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An ideal belay sling.
Amazingly light and incredibly thin, 12mm Dyneema is the benchmark in slings.
12mm x 240cm DYNEEMA SLING (open)
A superb light all-around sling.
The first of these more ‘difficult’ products to produce and a real breakthrough in sling technology, 12mm dyneema which was the first sling to be designed made to Wild Country’s own specifications.
Difficult to produce at the time, combining dyneema and nylon in a weave that was predictable and reliable enough to give the ‘sewability’ required to make the three sigma target every time.
Released in 1999 12mm was both hailed as radical, as well looking unfeasibly thin when first marketed. Indeed at first there were many sceptics who felt it was too thin and wouldn’t appeal to a public that was still mainly hooked on 19mm Nylon.
At only 22 grams a metre its lightness and flexibility was astounding and meant that swapping from 19mm tubular nylon (about 42gms metre) saved nearly 50\% of the weight per sling. Due to this superb ratio of weight to performance, and the proven longevity of 12mm, only four years on from its launch 12mm Dyneema is now a benchmark in slings.
Wild Country’s relationship with sewn materials is a long and illustrious one, beginning with the first harnesses we built at the factory way back in 1978. From this start Wild Country went on to become the first company to be able to three sigma rate sewn goods enabling a consistent quality to be reached in an area where traditionally there had been a lot of variation in breaking strains.
The introduction of hi-tech programmable bartacking machine reduced the ‘human error’ and allowed more and more technically difficult materials to be sewn.
Add to this the Managing Director's experience and skill with sewn goods and the materials which make them up, as well as the company philosophy of light being right, and it is no wonder Wild Country have stayed at the forefront of this field and continue to move things forward.
Often the importance of slings in all systems is overlooked and so has their part in the overall ‘system’ used by climbers. It’s always useful to remember that anything which is heavier or bulkier than it has to be simply restricts movement and adds weight to the rack. So there would be no point in forking out for the most expensive and lightest biners in the world if the sling which joins them in a quickdraw was fat, heavy and doesn’t suit.
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