Listen, folks: Climbing has ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT YOUR OWN RISK AND GEAR FAILURES DO OCCUR ON BOTH PARTS.
This isn't an SUV, it's a cam. The manufacturers have disclaimers that are bulletproof. It's great they are replacing the cam, but gear inspection is ALWAYS you responsibility.
Glad you caught the defect.
Too bad your climbing addiction just perpetuates the situation. Maybe instead of whining about modern life and its evils you should quit contributing to it and get off the grid and move to Alaska and homestead or shut the fuck up.
Yeah, Buddy! A man's gotta find his own way in the world!
Wrecks The Deadtail Cat, our latest kitten, after his car encounter:
Our parrot, Scooter, chewed his tail to the bone this morning. Wrecks couldn't feel a thing.
Soon he will be a bob-tail cat, his junk hangin' out for all the world to see.