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noun - a metal spike with a hole for a rope
A metal spike fitted at one end with an eye for securing a rope and driven into rock or ice as a support in mountain climbing.
noun - a metal spike used in mountain climbing
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| A metal spike fitted at one end with an eye for securing a rope and driven into rock or ice as a support in mountain climbing. |
| a peg or spike driven into a rock or crack to support a climber or a rope. |
| a metal spike with a hole for a rope mountaineers drive it into ice or rock to use as a hold |
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In climbing, a piton (; also called a pin or peg) is a metal spike (usually steel) that is driven into a crack or seam in the climbing surface with a climbing hammer, and which acts as an anchor to either protect the climber against the consequences of a fall or to assist progress in aid climbing. Pitons are equipped with an eye hole or a ring to which a carabiner is attached; the carabiner can then be directly or indirectly attached to a climbing rope. * Pitons were the original form of protection and are still used where there is no alternative. 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. With the popularization of clean climbing in the 1970s, pitons were largely replaced by faster and easier-to-use clean protection, such as nuts and camming devices. Pitons are still found in place (as "fixed" pitons) on some established free climbing routes, as fixed belay station anchors, |