Examples of piton

• With cords and pitons they anchored him to the rock.

• Ropes used to break and welds on pitons broke all the time.

• He connected his rope to a piton projectile and fired it across the chasm.

• Mountaineers have various safety equipment—helmets, running belays, pitons, karabines, and so on—which is not compulsory, but which most sensible climbers use.

• The piton is an emergency reserve and not the basis for a method of working. 5.

• Pitons and carabiners were just starting to be effectively adapted for use in the mountains.

• It conceals a piton hidden behind the buckle.

• Pitons using cracks or holes in the rock are considered unsportsmanlike.