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Kingston High librarian’s adventure is one for the pages
As he grew up, Patrick went through the Boy KINGSTON — In a Scouts program. Now, as an downtown building in Eagle Scout, he just deposSeattle Tuesday, Ian Patrick ited money for a trip to adjusted his hiking pack as South America where he he prepared for his ascen- plans to summit two volcasion up 42 flights of stairs. noes in June in the Andes With 20 pounds of weight mountain range: Cotopaxi inside the pack, Patrick, 45, and Cayambe. Both volcanoes are larger began to climb, imagining than 14,411 foot Mount the challenge that awaits Rainier and will require him outside the country of much more training than a Ecuador. Rainier sumAlthough mit, he said. a trip to C ayamb e “I’ll continue to go on Ecuador is is a little less an academic adventures for as long than 19,000 year away, as I can.” feet in elevathe volcation and Ian Patrick noes that Kingston High librarian C o t o p a x i Patrick will rises more face require than 19,000 steady trainfeet in elevation. ing — training he began For his second summit, Tuesday afternoon after leaving the Kingston High which Patrick climbed with his wife, Shea, and friends, School library. The Kingston High he said he probably trained librarian decided after sum- more than he needed to. In miting Mount Rainier for a the first trip, however, only second time at the end of half of the group made it to the summer he’d continue the summit, prompting him to pursue mountain climb- to overtrain for the second climb. ing, he said. The Rainier summit “I really like nature, which took two days and included drew me into climbing in the first place,” Patrick said. a stay at the Muir camp, “But of course I like read- which about 90 percent of ing too, so certain authors the hiking routes up the mountain pass through. inspired me.” Although Patrick was well Patrick read books such as “Into Thin Air” by Jon prepared, librarian techniKrakauer before he began cian Julie Kass said she was climbing, which sparked his worried about him while he was gone, she said. interest, he said. “His expertise in the
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Rowena Gay Duncan, 62
By KIPP ROBERTSON
krobertson@northkitsapherald.com
Photo courtesy of Dan Munn
Ian Patrick, right, and members of his climbing group stand at the summit of Mount Rainier as they prepare for the descent back down. The climb took two days to complete. library is unmatched and people continually look for his advice and leadership,” she said. “We don’t want anything to happen to him. As a librarian, Patrick tries to transform the use of a library from book storage to a tool that can be used as another teaching method, Kass said. Kass that said Patrick is one of the most dedicated employees she has seen.
“He’s a guru,” she said. While climbing mountains such as K2 and Everest are out of the picture because he got into climbing too late in his life, he said. But Patrick will continue to seek new thrills. Thrills which include surfing, an activity he just started last year. “I’ll continue to go on adventures for as long as I can,” Patrick said.
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Rowena Gay Duncan died Sept. 8. She was 62. Born July 4, 1931, in Stilwell, Okla., she moved to Seattle in 1948 after graduation from high school in Huntsville, Ark. After 20 years as a Safeway retail clerk, she retired in 1993 and lived her dream of a carefree snowbird, dividing her time between the family home in Poulsbo and Mesa, Ariz. She was preceded in death by husband Richard T. Duncan in 2003, and her son John Duncan in 1987. She is survived by her children Kathy Hughes (Bill), Poulsbo; Teresa McDonald (Kevin), Seattle; Tom Duncan, Fairbanks; Ed Duncan (Sharman), Shoreline; seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
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