For all those who hear the heart of the mountains, this event may be your calling. Barry Blanchard will be speaking at the Patagonia Vancouver store on Thursday February 26th, 2015. Doors open at 730pm and talk starts at 8pm. For those not familiar, Barry Blanchard (born March 29, 1959 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is one of North America’s top alpinists, noted for pushing the standards of highly technical, high-risk alpine climbing in the Canadian Rockies and the Himalayas