Pounded dramatically and deafeningly into a crack on a vertical wall with a hammer, the steel spike called a piton was the first major safety advancement beyond the basic climbing rope in two thousand ...

According to Oprah Magazine, climbing the Piton's should be on your list of 'Five things to do before you die', and when Oprah talks, people generally listen. And it seems that the Americans do listen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. St. Lucia‘s Gros Piton towers 2,619 feet above sea level. I climbed it twice in four days because I dig a bit of masochism mixed ...

Climbing has announced the winners of its annual award for the fastest, highest, and hardest vertical pursuits of last year. Below is a quick listing of the Golden Piton awards for 2010, with links to ...