| You heard that correct, no pitons, no chocks, no carabiners, no protection to secure the ropes in the event of a fall. |
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| Sometimes he'd open his pack to show us his collection of carabiners, pitons, and ropes. |
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| But you cannot really spare the time for that because you may be clinging precariously to a cliff face, attached to ropes and pitons. |
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| He noted that some younger members had adopted the new techniques of rock climbing with pitons and ropes, a method he himself enjoyed. |
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| Is their experience diminished because they are encumbered with technologies such as ropes, pitons, and freeze-dried foods? |
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| Determined not to let it ruin my trip, I ended up getting really good at using my left hand for climbing, and hammering in bolts and pitons. |
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| Beyond, above the corrugated iron roofs of the rum shacks, towered the great twin peaks of St. Lucia's two tropical Matterhorns, the pitons. |
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| For these climbs you need pitons, nuts and friends as the protection is partial and has to be checked. |
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| With all the pitons and stuff jammed in the crack, the aid climbing is easy. |
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| The 10 first meters of the slab are almost dry the end is snow covered and I can see if there are any pitons. |
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| You will dominate this vertiginous falling-down of cliffs from where jut out spectacular limestone pitons. |
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| The equipment is basic, with just the belays in place plus a few are bolts and pitons on the pitches. |
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| There's definitely no need for ropes and pitons for this ascent. |
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| But really it's the full rack of pitons that weighs you down. |
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| Hardware for most multipitch routes and all technical alpine routes should include at least a few pitons as well as the usual assortment of nuts and camming devices. |
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| You could attach your rope to traditional pitons hammered into cracks in a rock, but drilling a hole and inserting an eye bolt or a ringbolt was unethical. |
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| The story is known, Yvon created Patagonia in 1972 when creating climbing pitons which can be dismantled in order to protect the rock during his climbs. |
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| The Pitons are the remnants of two lava domes that formed about 200-300 thousand years ago. |
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