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Dirka
Trad climber
Hustle City
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Bump for history
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Lost mine years ago (no not virginity, that's still intact, ha ha).
The few times I climbed with Charlie Porter, he always wore his.
MisterE, I long-lined for halibut summer of 1977 out of Petersburg, Alaska, still had my hat then.
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hossjulia
Trad climber
Where the Hoback and the mighty Snake River meet
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Yup, learned something once again.
"Halibut Hat"; who knew?
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Fun read and great info--I always thought that it was called a "Stroker" hat and originated from the golf circuit of the late 1800's...
Who knew?
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MisterE
Social climber
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MisterE, I long-lined for halibut summer of 1977 out of Petersburg, Alaska, still had my hat then.
Cool! I was on the "Sylvia" out of Port Alexander, just south of Sitka. Beautiful boat - I fell in love with her at the dry-dock in Port Townsend, Washington and had be with her...
Back on topic:
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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remembering extreme dave
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maldaly
Trad climber
Boulder, CO
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And let's not forget Henry:
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MH2
climber
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A whole new wing in the Museum of Climbing. Good work, Guido.
edit:
Guido included a pic of Henry.
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TwistedCrank
climber
Dingleberry Gulch, Ideeho
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Because paisley bandanas worn pirate style is kinda goofy.
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mrtropy
Trad climber
Nor Cal
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Cool, grew up wearing "hickory shirts" My Dad told me they were called that becasue they were "as tough as hickory".
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Dick Erb
climber
June Lake, CA
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Good hats. The white color reflects the heat of the sun, and the bill is just long enough to shade your eyes, but short enough to not get in the way while pulling shoulder carried runners off over your head, and doesn't poke the rock in front of your face.
One spring day while ski patrolling at Alpine Meadows I arrived at work realizing that I had forgot my sunglasses and had no brimmed hat. Dreading the intense sun I took my first run off the top. Half way down I found one of those white hats lying on the snow. It shaded my eyes just enough to save the day.
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Gilroy
Social climber
Bolderado
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Agree w/what Dick E. said about the white cotton version of the paperboy/halibut hat. Wore one of those down in the TX heat for years. More recently, living in NY and CO I have favored one with a bit of wool from Scala.
reposted from another thread
PS - maldaLy, nobody's going to be forgetting Henry, once they've met him. ;-)
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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It was Henry Barber who started wearing one in imitation of Royal, IMO, which pretty much let the hat out of the bag.
And the cute Sheridan cartoons, too numerous to mention.
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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MisterE, my high school climbing buddy Steve (a year ahead of me in school) did a year at Humboldt State and then went north.
He had a 36' long-liner, Eirendale (he has since over the years have had several boats, out of P'burg and Sitka). and I worked on it for the first 'slot', but then his partner (studying fisheries at U of Wash) came up so I spent the rest of the summer on a tender (what a pain, I've got one or two stories to tell), the Lillian S (93' contracted not owned by the cannery but by an old sea salt, Ray Bell - he lost his finger laying telephone wire in Alaska while in the Army during WW2. I wonder if he got a Purple Heart for that.)
On my 21st, Ray and his wife (we were based out of Kake, Kupreanof Island, where they lived - tallest totem pole in the world, at least at the time) surprised me with a cake, Steve must have told them.
My first and only encounter with a grizzly was on Kuiu Island, after towing a summer tender barge. Scary.
Anyway, as for the hat, that is the last I remember of it. But it was skanky at that point, - - halibut slime can be like super glue and coupled with salmon scales...
Hey Guido/Joe, great thread.
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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Guido & all! Thanks for the history of "Halibut Hats" and all the fun photos you folks have posted.
I looked through my considerable inventory of 70's Idaho climbing photos and nary a Halibut Hat surfaced.
Looks like we pale and fashion-challenged northerners were mostly bareheaded. Only in our 1971 photos of climbing in the Sawtooths, do hats show up.
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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A young Joe Brown
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