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Smoke Blanchard was born on 3 March, 1915 in Montana, is an American mountain climber. Discover Smoke Blanchard's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

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Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 3 March, 1915
Birthday 3 March
Birthplace Montana
Date of death 23 June, 1989
Died Place California
Nationality Montana

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1915

William Earl "Smoke" Blanchard (March 3, 1915 – June 23, 1989) was an American mountaineer, climber, trekking leader, guide, world traveler, writer, Buddhist, and a truck driver.

He was born in Montana and moved to Portland, Oregon in his early childhood and discovered a love for mountains in the shadow of Mount Hood.

1930

He spent his formative mountaineering years on Mount Hood during the mid to late 1930s.

He was present during the "Golden Age" of climbing on Mount Hood, and under the tutelage of Gary Leech became a proponent of climbing solo and establishing new routes on the mountain.

1937

Smoke made his first trip to the Yosemite Valley in 1937 and later that summer stumbled into the Eastern Sierra town of Bishop.

1942

He relocated there from Portland before 1942 and by 1943 had "discovered" the Buttermilks: an area of rocks that became his playground, and the training ground for young climbers like Doug Robinson, Galen Rowell, and Don Jenson.

1967

In 1967, he married Su Ahlstrom after proposing to her on the top of Mount Hood.

She had two children from a previous marriage, Glen and Lorelle, and Smoke had one son, Robert, from a previous marriage.

1972

In 1972, Smoke led a group that included his son Robert and Jules Eichorn to the top of Clyde Peak to scatter Clyde's ashes from that summit.

1976

Su died in 1976.

He was widely known in the Himalayas by porters, cooks, trekking Sirdars, and fellow guides.

1984

He was so accepted into this small fraternal group that he became acquainted with both Edmund Hillary (who reviewed Smoke's 1984 book) and Tenzing Norgay.

His relationship with Tenzing was both personal and professional, with the two leading treks in Bhutan together and sharing meals and time in Tenzing's home in Darjeeling.

Smoke's first association with nationally and internationally renowned climbers had started years earlier while still climbing the slopes of Mount Hood and continued after his move to Bishop.

His friendship with uber-climber and California mountaineering legend Norman Clyde is well documented.

Smoke was one of Clyde's last great friends in life and saw to the man's needs during the illness and decline that led to his death.

1989

By 1989, Smoke was splitting his time between a home in Japan and his small apartment above a house he still owned in Bishop.

He was in a relationship with a young Japanese woman named Keiko Ishikawa.

Early that summer, they traveled from Japan to Italy to lead a walk in the Dolomites.

He and Keiko then flew back to the U.S. to spend some time in Bishop.

During the drive home from Los Angeles International Airport, Smoke relinquished the wheel to Keiko and crawled in the back of his small truck to sleep under the camper shell.

Somewhere near the town of Mojave, Keiko lost control of the vehicle; it slipped from the road and rolled.

She was relatively unhurt but Smoke suffered massive head trauma and after spending more than a week in intensive care, he died of his injuries on June 23, 1989.

His friends held a memorial service for him in the Buttermilk Rocks near Bishop as the summer climbing season wound down and before the Asian trekking season started, allowing all of his friends, fellow guides, and loved ones to be there.

There was a light dusting of snow on the ground that day and the air was crisp during the service attended by more than two hundred people celebrating the man's life and retelling stories of times shared with Smoke through tears and laughter.

Smoke Blanchard was cremated and his remains were scattered up in Big Pine Canyon, California between the fourth and fifth lakes in the Eastern Sierra that he so loved.