Exempel på 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.

• The anchor rings are attached to pitons, about 20 cm long, which are driven into holes using core drills or, more recently, drilling machines.

• With the invention of hard iron pitons, jumars and hammocks, wall climbing exploded in the 1960s and 1970s.

• They were developed as an alternative to pitons, which are hammered into cracks and are more prone to damage the rock.

• Repeated hammering and extraction of pitons damages the rock, and climbers who subscribe to the clean climbing ethic avoid their use as much as possible.

• Until the 1940s protection was provided by the piton, driven into a crack in the rock with a hammer and stoppers.

• Mastering the art of down-climbing also eliminates the need for piton protection while leading the climber's skill and self-confidence is his protection.

• The smallest size can also work well in old piton scars.

• This concept revolutionized rock climbing and led to further success of the company, despite destroying the sales of pitons, formerly his most important product.

• Between time spent surfing and climbing, he sold pitons out of the back of his car to support himself.

• These pitons comprised 70 percent of his income.