Piton
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A piton in big wall climbing and in aid climbing is a metal spike that is driven into a crack or seam in the climbing surface using a climbing hammer, and which acts as an anchor for protecting the cl
1960s-era pitons, including: knifeblades, lost arrows, bugaboos, ring angles, and bongs
Knifeblade pitons
Soft Metal Lost Arrow
Medium size Angle
Spring-loaded camming device
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A spring-loaded camming device is a piece of rock climbing or mountaineering protection equipment. It consists of two, three, or four cams mounted on a common axle or two adjacent axles, so that pulli
Piton
…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, in places where nuts or…
A selection of spring-loaded camming devices of differing sizes
Climbers often carry a large number of cams on traditional climbs.
Use of a cam in a large crack