- Home
- Black Diamond Angles Pitons
- Review
Gear Review
Black Diamond Angles Pitons
When it Gets Thin...Pound in a Pin.
By Cedar Wright
Ranked #1 - Big Wall Climbing
June 22, 2009
If you are into first ascents, or aid climbing, or want to make it back to the ground safely on a big alpine climb, there is no arguing the value of the good old fashioned piton. When I'm heading up a big first ascent in the mountains I like to have a few blades, a few arrows and most importantly a handful of baby angles on the rack. I can't say enough about how useful baby angles are for creating solid rappel anchors, or establishing a bomber piece of whipper catching pro in a funky crack where a solid cam is next to impossible to place. If you need these things....you really need them. If you are doing nail ups on el cap....you really need them...if it is a knife blade crack...you really need them...If you have ever pounded in a pin and heard the pinging singing of a bomber placement placed to the hilt, you know the primal joy of nailing.
View Details: Black Diamond Angles Pitons
Helpful Votes: 2 Yes
Tech Specs:
- Material:
- CrMo steel
- Length:
- [1 ] 4 in; [2 ] 4 1/2 in; [3 ] 5 5/8 in; [4 ] 5 5/8 in; [5 ] 1 1/4 in; [6 ] 1 1/2 in
- Thickness:
- [1 ] 1/2 in; [2 ] 5/8 in; [3 ] 3/4 in; [4 ] 1 in; [5 ] 1 1/4 in; [6 ] 1 1/2 in
- Weight:
- 56-197 g
- Recommended Use:
- exceptional large crack holding pitons
- Manufacturer Warranty:
- 1 year
Change me.