Cagoule

"rangersbball" <rangersbball-F5Bj5G+ccuY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Could you not make the cagoule extra long (an extension past your 
> feet with drawstring) to also serve as a VBL inside your sleeping 
>bag?

Hi Bill,

A cagoule usually is worn just like an Anorak, it has a storm skirt 
that unties or unsnaps and folds down to become knee length in bad 
weatherr, or in an unplanned survival situation.

When the storm skirt is snapped up the length of the garment is about 
mid thigh, just like most mountaineering parkas. I don't see why a 
second storm skirt could be incorporated, making the cagoule quite 
long, and usable as a sleeping bag liner, although this would be 
somewhat radical. 

Usually the Cagoule is used in a bivouac as an unplanned emergency 
shelter, and it is basically a shelter that you wear. For 
mountaineering, where these garments used to be popular, it's also 
important that they not be too very long so that you don't step on 
the storm skirt with crampons, which could cause a loss of footing 
with unpleasant results.  :^)   Best,  Don L.