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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Hey Ken and Anders, thanks for the info!!
Now, where etymology wise did the word Cagoule come from. Is it Scotch ? Anyone know ? Just curious....kinda an interesting word. :D Lynnie
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Cagoule
Lightweight anorak: lightweight hooded waterproof top that often folds up and can be carried easily
[Mid-20th century. Via French, "cowl" < Latin cucullus "cap, hood"]
The cagoule, impermeable wind-cutter, were invented in 1965 by the manufacturer of French pants Leon Claude Duhamel, which had the idea to make a light clothing to protect itself from the bad weather. Initially imagined for the children, it threads by the head and lines up in a small pocket banane.
L.C. Duhamel initially calls it “In-case” (of rain) before naming it “Cagoule”.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Thanks Patrick, have a great Friday. :D
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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It's also long enough that one draw their feet up into it for bivies. There is a drawstring at the hem,
I still have my foamback™ BC.
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TrundleBum
Trad climber
Las Vegas
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What a chuckle.
I came expecting the first shot to be a classic coated nylon one. Just as I was thinking "and then there was foam back..." I saw Double D's shot.
Yeah Jaybro I used to have a yellow one that I wore on shorter ice climbs at Frankenstein cliff or the like.
(not for all day climbs as it would sweat/freeze and become a glacier inside eventually)
I would use the hem draw and cinch it under my arm pits for the climbing, then at belay I would hunker down by pulling me hat out into a face mask and pull the cagoule hood over, then loose the hem draw and try to pull as much of my legs up intio as the stance would allow.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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The foamback cag, was more than a garment, it was a way of life!
Next time I'm up at the ranch I will bring it down, how Funky could it be for being stuffed in the Kangaroo pocket since '03?
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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I don't know if John Stannard (Jstan), has a blue
caguole, but he certain lives the life to the hilt.
One of the hardest working fellows around a crag. I'll bet
no one on this earth could match his record for trash picking,
and I don't just mean at the Facelift. The guy was always
picking trash up in the Gunks and Seneca Rocks when I was just
a mere pup climbing. He's the real thing!
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rockermike
Mountain climber
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Damn, I had one of those cool blue foambacks too. Don't know what ever happened to it, but it sure saved my ass more than once.
One time coming off Mt. Hood in a winter ice storm I got to the parking lot with with about an inch of rhyme ice covering every inch of the thing. I swear it weighted 30 lbs. ha But I was toasty inside.
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Anguish
Mountain climber
Jackson Hole Wyo.
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Used my blue Patagucci cagoule on Yellowstone Lake on a recent 10-day trip. Should have bought 2 when I got it. It came out much later than the foamback and was well-tailored. I doubt they make them any more.
BTW - beware the base of the Captain. While you are looking for lost gear, more of it might be coming down. I almost got beaned by a PitonRon piton once.
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Seems like it may be timely to give this one a bump.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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OMG, Good Move Mighty Hiker. Nice Anders, with all the rain here in So Cal we be thinkin' about the cult today....as I put on my blue and went for a hike in the rain :)))) Joy, Lynnie
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Fletcher
Trad climber
here to eternity
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Mar 27, 2009 - 12:48am PT
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I recalled someone was asking about cagoules and ran across this neat thread (which I original missed).
Anyway, I was looking at some photos associated with John Harlin III's book (The Eiger Obsession) and there are a couple of photos of John Harlin II in a cagoule while exploring Swiss caves with his kids:
http://www.johnharlin.net/Photos%209.html
You'll have to scroll down to see them, I couldn't bookmark them directly.
Just finished reading the book. A nice reflection on climbing from the point of view of a child of a climber and a climber parent of a child (who happen to be the same person).
Eric
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nita
climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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Mar 27, 2009 - 01:07am PT
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I used to love my Blue Cagoule, super long -kept you dry. Had to let it go ...it got tooo stinky.
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Mar 27, 2009 - 01:24am PT
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Lauria and Hennek, sans Blue Cagoule
But, plenty of red wine!
cheers
Guido
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Social climber
valley center, ca
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Mar 27, 2009 - 01:36am PT
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Ahhh, one of my first and still favorite posts...blue cagoule. What's special is I met many of yo in Yosemite at the Facelift and the Nose Reunion. What a blessing you all are to this gal. Peace. Lynne. Still lovin' the Blue..
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Mar 27, 2009 - 02:08am PT
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Thanks, Joe - wonderful photos. When were they taken?
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Mar 27, 2009 - 02:17am PT
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Yo Anders
El Cap, fall of 07?
Dons house in Bishop, summer of 08.
Met a nice Canadian couple in an anchorage here in NZ that had some great stories about you and the Canadian climbing scene. Small world indeed.
cheers
joe
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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Thanks for sharing all this, it's why I love this site.
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hooblie
climber
from where the anecdotes roam
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i tried this one when i first showed up on this site. got myself turned into a verbal knot and dumped it,
something i am prone to. thanks to all for the toleration.
short version is that i had a buddy that trudged up a canyon with me on skis. nasty little hardpacked trail with plenty o' rocks showing. at the highpoint he donned his cagoule and enjoyed lunch in his own little tented environment while i tuffed it out in pants and shell.
i shoved off first for the down trail leg and was pleased to see that he had aerodynamic braking that kept him off my tails
any time he deployed that cagoule in scarecrow fashion, a big blue presence over my shoulder.
oh well, maybe i should have let the first version fly
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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No Werner (nov 6, 2008 post). The Comet people were the Heaven’s Gate cult down in Rancho Santa Fe area, CA.
HEAVEN’S GATE – Followers of the Heaven’s Gate cult, led primarily by Marshall Applewhite, thought Earth and everything on it were about to be “recycled” to a clean slate, and believed hitching a ride on comet Hale-Bopp in March 1997 could allow them to survive. Thirty-nine members (including Applewhite) poisoned themselves in shifts in a California mansion wearing Nike’s sneakers and armbands that read “Heaven’s Gate Away Team.” Leader Marshall Applewhite killed himself along with 38 others in hopes of escaping a “recycling” of planet Earth. Heaven’s Gate waited 22 years for Hale-Bopp.
Not mentioned in this little internet blurb was that many of the men in this cult had undergone voluntary castration. This lovely group wore black gowns. Authorities found them stacked in bunkbeds in a rented mansionette.
here is their kooky leader, Marshall Applewhite:
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