Tricouni fitting
The Tricouni fitting is a fitting on mountain boots that consists of bent angles that are jagged on the underside.
history
The fitting is named after the inventor (around 1910), the Geneva gemstone setter Félix-Valentin Genecand, alias Tricouni (1878–1957). It is still made by the Swiss company Tricouni in Bulle. The angles are attached to the sole of the shoe with nails. So Tricouni was a famous mountaineer, and at least two mountain peaks are named after him: Tricouni Peak in Canada , and Mount Genecand in Antarctica .
variants
There are different ways in which the Tricouni fitting can be used. The fitting is practically always attached to both sides of the shoe. In the area of the toes and on the heel, forged irons are often nailed on instead of the Tricouni fitting, the iron on the heel resembling a horseshoe.
commitment
Mountain boots with Tricouni fittings were quite common in mountaineering in the past, which can still be seen in older mountain films. Nowadays, such shoes are only used by shepherds , lumberjacks and wild haymakers , as the side fitting provides a secure stand when crossing steep grass slopes or on wet, felled tree trunks. In the pure rocky terrain you have a relatively secure footing with shoes with Tricouni fittings, but you need some practice to climb.
swell
- ↑ (fr) Brief curriculum vitae of "Tricouni" (PDF; 206 kB). (In: Le Messager: Genevois, January 16, 2014, p. 24).
- ↑ See the obituaries ("Tricouni n'est plus" (without quotation marks) on the "Journal de Genève", and reach the page on January 21, 1957), and thus the obituary in the SAC yearbook DE: "Félix Genecand, called "Tricouni" (1878-1957), Louis Seylaz, p. 159 ". In the "short curriculum vitae" the year of birth (1879) is incorrect.
- ^ Association pour la sauvegarde du patrimoine historique de la commune de Veyrier: Félix-Valentin GENECAND - dit TRICOUNI (1879-1957)