OK-- it will be some time before the next installment so i'm going to clarify a few of these issues until i return.
1)patagucci makes the best parasol for passering. it is light weight, stylishly patterned, made from overhyped synthetic material and highly overpriced.
if you can't step up to the patagucci passering parasol, go with the yates.
2) i don't climb BUT the cc is not a pass. it is COULOIR~ thus not relevant to this discussion.