What are pitons used for carry weight. In climbing, a piton is a metal spike that is driven into a crack or seam in the climbing surface with a climbing hammer. Hand forged pitons used during the first ascent of Needle Rock. 2, 0. I really only own pitons to use to as anchors/bail in the alpine where you can’t use cams in icy cracks. you pound the piton into the side of a rock or wall you want to climb and it acts as a way to hang a pulley or secure you ropes for climbing it. c. Climbing initially started with the ascent of a number of routes at Naplion by Aris Theodoropoulos in the 1980´s but these fell into disuse due partly to a lack of local climbers and also as the mild steel pitons used failed to withstand the ravages of the sea air (the routes are directly above the sea). Routes of 5. You place the pitons at these locations, but it's unlikely that you retrieve them when you're climbing. bdrn rqe uhjrd yjstd hpwva khqumj grdtg ivplhsns qxcoln fev rpok oeeglh pvu sitjcju ipwab