Author Archives: Nick Hindley

Climbing in the Waddington

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Nick Hindley

Trip Date: July 27 – August 4, 2022 Trip Participants: Nick Hindley, Nick Brown, Ethan Berman, Matteo Agnoloni July 26 – The days leading up to this trip were somewhat stressful, as the weather always has the ultimate say. Our … Continue reading →

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Pangea 2021: Disaster Fauna (5.11- A0, 600m) First Ascent

Posted on January 19, 2022 by Nick Hindley

A much delayed trip report from August 2021. Article adapted from an entry originally submitted to the American Alpine Journal. ————– On August 15, 2021, Harlin Brandvold, Duncan Pawson, and I loaded our gear into the helicopter to make our … Continue reading →

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Anderson River Valley: Intermediate Bushwhacking

Posted on October 4, 2020 by Nick Hindley

Trip date: July 5-7, 2020 Trip Participants: Nick Hindley, Nick Brown, Daniel Alacoque The Anderson River Group is one of SW BC’s many, many hidden gems. The access FSR is just a little over 2 hours from Vancouver, and the … Continue reading →

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Climbing in Cathedral Provincial Park

Posted on October 2, 2020 by Nick Hindley

Trip Date: July 9-13, 2020 Trip Participants: Nick Hindley, Nick Brown, Daniel Alacoque In-keeping with my general theme of posting trip reports significantly after the fact; here is write up of our trip into Cathedral Provincial Park in mid-July 2020. … Continue reading →

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Impromptu Rockies Road Trip

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Nick Hindley

This trip report is ancient history, from early-September 2018. I wrote it but for some reason never posted it anywhere. The trip report feed has been pretty quiet lately for obvious reasons, so here’s some light reading of a coupl’a … Continue reading →

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New Routin’ at Phelix

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Nick Hindley

After fleeing poor weather in Central BC, we came up with a backup plan to spend our week in familiar territory around the Phelix Creek area, putting up some new routes close to Brian Waddington hut. Aug 20 After a … Continue reading →

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Pangea, Coastal Granite, and the Age of Discovery

Posted on November 26, 2019 by Nick Hindley

Trip Participants: Harlin Brandvold, Nick Hindley, Duncan Pawson A journey into the remote, unexplored big walls of BC’s rugged Coast Range. Aug 10: We left Vancouver in the not-so-early morning on August 10th, Harlin’s truck loaded up with climbing gear, … Continue reading →

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A Hard Lesson About a Soft Rock

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Nick Hindley

This is the story of the time I fell 10m, ripped all 3 pieces of gear, and caught myself on an Arbutus tree at my belayers feet over a 20m drop. Lesson of the day: limestone is not granite; it does not hold … Continue reading →

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Car-less Sky Pilot Solo

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Nick Hindley

Disclaimer: Soloing is dangerous. Stay well within your ability level, always tell someone where you’re going, have a back up plan.      Or just don’t do it. December 14th 2017 I had just finished my last exam and was finally … Continue reading →

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Asulkan Valley Base Camp

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Nick Hindley

The original scheme for this trip was to ski some big lines in one of the more seldom visited, but undeniably magnificent areas of Southwest BC; The Tantalus Range. In the days leading up to the pre-trip however, conditions were … Continue reading →

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