Tideswell, Derbyshire (July 15th 2004) – Wild Country Ltd announce the recall of all Helium karabiners supplied between April and July 2004.
In-process testing has identified a problem with a limited number of karabiners concerning the location of the gate on the nose of the karabiner under load. Should this problem occur in use the minimum breaking strength of the karabiner would be the "Gate Open" strength of 10kN.
Please arrange for the immediate return of all Helium karabiners to;
Wild Country Ltd, Meverill Rd, Tideswell, nr Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 8PY, United Kingdom.
Or to the store from which they were purchased
The products concerned are;
HELIUM - CLEAN WIRE - RED or SILVER
HELIUM 10MM DYNEEMA Quickdraw13 or 18cm
OXYGEN-HELIUM 12mm Quickdraw 10 or 15 cm
The karabiners are marked with Batch Codes; AAA, AAB, AAC, AAD, AAE and AAF
All karabiners returned will be inspected and further testing will be undertaken.
We will restock this karabiner as soon as possible.
We will be posting information on web-sites, in Internet "Chat Rooms", climbing walls, national climbing publications and other media as deemed appropriate.
For help with identifying the product or for further information on the recall please contact us on; + 44 (0)1298 871010.