the trip. Was asked to be a member of the 1963 American Everest Expedition. In those days there was no such thing as a The North Face sponsorship deal and Smoke made his living driving a truck. He had to turn down the Everest offer because it would have been impossible on a trucker's salary. Caught malaria in Kenya in 1973. In the early 1970s was the director of the Palisades School of Mountaineering. Wrote an autobiography of his unconventional life. After some prodding he authored Walking Up and Down in the World: Memories of a Mountain Rambler. The book was published in 1984 by Sierra Club Books and is a collection of Mr. Blanchard's tales of old-school climbing, trekking and mountaineering. The book goes into detail concerning his walks, climbs, and bicycle rides in the Sierras, The Western US, Alaska, India, Japan, and Nepal. A climbing route on the Middle Palisade, named in honor of Smoke, The Smoke Buttress (IV, 5.9) put up by Steve Porcella and Cameron Burns in 1990. Galen Rowell and Doug Robinson developed a hard climbing route on the face of Wheeler Peak in 1972 that they named Smokestack (IV, 5.10a) for Mr. Blanchard. Member (Grandfathered) of the American Mountain Guides Association – AMGA A direct influence on every major guide currently working in the Sierra or is linked to them by a single degree of separation. Further reading Walking Up and Down in the World: Memories of a Mountain Rambler, by Smoke Blanchard, 1984, American Alpine Journal: 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1972, & 1990 Norman Clyde of the Sierra Nevada Rambles Through the Range of Light by Norman Clyde, Close Ups of the High Sierra by Norman Clyde, A Night on the Ground, a Day in the Open, by Doug Robinson, 2004, Climb to Glory: The Adventures of Bill Hackett, by June W. Hackett & Ric Conrad, 2000, A Search for Smoke. Website Essay. The Himalayan Database: The Expedition Archives of Elizabeth Hawley, by Elizabeth Hawley & Richard Salisbury, 2004 Chouinard Equipment Catalog, 1972 References Walking Up and Down in the World: Memories of a Mountain Rambler, Smoke Blanchard, Sierra Club Press, 1984 American Alpine Journal: 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1972, & 1990 Norman Clyde of the Sierra Nevada: Rambles through the range of light; 29 essays on the mountains, by Norman Clyde, 1971 A Day on the Ground and a Night