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	Rock Climbing Forums: Climbing Disciplines: Trad Climbing: When to use pitons???
		But I'm also sure you realize pitons are no longer placed in the gunks or most other trad areas because they simply aren't as effective as modern gear and they scar the hell out of the rock (hence pin scars).
		Sure, pitons damage the rock but that´s not a big issue in the mountains as it is in tradclimbing crags.
		Pitons are also great for bailing, they are relatively cheap and it´s easy to determine how solid the placement is (given you have the experience, ofcourse).
	www.rockclimbing.com /cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?t=42302 (1429 words)

	FM 3-97.61 Chapter 5
		Artificial anchors, such as pitons and bolts, are not widely accepted for use in all areas because of the scars they leave on the rock and the environment.
		Pitons that have rings as attachment points might not display much change in sound as they are driven in as long as the ring moves freely.
		Attach this loop to the piton using a girth hitch at the point where the piton enters the rock so that the girth hitch is snug against the rock.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/policy/army/fm/3-97-61/ch5.htm (3316 words)

	[No title]
		Pitons took control of the game from the opening of the game when they stole Grenada’s opening center pass and continued with a number of key interceptions throughout the game.
		With Pitons forced to use center court players at the shooting position during the absence of their traditional shooters, they depended heavily on their Defence as will be expected throughout the season.
		The Pitons Senior team which had been the victim of poor umpiring for most of their games this season, finally got a pair of umpires who did not appear to be biased, in the Leagues president, Ms.
	www.stluciapitonsnetballclub.com /news2.html (8882 words)

	National Policy Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Pitons made their way across the Atlantic to the United States in 1914, when Albert Ellingwood, an American who had climbed while in England, used them to protect a route later known as the “Ellingwood Ledge” on Greyrock in Garden of the Gods Park near Colorado Springs.
		Nevertheless, “fixing” pitons in place for a rappel anchor was commonplace, though it rarely merited mention in climbing journals except to note where a previous party turned back on an attempted first ascent.
		As with pitons, development and use of the expansion bolt can be traced to Europe early in the 20th century.
	www.americanalpineclub.cncdsl.com /conservation/historical_use.asp (1521 words)

	UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas Programme - Pitons Management Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Pitons are two steep forested cone-shaped mountains rising side by side from the sea on the southwest coast of Saint Lucia with spectacular abruptness.
		It is dry between January and April, wet in November and December and the temperature is constant at 26.7°C. The dominant vegetation is tropical moist forest grading to subtropical wet forest with small areas of dry forest near the coast and on steep slopes, and small areas of wet elfin woodland on the summits.
		The Pitons are already within the borders of Qualibou National Park, the prime tourist attraction of Saint Lucia, and are almost revered for their distinctive character and as symbols of national identity.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/pitons_saint_lucia.htm (2058 words)

	Rupley Pitons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		One piton looks like it was made with corregated metal that is about as thick as the metal on a tin roof.
		John considered the strand of pitons junk ("One man's junk is another man's treasure") and they were not sure how or when the strand of pitons were assembled.
		One theory is that in European mountaineering, climbers often carried groups of pitons tied together and the pitons had been assembled for a climb and had been left tied together.
	www.climbaz.com /interviews/Rupleypitons.html (472 words)

	Untitled Document
		The high peaks and ridges of Morne Trois Pitons National Park form a barrier to the easterly trade winds, delivering tremendous quantities of orographic rainfall to the center of the island.
		Morne Trois Pitons supports a number of plant and animal species that are endemic to Dominica including a bromeliad (Pitcairnia micotrinensis), a tree frog (Eleutherodactylus amplinympha), and two species of parrot: the Imperial parrot (or Sisserou) (Amazona imperialis) and the Red-necked parrot (Amazona arausiaca) (Christian et al.
		Morne Trois Pitons National Park is a clear case of distant and powerful forces setting in motion changes that threaten the very existence of a protected area.
	www.rollins.edu /susdev/bananas.html (2117 words)

	Patagonia: A Company History and Evolution of Clothing and Design (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The only pitons available at that time were made of soft iron, placed once, then left in the rock.
		For the next few years, Chouinard forged pitons during the winter months, spent April to July on the walls of Yosemite, then headed out of the heat of summer for the high mountains of Wyoming, Canada, or the Alps, and then back to Yosemite in the fall until the snow fell in November.
		The same fragile cracks had to endure repeated hammering of pitons, during both placement and removal and the disfiguring was severe.
	www.patagonia.com /culture/patagonia_history.shtml (4278 words)

	Article number 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		However, Gros Piton is the larger and taller of the two majestic Pitons, symbols of St. Lucia, immortalized in our flag and regarded as a Caribbean landmark.
		The vegetation within the Pitons area is unique due to the steepness of the Pitons, its proximity to the sea, its land use history and its geological formation.
		Beard (1949) refers to the Pitons as "the most spectacular piece of scenery in the West Indies." However, today on climbing the Gros Piton, one notices that its woodlands are of a more seasonal character than those on the windward coast and that on the lower half of Gros Piton.
	www.stluciamirroronline.com /2004/jan16/art5.htm (1189 words)

	St. Lucia — This Caribbean villa rental is nestled between the Pitons Mountains.
		Pitons Stargroves, perhaps the most unique villa in the Caribbean, is one such home.
		Because of the open design, expect to see small visitors now and then - innocent little lizards and frogs that come and go, happy to be left to their harmless ways, as you relax in the safe and cozy calm under the netting of your four-poster bed.
		Pitons Stargroves was built for seclusion and intimacy and it's a tradition we seek to preserve.
	www.oasismarigot.com /st-lucia-pitons-stargroves.html (588 words)

	Rock Climbing Forums: Climbing Information: General: To use pitons or not?
		If you pull out a rack of pitons at a typical crag, with lots of trafic and other means of protection (even if that means toprope only), then you can expect to be beaten severely.
		For my own climbing, pitons are not appropriate in placements which would accept clean safe protection, be it alpine, aid or free climbing.
		Pitons are pretty much a standard part of my rack on peaks like Mt. Waddington and Mt. Alberta, even though these climbs routinely go all free.
	www.rockclimbing.com /cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?t=41914 (665 words)

	Pitons Management Area - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
		The dominant terrestrial vegetation is tropical moist forest grading to subtropical wet forest with small areas of dry forest and wet elfin woodland on the summits.
		The Pitons are home to some 27 bird species (five of them endemic), three indigenous rodents, one opossum, three bats, eight reptiles and three amphibians.
		The Pitons predominate over the St Lucian landscape, being visible from virtually every part of the island and providing a distinctive landmark for seafarers.The combination of the Pitons against the backdrop of green tropical vegetation and a varying topography combined with a marine foreground gives the area its superlative beauty.
	whc.unesco.org /en/list/1161 (375 words)

	Sandstone Nailing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The standard method of cleaning pitons involves hammering them back and forth in the direction of the crack until they eventually loosen.
		With a little extra effort, it is possible to clean pitons in a manner that will tend to eventually create a clean (hammerless) placement for subsequent ascents.
		On the downward blows, stop when the piton is about horizontal, rather than hitting it as far down as it will travel.
	www.bigwalls.net /climb/clean.html (159 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The objective of Pitons is to unite all St Lucians living in Tri State area of New York, Connecticut and New Jersey.
		The representative colors of Pitons are the colors of the St Lucia National Flag (i.e.
		Though the club is relatively new as the St. Lucia Pitons Netball Club, the group has enjoyed quite a bit of success as a netball team both under The St. Lucia Foreign Base and under it's new name.
	www.stluciapitonsnetballclub.com /history.html (357 words)

	BBC Caribbean
		The Pitons, two volcanic spires, rise side by side from the sea (770m, 743m high respectively), linked by the Piton Mitan ridge.
		The dominant terrestrial vegetation is tropical moist forest grading to subtropical wet forest with small areas of dry forest and wet elfin woodland on the summits.
		The Pitons are home to some 27 bird species (five of them endemic), three indigenous rodents, one opossum, three bats, eight reptiles and three amphibians.
	www.bbc.co.uk /caribbean/news/story/2005/02/050219_pitons.shtml (488 words)

	James and Jennifer's Climbing Web
		Hassler used pitons for protection, not for aid climbing (as pitons later became commonly used for).
		Aid climbing relies on gear (often pitons, also nuts, cams, hooks, bolts, copperheads, etc.) that the leader places in the rock and then hauls or steps up on it.
		Pitons damage the rock because they are driven in and pulled out with a hammer.
	www.melhuish.org /climb (642 words)

	Climb: Patagonia: The Next 100 Years - ALTREC.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The only pitons available in the late fifties were from Europe and were made of iron.
		My pitons were made of aircraft-quality chrome-molybdenum steel, and could be driven even into crackless, rotten seams of granite.They could be repeatedly placed and taken out without breaking, and so were instrumental in opening up the multi-day routes on Yosemite's ElCapitan, where a typical climb took eight or ten days and hundreds of piton placements.
		In the late sixties, we began to see that the repeated use of our hard, steel pitons, by increasing numbers of climbers, was in fact causing a great deal of harm to the rock.
	www.altrec.com /published/climb/features/patagoniathenext100years (790 words)

	Needle Sports Pitons
		Pitons (or pegs as they are often known in Britain) are, since the advent of modern wires, nuts and camming devices, seldom used in the UK for summer rock-climbing any more.
		Pitons are either Chrome-Molybdenum Hard Steel (made for repeated use) or Mild Steel that deforms to the rock (made for permanent placements).
		Knowing what pitons (and indeed what gear in general) to carry for winter climbing is something that comes with experience.
	www.needlesports.com /acatalog/Mail_Order_Pitons_10.html (1388 words)

	Blisters Dice Game Webquarters
		The pitons are moved up the Mountain Climb face using the numbers on the dice.
		During gameplay, there may be times when the player will not be able to move their piton, especially as they near the summit.
		When a triple is rolled the player is allowed to combine the dice numbers on one piton as well as rolling again.
	www.blistersdicegame.com /mtnrules.htm (432 words)

	USHBA: Pitons
		The taper of the Alpine Pitons are on the bottom side, as they should be, with the top side flat and the taper uniform.
		In fact, tests of eye strength show that the weld on Ushba's pitons is always stronger than the eye itself.
		The #4 Alpine Piton is long (20cm) and thick (1.5mm-4mm taper) for flared cracks and mud/ice filled cracks; it has smooth edges for tying-off.
	www.ushba.com /catalog/pitons.html (325 words)

	Pitons (2003) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Maybe I'm just not enough into the context of the film, or perhaps it lost something in the translation.
		Pitons was interesting, but it got a bit stale about halfway through.
		Discuss this title with other users on IMDb message board for Pitons (2003)
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0380631 (378 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		LAND TENURE Morne Trois Pitons National Park was established from former government lands and a private contribution from the former Middleham Estate, which was originally donated to The Nature Conservancy by John Archbold.
		PHYSICAL FEATURES Morne Trois Pitons is the basaltic spike-like remains of a former volcano rising to approximately 1,300m, within eight kilometres of the sea.
		CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT The agency responsible for the management of Morne Trois Pitons National Park is the Forestry and Wildlife Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment of Dominica.
	sea.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/morne.html (1752 words)

	The Grand Pitons \| Away.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Petit Piton is the Everest of this 32-square-mile Caribbean island, requiring ropes, harnesses, and rock-climbing wherewithal.
		Petit Piton is 159 feet shy of Gros Piton—2,460 to 2,619 feet.
		At risk are 97 plant species on Petit Piton alone, including eight rare tree specimens; 27 bird species, of which five are endemic; indigenous rodents; bats, amphibians and reptiles; and one type of opossum.
	away.com /features/the-grand-pitons-1.html (421 words)

	News Story number 5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The twin Pitons of Soufriere were revered by the Amerindians who worshiped them as their Gods, Yokahu (the provider of food) and Attabera (the Goddess of fertility).
		The Pitons are living spirits within the soul of every St. Lucian." Quite apart from their value as national symbols, these twin peaks hold significant soci-cultural value to the people of Soufriere: they serve as navigational landmarks for fishers, and indicator of weather, an almanac for farmers and a source of revenue for tour guides.
		The recent success of St. Lucia’s application for inscription of the Pitons Management Area is the result of over 15 years of work which was initiated by the St. Lucia National Trust.
	www.stluciamirroronline.com /2005/jan28/story5.htm (2706 words)

	UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas Programme - Morne Trois Pitons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		LAND TENURE Morne Trois Pitons National Park was established from former government lands and a private contribution from the former Middleham Estate, which was originally donated to The Nature Conservancy by John Archbold.
		PHYSICAL FEATURES Morne Trois Pitons is the basaltic spike-like remains of a former volcano rising to approximately 1,300m, within eight kilometres of the sea.
		CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT The agency responsible for the management of Morne Trois Pitons National Park is the Forestry and Wildlife Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment of Dominica.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/morne.html (1760 words)

	Saint Lucia
		The flag represents the island surrounded by the sea - two triangular shapes on the flag represent two volcanic hills, the Pitons, which are recognized by the people of St. Lucia and by the world as the symbol of this island.
		The blue field represents the sea, from which arise the twin peaks of the Pitons said to be 'rising sheer out of the sea and looking skyward - a symbol of hope'.
		This is represented by the three triangles in the centre of the flag, symbolising three pitons.
	flagspot.net /flags/lc.html (2089 words)

	Cliff Notes
		Well, to solve the great (Gros and Petit) Piton mystery…in December of last year we found ourselves on the island of St. Lucia (pronounced, Saint Loosha), an independent tropical island nation located southeast of Puerto Rico.
		The low temperature while we were there (during their Summer) was 75 F – 78 F. The Pitons are the trademark of St. Lucia on the southwest coast of the island.
		Much of the tourist literature declares that the Petit Piton is somewhat treacherous, technical, and not to be taken lightly.
	www.mountaineers.org /climbing/News_Events/CN203_Piton.html (1672 words)

	Pitons Management Area - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports
		These volcanic plugs, rising c2000 ft straight from the sea, are certainly spectacular and the nearby town of Soufriere, with its slightly ramshackle wooden buildings and fine views of the Pitons, makes a pleasant outing in its own right.
		The Pitons Management Area includes Sulphur Springs — a volcanic area of bubbling mud pools and sulphur fumaroles which is all that remains of a volcano which collapsed 40000 years ago.
		However we particularly liked the view of the Pitons themselves from the terrace of the up-market Dasheene Ladera boutique hotel/restaurant (not far from Sulphur Springs) where you can stop for a drink even if you are not staying.
	worldheritagesite.org /sites/pitons.html (537 words)

	Dominica's culture, history & heritage: Trois Pitons, Morne - a brief definition from Dr. Lennox Honychurch
		In fact, the summit is made up of several other lesser peaks all of which are the remains of individual volcanic cones that together comprise the entire massif.
		In 1918 there was a dispute between visiting British geographers over an altitude reading that Trois Pitons was in fact the island's highest mountain, but the traditional recorded height continued to be accepted.
		In 1975 the mountain formed the centrepiece of the Morne Trois Pitons National Park, which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997.
	www.news-dominica.com /heritage/heritage.cfm?Id=271 (216 words)

	The 1972 Chouinard Catalog of hexentrics, stoppers, (pitons) and more
		The only pitons available at that time were made of soft iron, placed once, then left in the rock.
		For the next few years, Chouinard forged pitons during the winter months, spent April to July on the walls of Yosemite, then headed out of the heat of summer for the high mountains of Wyoming, Canada, or the Alps, and then back to Yosemite in the fall until the snow fell in November.
		The same fragile cracks had to endure repeated hammering of pitons, during both placement and removal and the disfiguring was severe.
	www.traditionalmountaineering.org /Book_Chouinard1972Catalog.htm (1340 words)

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