Sports & Outdoors

Ray Jardine

spring-loaded camming device (Friends)

United StatesEvidence: high confidenceChecked July 2026

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Who is Ray Jardine?

Ray Jardine is an inventor associated with United States. Their documented work in sports & outdoors includes spring-loaded camming device (Friends), the contribution at the center of this evidence-backed profile.

Ray Jardine invented the spring-loaded camming device later commercialized as the Friend, a reusable protection device for rock climbing. Jardine’s 2024 interview archive identifies the commercialized device and its widespread use, while a magazine-article archive records climbers calling Friends a major advance after nylon ropes.

Known forspring-loaded camming device (Friends)
FieldSports & Outdoors
Associated withUnited States
Evidence reviewed2 sources
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What did Ray Jardine invent?

invented the spring-loaded camming device commercialized as the Friend climbing protection

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What did Ray Jardine accomplish?

Contemporary climbers quoted in the archive called Friends the greatest advance in climbing since nylon ropes.

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What is known about Ray Jardine today?

Jardine’s site republishes a WIRED 2024 interview describing his climbing and hardware work.

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