BARRY BLANCHARD
Born: 1959 at Calgary, AB, Canada
Mailing Address:
134 Settler Way
Canmore, Alberta
Canada
T1W 1E2
phone: 1(403) 609 4615
cell: 1(403) 609 1321
email: barry@barryblanchard.ca
GUIDING CERTIFICATIONS:
- Mountain Guide, Union International des Associations des Guides des Montagnes (UIAGM), also known as the International Federation of Mountain Guide Associations (IFMGA), 1996.
- Assistant Winter Guide, ACMG, 1988.
- Assistant Summer Guide, ACMG, 1983.
- Professional member Canadian Avalanche Association (CAA), 2007.
- Avalanche Level Two, CAA, 1993.
- Avalanche Level One, CAA, 1985.
- Wilderness Emergency Care, Advanced First Aid level, Rescue Dynamics, 2007.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
-Chief Guide for New Zealand with Adventure Consultants of Wanaka, NZ, October-December, 2008. Responsible for all aspects of guiding team within New Zealand
-“The Great Climb” BBC Scotland. Climbing personality on screen for a live TV broadcast from the Cairngorms, 2007.
- Head mountain rigger for “Touch The Top Of The World” made for TV movie, 2006.
- Head mountain rigger for Southern Alberta Ford commercial, 2005.
- Barry Blanchard, Mountain Guide; 1982-present. Free-lance climbing guide, and sole proprietor, responsible for guiding all aspects of mountaineering on a global basis.
- Yamnuska Mountain Adventures, 1981-present. Senior Guide responsible for mentorship of junior guides and for teaching and conducting all aspects of mountaineering: rockclimbing, ski mountaineering, waterfall ice-climbing, alpine climbing, winter mountaineering and international expeditions to high altitude peaks.
- Patagonia Ambassador and alpine design team, 1993-present. Professional alpine clothing tester and ambassador representitve of the company.
-”The Shining Mountains” HDTV series, 2004. Climbing personality and guide of the Mt Assinaboine climb.
- “The Vertical Limit” Sony TriStar feature film, 1999-2000. Head of the Talent Mountain Safety/Training Dept. responsible for training the cast to climb and safe guarding them in the mountains. Cast included Bill Paxton, Chris O’Donnell and Scott Glenn. Filmed on location in the Southern Alps of New Zealand.
-Alpine climbing section in “Beyond Gravity” climbing video.
- Ice climbing talent in "Extreme", an Imax feature, Radium, BC; Juneau, AK; 1998.
- Head mountain rigger for "Due South", Alliance TV, 1998.
- Head mountain rigger for The North Face photo shot Fernie, BC, 1997.
- Climbing talent on BBC "World Climbs", 1997. Feature documentary filmed on Mt Proboscis, Northwest Territory, Canada.
- Mountain Safety Coordinator on "The Edge", 1996. Twentieth Century Fox feature film starring Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin.
- "Great Train Journeys" BBC TV special, 1995, climbed Ha LingPeak (Canmore, AB) with Chris Bonington, the Talent.
- Narrator and Talent of "On Ice" the ice climbing video, 1995.
- Molsons beer commercial, TV, 1995, the Talent.
- "Last of the Dogmen" the motion picture, 1994. Head of Mountain safety and rigging.
- Molsons corporate image TV commercial, 1993. Principal climber: the "Talent".
- National Geographic photo shot, 1993. Model and mountain safety.
- Mountain Madness, 1992,1993. Waterfall ice Guide.
- "Cliffhanger" the motion picture, 1992. Mountain safety/rigger, responsible for all aspects of mountain safety and rigging on location in the Italian Dolomites.
- Elzinga Adventure Centre, 1990-1992. Expedition Coordinater leading expeditions to Argentina, Nepal and the Yukon.
- "The Extreme Edge" an ABC sports special, 1991. Head rigger responsible for all the mountain rigging on the Frendo spur, Chamonix, France.
- The Alpine Club of Canada, 1990,1991. Lead Guide on the Winter Alpinist course.
- "K-2" the motion picture, 1990. Climbing double, all on camera climbing by the "Harold" character.
- Lake Eden Ski Hill (Edmonton), 1989. Ski Patroller.
- Selkirk Mountain Experience, 1988. Assistant Ski Guide responsible for guiding ski ascents on the Durrand Glacier.
- Mountain Equipment Co-op, 1986-1987. Sales clerk.
- Campus Recreation, U. of C. 1983. Waterfall ice guide.
In addition to the above I have, since 1984, contributed regularily to various mountaineering periodicals including "Climbing", "Rock & Ice", "Gripped", "Alpinist", the "Canadian Alpine Journal", the "American Alpine Journal" ; I have had pieces published in "Canadian Summits", "The Canadian Mountaineering Anthology", "World Mountaineering", "Heroic Climbs", and "Contact -Mountain Climbing and Environmental Thinking".
-The Bill March Summit of Excellence Award for significant contribution to mountain life, Banff Festival of Mountain Films, Nov, 2002.
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