How to Use piton in a Sentence

piton

noun

• Through the years, climbers began adopting devices like pitons that could be hammered into cracks and used to prevent lethal falls.
  — Mary Beth Skylis, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2025
• The standard climbing equipment of the time included pitons, iron spikes that climbers hammered into the rock to hold their ropes.
  — Tony Biasotti, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
• But the Europeans were forging their pitons from iron, which was softer and therefore less durable than Chouinard’s steel variety.
  — Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
• Both follow a do-no-harm motto—in the case of clean climbing, removable, non-damaging gear like nuts and chocks are used over pitons and bolts, so as not to damage rocks.
  — Paris Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2025
• His company's main product—pitons, the metal spikes climbers hammered into rock faces—was literally destroying the granite walls of Yosemite.
  — Kyle Westaway, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
• In the mid ‘60s, The North Face was one of the first brick-and-mortar spots where Chouinard’s pitons, carabiners, and other gear could be purchased.
  — Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
• Instead of pitons that damaged the rock walls climbers were ascending, Chouinard Equipment started selling chocks, metal anchors that could be wedged into existing cracks in the rock.
  — Tony Biasotti, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026