Hinde, John, 1927-2002 (mountaineer, and mountain rescue team leader)
Biography
John Hinde was born on 21 December 1927 in Staveley, Chesterfield. His father was a lorry driver and his mother worked in a local factory. Widowed when John was only five years old, his mother was left to bring up John, his elder brother Frank (d.1950), and his sister Beth.
John was a pupil at Netherthorpe Grammar School between 1938-1943. At 15 he followed his brother Frank into the RAF as a boy entrant and for a while he was its youngest recruit.
Trained as an aircraft engineer, John worked on engines for the first 18 years of his RAF career. He was posted to Kinloss in 1948, the first of three postings, and it was there that his association with RAF Mountain Rescue began.
His passion for climbing and the outdoors had, however, been apparent from an early age. He began climbing at the age of 11 and was was an early member of the Youth Hostel Association. He kept a detailed diary from his early teens until his death, detailing his life, expeditions, and outdoor career.
At age 33, John’s mountaineering experience was recognised and most of the remainder of his 30 years’ service career was spent as leader of RAF mountain rescue teams. Following a few years with the Leuchars team, in 1961 he took over as leader at Kinloss, the team responsible at that time for the north of Scotland and most of the islands. John remained at Kinloss throughout the 1960s. During this time he was awarded the BEM for services to mountain rescue. A joint services expedition took him to Mt. McKinlay in 1962, and another to the Himalayas to climb one of the Dualagiris in 1965.
A posting to lead the team at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus in 1969 gave John the opportunity for further travel. He visited Alum Kuh and Demavend in the Elburz, Kuh-i-Dinar in the Zagros mountains in 1972, Mt. Kenya, and enjoyed a holiday trip to Mt. Etna. He also undertook a trans-Iceland trip in 1972.
During his time with the RAF, John gained the Mountaineering Instructors Certificate, a civilian qualification. Posted back to Kinloss and back to his trade as aircraft fitter in 1972, he responded to an advert for Chief Expeditions Officer on the schooner, “Captain Scott”, built in Buckie at the Herd and MacKenzie shipyard. Buckie was the family home of his wife, Betty. The schooner was to operate between the Outward Bound establishments of the Moray Sea School at Burghead, and the Loch Eil Centre near Fort William. Upon appointment, John resigned from the RAF after 30 years’ service and began his new role facilitating and leading month-long sails upon the schooner for young people in which they sailed the ship around the west and north of the Highlands and Islands, with three land-based expeditions also included.
With the decommissioning of the schooner as a training vessel, John became an instructor at the Outward Bound Centre, Loch Eil, teaching sailing, rock and ice climbing, canoeing, general mountaineering and organising the Skye Treks. He worked with Outward Bound for 20 years.
John also served as a member and past President of the Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland, and became the Committee's representative in compiling and supplying rescue staitics to the Scottish Mountain Club between 1981-2002.
John Hinde died on 28 June 2002 at his home in Findochty.
[Source: https://diariesofjohnhinde.wordpress.com/]
Found in 98 Collections and/or Records:
Outward Bound annotated photograph album of John Hinde., 1983-1985.
Large unbound album contains photographs of Outward Bound course participants and trainers undertaking various activities including sailing, mountaineering, hiking, canoeing, camping, and first aid. Photographs also capture Scottish landscapes. Images have been labelled and dated.
Outward Bound annotated photograph album of John Hinde., 1984.
Unbound album contains photographs of Outward Bound course participants and trainers undertaking various activities including sailing, mountaineering, hiking, and camping. Photographs also capture Scottish landscapes. Images have been labelled and dated. Folder also includes a poster depicting Norman Croucher climbing Tocllaraju mountain in Peru, possibly taken from his book 'A Man and His Mountains'.
Outward Bound annotated photograph album of John Hinde., 1986.
Unbound album contains photographs of Outward Bound course participants and trainers undertaking various activities including sailing, mountaineering, hiking, and camping. One photograph dates from 12 December 1985. Photographs also capture Scottish landscapes. Images have been labelled and dated. Folder also includes two letters to John Hinde, and some brief photographs at the rear of social gatherings.
Outward Bound annotated photograph album of John Hinde., 1987.
Unbound album contains photographs of Outward Bound course participants and trainers undertaking various activities including mountaineering, hiking, and camping. Photographs also capture Scottish landscapes and features of interest. Images have been labelled and dated. Folder also includes brief letters to John Hinde.
Outward Bound annotated photograph album of John Hinde., 1987.
Outward Bound annotated photograph album of John Hinde., 1988.
Unbound album contains photographs of Outward Bound course participants and trainers undertaking various activities including mountaineering, hiking, sailing, and camping. Photographs also capture the Outward Bound Centre, Scottish landscapes, and features of interest, as well as a small number of photographs showing John Hinde in New York with his family. Images have been labelled and dated.
Outward Bound annotated photograph album of John Hinde., 1989.
Unbound album contains photographs of Outward Bound course participants and trainers undertaking various activities including mountaineering, hiking, and camping. Photographs also capture Scottish landscapes, and features of interest, as well as a small number of photographs showing John Hinde and family/friends on hikes. Images have been labelled and dated.
Outward Bound annotated photograph album of John Hinde., 1990.
Unbound album contains photographs of Outward Bound course participants and trainers undertaking various activities including group work, mountaineering, hiking, camping, and sailing. Photographs also capture Scottish landscapes, and features of interest. Images have been labelled and dated.
Outward Bound annotated photograph album of John Hinde., 1991.
Outward Bound annotated photograph album of John Hinde., 1991.
Unbound album contains photographs of Outward Bound course participants and trainers undertaking various activities including mountaineering, hiking, and sailing. Photographs also capture Scottish landscapes, features of interest, and a small number of photographs depict Hinde family outings in nature. Images have been labelled and dated. File also includes participants' lists and course reports, and a small number of letters.
Outward Bound annotated photograph album of John Hinde, labelled '1992 Pics', 1992.
Unbound album contains photographs of Outward Bound course participants and trainers undertaking various activities including mountaineering, hiking, and camping. Photographs also capture Scottish landscapes, features of interest, and a small number of photographs depict Hinde family outings in nature. Images have been labelled and dated. File also includes an illustrated map and notes concerning an abseiling activity.
Outward Bound annotated photograph album of John Hinde, labelled '1992 Pics'., 1992.
Unbound album contains photographs of Outward Bound course participants and trainers undertaking various activities including mountaineering, hiking, camping, water work, and group work. Photographs also capture Scottish landscapes, features of interest, and a small number of photographs depict the Hinde family at home and in nature, and some social occasions. Images have been labelled and dated.
Outward Bound annotated photograph album of John Hinde, labelled '1992 Pics'., 1992.
Unbound album contains photographs of Outward Bound course participants and trainers undertaking various activities including hiking, camping, sailing, and group work. Photographs also capture Scottish landscapes, features of interest, and a small number of photographs depict the Hinde family hiking. Images have been labelled and dated. File also includes some printed illustrations and maps concerning an abseiling activity, alongside a calendar for 1992.
Outward Bound annotated photograph album of John Hinde, labelled '1994 Pics'., 1994.
Unbound album contains photographs of Outward Bound course participants and trainers undertaking various activities including hiking, mountaineering, and camping. Photographs also capture Scottish landscapes, features of interest, a Hinde family holiday in Spain, the Hinde family hiking in Scotland, and other family outings. Images have been labelled and dated. File also contains a small number of letters to John Hinde.
Outward Bound annotated photograph album of John Hinde, labelled '1995 Pics'., 1995.
Unbound album contains family-oriented photographs, including those capturing the Hinde family in nature, on a family holiday in Tenerife, [?walking in Yorkshire], enjoying celebratory occasions, and on group hikes with friends. A small number of images may refer to Outward Bound course activities. An assortment of Scottish landscapes are also depicted.
Outward Bound annotated photograph album of John Hinde, labelled 'Early 1993 Pics'., 1993.
Unbound album contains photographs of Outward Bound course participants and trainers undertaking various activities including hiking, mountaineering, camping, and sailing. Photographs date primarily from Jan-August 1993. They also capture Scottish landscapes, features of interest, a Hinde family holiday in [?France], the Hinde family hiking and skiing in Scotland, and a number of social occasions. Images have been labelled and dated.
Outward Bound annotated photograph album of John Hinde, labelled 'Pics 1996'., 1996.
Unbound album contains photographs capturing the Hinde family on holiday in Spain and being outdoors in Scotland, alongside photographs of groups mountaineering and hiking in Scotland, and various images of Scottish landscapes and topographical features of interest.
Outward Bound annotated photograph albums., 1983-1996.
Papers and reports of John Hinde., 1980-2002.
Papers of John Hinde concerning the Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland., 1980-2002.
This series contains Hinde's papers and reports concerning the Mountain Rescue Committee of Scotland, and press cuttings he compiled as he worked to provide rescue/incident statistics to the Scottish Mountaineering Club on behalf of the Committee.
Papers of John Hinde, including mountaineering diaries, scrapbooks, and annotated photograph albums.
Scrapbooks of John Hinde., 1970-1984; 1993-1995.
This series contains two original bound scrapbooks created by John Hinde to record his time as Chief Expeditions Officer on the training schooner, 'Captain Scott'. Scrapbooks primarily contain press cuttings and ephemera, with volume I also including some loose enclosures in the form of photographs, letters, notes, and ephemera. For ease, these loose items have been housed seperately in a folder alongside the volume.
Typescripts of written works of John Hinde., 1970s-2000s.
This series contains papers, typescript drafts, and correspondence relating to two writing projects undertaken by Hinde in the 1970s-1980s, in which he sought to capture his personal and professional recollections for publication. Working titles included 'Confessions of a Climber' and 'The Ealeanora's Falcons'. Later correspondence also appears, written by Hinde's daughter Fiona Wild regarding the writing projects.
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