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HORIZONTAL PITON [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
CONT

... [horizontal pitons] ... have varying forms, all with the plane of the carabiner hole, or eye, perpendicular to the blade. These used to be distinguished from verticals, which have the eye and blade in the same but which are rarely seen now, because it was found that horizontals work, better in both horizontal and vertical cracks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
CONT

Il est conseillé d'employer les pitons verticaux (lame et œil dans le même plan) dans les fissures horizontales et les pitons horizontaux (œil perpendiculaire à la lame) dans les fissures verticales.

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

A very small knife blade piton designed to be used in very shallow hairline cracks both vertical and horizontal.

CONT

The rurp does not have a conventional karabiner eye ... instead it has a small hole drilled into it, through which a short loop of thin nylon or kernmantel can be threaded.

OBS

Rurps are used only on the very hardest artificial climbs and despite their tiny size, they can be very effective for direct aid.

CONT

Birdbeaks are similar to [RURPs] but have a longer arm for attaching a carabiner or sling.

OBS

CRACK TACK. ... Similar to a rurp, but used in slightly different types of situations.

Key term(s)
  • crack tack

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

[Piton, long de 1 cm, large de 2,5 cm, [...] destiné à être utilisé dans les fentes presque imperceptibles.

CONT

Le [piton-rasoir ...] est très petit et fin mais, en dépit de son apparence, très solide une fois planté.

CONT

Les [pitons les] plus petits sont les fameux «Rurp» (de l'anglais : realized ultimate reality piton), de la taille d'une pièce de monnaie.

OBS

[piton-rasoir : ] le jargon des grimpeurs.

Key term(s)
  • piton rasoir

Spanish

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