Backpack

Garb

“In dress we were nearly several degrees removed from drawing room attire. The oldest coat we possessed, an old shirt, brown overalls, puttees and a pair of strong, hobnailed boots, with an old hat, formed the principal part of our wardrobe. A sweater, a change of underwear and extra pairs of socks were carried in the packs. Perry’s shirt, an old purple one, was much the worse for wear, and so full of holes that it looked like a mouldy moth-eaten horsecloth. Billy’s hat was in a similar state and appeared to have been recently riddled with a charge of birdshot, but the wisps of hay-coloured hair which persisted in projecting through the holes failed to upset Billy’s equanimity. Mac looked quite respectable beside the other two and had actually brought a razor with him. He, the man with contempt for convention! My hat was the most conspicuous part of my apparel, having originally been of a beautiful emerald tint, but through exposure to the elements it had become somewhat faded; it now possessed all the hues of the chameleon and had lost all its pristine glory. Nevertheless, it served as a comfortable nightcap and many a time protected me from sun and storm.” Back

Journal of the British Columbia Mountaineering Club Special Centennial Edition, by British Columbia Mountaineering Club.