The Golden Piton Award was established in 2002 as an annual award given by the editors of Climbing Magazine. It recognizes remarkable achievement across multiple disciplines of climbing. Unlike other awards by peer review, the Golden Piton is awarded based on the experience of the editorial team at Climbing Magazine. The editorial staff picks the winners and runners-up from a pool of names collected from Climbing Magazine’s Hot Flashes, and from soliciting the opinions of top contributing writers and news writers. PrAna athletes scored three of the coveted awards.
