WHERE THE EVOLUTION OF THE HARNESS CONTINUES IN STYLE //

In 1977, Mark Valance forms Wild Country (wildcountry.co.uk) in the United Kingdom’s Peak District. The company’s first product is the Friend, the original camming device, designed by Ray Jardine back in the States. The product is a hit, and Wild Country goes on to produce a host of other goodies, like Rocks (curved nuts), biners, belay devices, and harnesses. Among the company’s harness innovations is the use of bar tack stitching.

Over the years, Wild Country has produced several signature harnesses, the first being the Littlejohn, released in 1980, and later the Glowacz, in 1987. Now updated for 2010 are Wild Country’s men’s and women’s Vision Ziplock harnesses — light, trim, comfortable, and highly adjustable, the Vision series harnesses are 3 Sigma rated and offer everything you need in a harness and nothing you don’t.

For this Coin, Wild Country and UC will hook up five winners with the new Vision Ziplock harnesses, plus a chalk bag and 350 grams of Wild Country Pure Chalk — an $85 value per package!