Film About Barry Blanchard Now Online
Spindrift: the story of Barry Blanchard focuses on his life and climbs, and it's now available to watch online
An award winning film about the life of Barry Blanchard called Spindrift is now available to watch online for just over $10. Blanchard is one of Canada’s most accomplished alpinists and mountain guides.
His routes up the north face of North Twin, the east face of Mount Fay, and the Emperor Face of Mount Robson are among the hardest in Canada. In the Himalayas, his climb of the North Face of Rakaposhi in 1984 with Kevin Doyle and Dave Cheesmond was a monumental ascent at the time. And in 1988, with three companions, he almost succeeded in an alpine-style ascent of the Rupal Face of Nanga Parbat. Read a story by Blanchard and Peter Arbic about climbing The Wild Thing here.
In 2015, Blanchard’s book The Calling received The Boardman Tasker Award, but no film had ever been produced highlighting his climbing achievements until Spindrift. Watch it below.
Spindrift
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