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How To Use piton In A Sentence

• We were sleeping in our harnesses, also belayed to pitons and deadmen. The Viking Claw
• Jerdon's courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus Phasianidae Ceylon junglefowl Gallus lafayetii Capitonidae Yellow-fronted barbet Megalaima flavifrons An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion. Deccan thorn scrub forests
• Below the Piton, lichens begin to cover the scorious and lustrous lava: a violet, * (* Viola cheiranthifolia.) akin to the Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1
• Determined not to let it ruin my trip, I ended up getting really good at using my left hand for climbing, and hammering in bolts and pitons.
• 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!
• The largest of pitons are now rarely seen and are called “bongs” due to the characteristic low tone they produced.
• The businessman, played by 1970s vedette Donald Piton, also demands a hefty bribe.
• Sometimes he'd open his pack to show us his collection of carabiners, pitons, and ropes.
• Beyond, above the corrugated iron roofs of the rum shacks, towered the great twin peaks of St. Lucia's two tropical Matterhorns, the pitons.
• 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