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Quilts of earth toned fabric hung in sheets from the walls and ceiling, thrown over climbing rope that was looped through pitons hammered haphazardly around the room.

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Quilts of earth toned fabric hung in sheets from the walls and ceiling, thrown over climbing rope that was looped through pitons hammered haphazardly around the room.

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Members of Harvard and Dartmouth's mountaineering clubs claimed many of North America's most difficult first ascents, and for years upper-class British climbers deemed it unsporting to use pitons, or iron spikes, on even the most harrowing verticals.

The Gentleman Adventurer Darrell Hartman 2011

In 1968, however, when Albert started climbing, these cliffs were used purely as practice for the Alps. Climbers would hang off pitons rather than their fingers.

Kurt Albert obituary Ed Douglas 2010

Climbing gear was rudimentary — some pitons were hammered out of stove legs.

Yosemite's Rock Stars 2009

Imagine being mere yards from summiting Everest and your pitons ripping out of the rock face and free-falling in space.

Rex Pickett: The Sideways Publishing Saga -- Part III: Whiplash; Dismay! Rex Pickett 2012

A tall and sinewy freestyle climber, Mr. Albert ascended some of the world's craggiest mountain faces without the aid of ropes, pitons or anchors.

Obituary: Freestyle mountain climber Kurt Albert dies of injuries from fall T. Rees Shapiro 2010

"We managed to apply the red dot even to some climbs where pitons had previously been considered essential," Mr. Albert once said.

Obituary: Freestyle mountain climber Kurt Albert dies of injuries from fall T. Rees Shapiro 2010

Climbing gear was rudimentary — some pitons were hammered out of stove legs.

Yosemite's Rock Stars 2009

Climbing gear was rudimentary — some pitons were hammered out of stove legs.

Yosemite's Rock Stars 2009