Today's Wild Country Friends are essentially refined and improved versions of the original SLCD designed in 1972 by Ray Jardine.

Technical Friends feature a single stem made from 7 x 7 stainless steel cable. This strong cable is omni-directionally flexible and allows Technical Friends to be used in horizontal cracks and holds in awkward diagonal placements.

Because of the flexibility, when they are placed in a vertical crack, the top cams are not pulled out and bottom cams are pushed in. With integrated cam stops, Technical Friends are strength rated in the full open position.

Specs:

no	size-range	wt	width	strength		color
	inches	gm	inches	kN	lbf
00	.40-.63	60	1.50	10	2250	gold
0	.51-.75	87	1.50	14	3150	blue
.5	.67-.94	92	1.63	14	3150	red
1.0	.75-1.14	100	1.75	14	3150	green
1.25	.83-1.30	102	1.78	14	3150	purple
1.5	.91-1.38	105	1.88	14	3150	silver
1.75	.98-1.61	111	1.90	14	3150	green
2.0	1.14-1.73	117	1.94	14	3150	red
2.5	1.30-2.17	135	2.00	14	3150	gold
3.0	1.69-2.60	151	2.19	14	3150	purple
3.5	2.01-3.23	176	2.4	14	3150	blue
4.0	2.52-3.94	224	2.5	14	3150	silver
5.0	3.31-5.43	340	3.5	14	3150	red
6.0	4.65-7.64	520	4.75	14	3150	green