Author Archives: Nick Hindley

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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New Routin’ at Phelix

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

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

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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