Author Archives: Nick Hindley
Winter Ascent: Stewart Pk NE Couloir and Baby Munday S Ridge
Trip dates: 18 -19 January, 2025 Trip participants: Evan Beatty, Nick Hindley Winter ascent of two routes in the Cheam Range; the NE Couloir of Stewart Pk and the South Ridge of Baby Munday. Good access via logging roads then … Continue reading
A First Foray in Patagonia Pt.2
Part 2 of 2. A long trip report detailing our time climbing in the Fitz Roy massif, Patagonia. You should read part one here first: https://www.ubc-voc.com/2023/10/03/a-first-foray-in-patagonia-pt-1 January 30-31: Mermoz misadventure We hiked back up to Piedra Negra, swapping our approach shoes … Continue reading
A First Foray in Patagonia Pt.1
Part 1 of 2 Trip dates: 15 January – 4 February, 2023 Trip participants: Nick Brown, Nick Hindley Three weeks based out of El Chaltén, climbing in the Patagonia’s Fitz Roy Range – a place that needs no introduction. The … Continue reading
Rexford Link-up
Trip dates: 24 April 2022, 21 May 2023 TL;DR Climbed the Priest-Coupe, dropped down the other side of the mountain to climb the West Ridge to summit, then descended the NE Ridge. Attempt 1: I made an initial attempt on … Continue reading
Frey, Argentina: Among the Agujas
Trip date: January 9 – 14, 2023 Trip participants: Nick Hindley, Steve Stosky, Sam McEwen, Esther Li, Duncan Pawson, Val Fazio, Alissa Butcher, Natasha Beaulac, Nick Brown, Graham Haber, Tara Hartzell, Matt Hill Frey is an alpine area in the … Continue reading
Climbing in the Waddington
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
Pangea 2021: Disaster Fauna (5.11- A0, 600m) First Ascent
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
Anderson River Valley: Intermediate Bushwhacking
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
Climbing in Cathedral Provincial Park
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
Impromptu Rockies Road Trip
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