in length from 10cm to 25cm. It ismeaning they are favoured by sports climbers. The
made from either Nylon or Dyneema material and isDMM Truclip quickdraw comes on a 16mm Nylon sling.
usually replaceable. The top straight biner is clipped toHot forged, its ergonomic shape makes handling and
an anchor on the wall or rock leaving the bottomclipping simple. The Truclip is a great unit for any type
bent gate biner for the climber's rope allowing theof climbing.
rope to run freely.Wild Country are owned and managed by climbers. All
DMM design and manufacture quickdraws at theirtheir quickdraws are anodised and for safety are also
factory in North Wales. They use colour codedrope end identified, the red karabiner is meant to
lengths to make racking easier. Slings vary in widthtake the rope. Their quickdraws come on Wild
from 8mm to 16mm. Their 11mm DyneemaCountry specified Dyneema either in 10mm or 12mm
quickdraws come in 12cm, 18cm and 25cm lengths.widths. 10mm sling goes onto more extreme units
They have a ribbed rubber retainer sewn into theand enhances their light weight. The Xenon quickdraw
rope end helping to hold the biner in the correctoffers maximum security with the minimum of fuss
position. The DMM Spectre comes on a colour codedand weight. It weighs very little yet fits into the hand
11mm dyneema sling. The wire gate keeps weight toperfectly. Their 12mm sling complements their other
a minimum and the nose is shrouded to minimise thekarabiners such as the the Wild Wire quickdraw
chance of the gate being opened accidently. Thewhich comes with a tadpole to keep the bottom unit
Spectre features an I-Beam back construction forsolidly held in the correct orientation.