BeWild: Colin Haley

At twelve, Colin Haley ascended the West Ridge of Forbidden Peak in the North Cascades with his father and older brother, marking the beginning of a new life.  

For this young, hungry climber, the North Cascades were an incredible classroom.  Like the legendary Fred Beckey, Haley has used his time and training in the North Cascades to prepare himself for extreme expeditions in Alaska and British Columbia, as well as climbs farther afield in the Karakorum, Himalaya, Patagonia and Alps.

 “Everything I learned,” he says, “I learned in the North Cascades.”

 Join us as Haley — featured in the bestselling book The North Cascades: Finding Beauty and Renewal in the Wild Nearby — takes us on climbing adventures in spectacular locations throughout the world, from Mount Shuksan to Cerro Torre.