piton
Driven anchor point
A piton is a metal spike driven into rock cracks as an anchor point in climbing.
Pitons have an eye or ring at one end through which a rope can be threaded or a carabiner clipped.
Once essential equipment, they've largely been replaced by removable protection that doesn't scar the rock.
She hammered in a piton and clipped her rope to it.
Spring-gated metal link
- belayAnchor a rope
- rappelControlled rope descent
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
- ascenderOne moving upward
descender · quickdraw · protection · anchor · placement · crack · crevice · lead
Sharp rise or point
steel · chromoly · forging · tempered · malleable · iron · hammer · placement
Narrow break or attempt
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
- sandstoneCemented grain sediment
- iceWater's solid form
mixed · rock face · cliff · wall · crevice · fissure · seam · flake
Geometric measure of rotation
Sierra Nevada national park
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- alpinismHigh-altitude peak climbing
- mountaineeringSport of climbing peaks
- first ascentInitial summit of peak
siege · expedition · legacy · traditional · old school · dirtbag
carabiner
Spring-gated metal link
ascender · descender · quickdraw · protection · anchor · placement · crack · crevice · lead · trad
spike
Sharp rise or point
ring · steel · chromoly · forging · tempered · malleable · iron · hammer · placement · extraction
crack
Narrow break or attempt
ice · mixed · rock face · cliff · wall · crevice · fissure · seam · flake · dihedral
angle
Geometric measure of rotation
sawed-off · horizontal · vertical · thick · thin · stacked · nesting
Yosemite
Sierra Nevada national park
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- alpinismHigh-altitude peak climbing
- mountaineeringSport of climbing peaks
first ascent · siege · expedition · legacy · traditional · old school · dirtbag
- mountaineeringsummit, alpinist, mountaineer, ice axe, ice axes
- action gearskateboard, snowboard, surfboard, wakeboard, longboard
- mountainsmountain, peaks, peak, summit, summits
- anchorsboat anchor, sea anchor, ground anchor, earth anchor, anchor chain
- Mountain Rescuerescue, rescue team, rescue helicopter, rescue dog, search and rescue