Alpine outfitting advice from the mid-1930s.
Cholera belt - Some may consider cholera belts a necessity in the tropics; they are no less so in the Alps for those who occasionally feel cold when wearing shorts, a form of garment which certainly exposes the stomach to chills. The chief defect of these belts is their tendency to ruck. For those who are obliged to wear something of this kind, the most efficient device is probably the long, wide, blue sash of the Chasseur d'Alpin, worn outside the breeches. Once the habit of wearing this protection is acquired, it is difficult to dispense with it.
References
Chapter Three “Equipment” by C F Meade in The Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes, Volume XVIII, Mountaineering, London: Seeley Service & Co, 1934.
2 comments:
I think the cholera belt lives on in Japan in the form of the haramaki.
Very true: and, no doubt like the cholera belt in its own era, the haramaki is probably fading away with the generation who wore them ....
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