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Mount: ‘Wasn’t sure that I would get a chance’ as chess, Scrabble and Horseshoes. “I was always getting beaten at chess, and I hoped that a combination of the altitude and my improving skill would get me a win, but that took a long time,” he said. “And with Scrabble, I learned every Q-without-aU word in existence.” There was also a poker tournament in which Whittaker came in fifth, but the winner received an allexpense-paid trip to the Bahamas. At the end of the presentation, Jim Whittaker joined his son in a question-andanswer session, where the two compared the trips and Charlie Bermant/Peninsula Daily News their respective differences. A lot of waiting The Whittaker family, from left: Joss Whittaker, Leif Whittaker, Dianne Jim said the most subHe said there was a lot of stantial technical improve- Roberts and Jim Whittaker. waiting, as the expedition ment was newly designed They will be $20 at the that Leif said at the airport him at leif.whittaker@gmail. went up the mountain a boots. door, if space remains. little more each day before was, “Dad, you did some com. Proceeds benefit youth returning to base camp, Wet feet crazy s--t up there.” Tickets to the Thursday, which had a lot of conveLeif said he rehearsed Nov. 11, presentation are outdoor education programs When he made the climb, niences, relatively speakhis public presentation available at the Wildernest at the Northwest Maritime his feet stayed wet for ing. about four times at home Outdoor Store, 929 Water Center, with a portion going to Whittaker. Everyone had their own weeks. Leif said he admired his before taking it public, and St, and at the Wooden Boat three-man tent, where they ________ could get away from all the father’s ability to make the he hopes to refine it and Chandlery in the Northwest Jefferson County Reporter other people “and have a climb without fixed ropes, give it in other places if Maritime Center. Bermant can be reached at Advance tickets are $15 Charlie little mental downtime,” something that he would people are interested. 360-385-2335 or at charlie. To book Whittaker for or $12 for Northwest Mari- bermant@peninsuladailynews. never attempt. Whittaker said. com. There were games such Jim said the first thing the presentation, e-mail time Center members.
Continued from A1 get one good shot at the top,” he said. “I went to sleep for about Whittaker was shooting to get to the summit May 1, 20 minutes — which was which would have been the the longest that I had slept 47th anniversary of the in several days — with the accomplishment of his prayer on my lips, and when I awoke, the weather was father, Jim Whittaker. He spent a week at the clear and clean and I could closest camp to the summit see Mount Everest. “So I laced up my boots waiting for the weather to change, but it didn’t cooper- and climbed to the top.” Whittaker spoke for ate. When it looked like the about 75 minutes, aided by weather window was clos- slides, videos and a healthy ing, he began to think he dose of humor. He provided some techmight never reach the top. “I began to think about nical details, and told about why I was there and wasn’t the obstacles he overcame sure that I would get a to get to the top, while prochance to make the climb,” viding anecdotal accounts about life on the mountain. he said.
Prayed to the mountain “I began to wonder what it would be like to disappoint all of you, and whether I could get [sponsor] Eddie Bauer to pay for another trip.” The weather was so cold “the only reason you ever wanted to leave your tent was to empty your pee bottle,” he said. But that changed. “I was in my tent and started to say a prayer to the mountain that I would
Briefly . . . Board: No tax increase for pool proposed
within the district’s boundary, which is the same as the Port Angeles School District. The levy costs the owner of a $200,000 home about PORT ANGELES — The $30 a year. Chapman, who is also a property tax levy that supcounty commissioner, said ports the William Shore Memorial Pool is expected to the 2011 levy will be approved at the district’s remain the same next year. next regular meeting, The William Shore scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. Memorial Pool District, which owns the pool, is not 23. “We will live within our proposing an increase, said budget,” he said. Mike Chapman, president The city of Forks is the of the five-member pool only other public entity in commission. Clallam County not considThe levy of 14.85 cents per $1,000 assessed valua- ering a property tax tion was set last November. increase for next year. It applies to properties The city of Port Angeles,
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Clallam County and Port of Port Angeles are considering increasing their property tax revenues by 1 percent.
Woman hurt in car PORT TOWNSEND — A Port Townsend woman was injured and placed under arrest after her car traveled down an embankment and hit a tree early Wednesday morning. Tammy Halpain, 48, was placed under arrest for investigation of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol after she was taken to Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, the State Patrol said.
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She was traveling eastbound on state Highway 116, three miles south of Port Townsend, at 12:23 a.m. when she failed to negotiate a curve and her 1998 Mercury Mystique ran off the road on the west side of the highway and hit a tree head-on, the State Patrol said. Halpain’s injuries were serious enough to request an airlift, but weather conditions were not safe, said State Patrol spokesman Trooper Todd Bartolac, so she was taken by aid car to the hospital. Bartolac said that she remained in the hospital Wednesday night and will
of Sequim. The Port Angeles High School Band will perform, along with the Strait Men’s Chorus and the Grand Olympics of Sweet Adeline’s International. The Port Angeles base, for the 15th consecutive year, has been designated by the Department of Veterans Affairs as one of the 21 regional Veterans Day observance sites. The Clallam County Veterans Association is sponsoring this event. Peninsula Daily News
be taken into custody as soon as her condition improves. Her car was impounded.
Veterans Day PORT ANGELES — Coast Guard Air Station/ Sector Field Office Port Angeles will host an annual Veterans Day ceremony Thursday, Nov. 11. The ceremony will be at 10:30 am. The public is welcome to attend and can enter at the front gate near the end of Ediz Hook in Port Angeles at 9:30 a.m. This year’s ceremony will feature former Army pilot Colleen McAleer
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