Precise Protection: The Wild Country Zero Friends | Climbing Daily Ep.1721 

I used these alot in yosemite on my 2019 trip and found them to be pretty bloody good, especially in the smaller sizes. I did a bunch of solo aiding on that trip and actually had some Totem Basics rip on me when i stood up on them. I then used the WC equivalent in the same place and it held. This scenario probably happened about 4 times to me on the same route. Now...I understand that i am sponsored by WC, so it's not like I'm going to write anything negative here, however if i thought they were rubbish i just wouldn't write anything at all. I was honestly impressed and impressed that it trumped a cam (the totem basic), which I have been using reliably for years. Just thought I'd chip in for folks that are interested. Nice one, Pete. P.s. Hope you're doing well Matt.

8:02 wow thats tipped out

lol a lot a yall armchair climbers got some strong trad opinions. My man did not wear a helmet and back up his gear so yall can nitpick his (relatively decent) cam placement and extensions. I for one like to see Matt use the gear EpicTV is featuring rather than just talking about it in the studio.

Don’t watch this for any insight on how to place cams! Loads of dodgy cam placements and good looking nut placements that were ignored for a tipped out cam? And why isn’t he extending the slings???

Where's the big whipper on the baby red cam? Not tested them properly

Nah, if you dont take a whip on them you haven't really tested them ...

What is a "thin head angle"? I work in the climbing industry and I think it's important to communicate correct information to the public. Honestly Matt seems like a very competent climber but in my eyes doesn't know that much about trad gear. Instead of reading off of a spec sheet, I think some comparison to the features of other brands of small cams would be valuable. I very much don't mean to be rude but this just feels like paid product placement and doesn't say anymore about the cams than I could learn on the Wild Country website.

Who in the world hate thumb loops?

I’d love a comparison video between these and the new BD Z4 cams.

Right on Matt. I for one would not want 200,000 subscribers critiquing my gear placements 😅

8:02, mega bomber would whip, Come on Matt really, I know you want to show off the kit, but make it safe!!

Am I the only one who thinks that he should have extended most of his pieces?

My favorite thing about smaller cams is being able to place them so they don't get in the way of the good holds and jams. Also, Zero Friends reminds me of what Siri says when you ask what zero divided by zero is. It's a good laugh.

I would not use this as a guide to start Trad, sorry EpicTv I don't personally agree with how the cams are placed and clipped in. The cam should be the in the direction of a fall, meaning down. I noticed Matt plugged in his gear sideways increasing risk of the cam walking into the crack further or swing up increase the fall factor a bit more than needs to be, basically saying that it can be easily prevented. I would also clip a QD into the sling reduce the cam walking if you are not going to extend the sling. Just some preventative measures, that should become habitual no matter what can you're using. Cheers guys! Love your videos, always happy to talk climbing with this community and discuss ideas.

Creating bad rope drag at 7:02, bad cam placement at 7:59 and backclip at 8:09... I still like the video and editing! THANKS!

Did you climb that twice? Did not see Hugo in those drone shots :)

Hi Matt! What are those pants?

Hi why didnt you take some falls on them ?

I feel like the girl that belayed him should have ask him the same question he did at the beginning of the video. 0:13 😆🤣😆 2:33 and 7:02 are the same clip of him placing a piece that clearly should have been extended. My god look at the rope dragging over that edge 😆🤣😆 "pure grace"

Aren’t these just a copy of the fixe alien cam?

Those were some bad cam placements!!! Pick a 'less baggy' size.

“Pure grace” 😂😂😂

Just be aware of clipping a piece above a sharp ledge (as in the crux move on this route), the sharp edge will cut your rope during a fall, extend that piece to avoid this happening, preferably so the rope is clipped in below the sharp edge. Apart from that, I enjoyed the video.

How can you pretend to test the cams and not even take a fall. You didn't test shit, just advertised the cams.

What is the reason to dislike thumb loops?

Yer Gonna Diieeee!!! God I miss the Super Topo forum 😢

You gonna review those Evolv Phantoms Matt?

that placement @ 8:00 had me say no out loud. from what i understand, with microcams you want them to be engaged closer to 100% than not. that placement was almost 0%

Another video enticing beginners into buying expensive kit they probably don’t need.

Hardly a review more of an advert, or perhaps that's what this is.

You definitely need to do a micro cam off the zeros vs the alien and there off sets vs the new black diamonds.

FYI the top 3 Zeros overlap the bottom 3 Friends!

matt testing evolv phantoms interesting

Crazy back clip at 8:15

can anyone explain to me the big advantage of micro cams instead of nuts? I have an full DMM nut set (with offsets) and don't see why i should need micro cams...

Wow that rope over a sharp edge?? That last can would probably break that flake...

Oh what? No hexes or trad draws. ;) Heh, seriously though, I would have liked to see a couple of those placements extended. And yeah, never place them near their fully open limit. These cams are part of the family of Alien clones. The inventor of Aliens showed remarkable fore sight. I was astounded when I was first shown a set and how flexible they were. Rushed out and bought as many as I could. Love em. Beautiful engineering Wild Country, I think you've improved on an already brilliant piece of climbing protection engineering.

Why would you hate a thumb loop? Super thick gloves?

Do you have a dog? 6:19

Nice!!!!

How do you take them off? Is the second climber collecting them doing top rope?

Did Matt do the route twice for this video? Because I can't see the camera man on the drone shots.

Looked like a fun route fore sure! I've been looking at these for a while as I have a set of the regular size Wild Country friends and I have liked them so far. I guess I have to save my pennies!

Did matt do two laps on this route? one with camera man for close ups, and one without?

So trad question. Do you clip QDs to cams or use the racking carabiner??? I've heard both ways. In the vid, you hook directly to the cams.

CONGRATS!!!!! CHAPEAU!!!!!! Best Wishes.

Perhaps you should mention that the 0.1 has a holding power of 5kn, which is more for aid climbing and not for taking lead falls.

They can't be reslung :(

What's the name of the crag?

Is like alien copy

I love Matt`s humour!

extend that #1 at the crux

Where is that climb?

Looks like a blast!

just what I needed

Nice video.....

If you Euros are looking for some "trad", come out to Joshua tree...3000+ named trad routes in one place.

when gumbies go trad climbing. Be cautious when taking this guys word about how good a new cam is...

You made that look really hard.

@5:48 I thought that chip was going to come out and splatter chica below.

Guy sounds like bear Grylls

Yikes to that tipped out red at 8mins. All I could think about after seeing it

Noobie here - what could the benefit of a micro cam be compared to just using something like a nut or tricam? Especially if a lot of those fit those smaller crack sizes. Potential forces that could be withstood if there is a fall or ease of placement are things I'm thinking of, but any other thoughts? Thanks!

Aren't you supposed to use 2 ropes with trad climbing?

No mention at all that these are basically replacing the hole left in the industry by Alien cams going under

Try climbing El capitan once

How are these fundamentally different from Metolius master cams?