Author Archives: Nick Hindley

A First Foray in Patagonia Pt.2

Posted on January 15, 2024 by Nick Hindley

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 →

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A First Foray in Patagonia Pt.1

Posted on October 3, 2023 by Nick Hindley

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 →

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Rexford Link-up

Posted on May 22, 2023 by Nick Hindley

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 →

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Frey, Argentina: Among the Agujas

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Nick Hindley

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 →

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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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