Olympia, Washington
1935 - 2015
Leon R. "Pete" Sinclair, Jr. August 25, 1935 - November 28, 2015 Pete was born in Boston on August 25, 1935, the first of 5 boys born to Leon R. and Janet (Coffin) Sinclair. Pete's early years were spent in Norfolk, Connecticut where he graduated high school. He attended Dartmouth College for two...
Read MoreI just watched the documentary on PBS The Grand Rescue- Mr. Sinclair was an amazing man. How proud of him his family must be. A truly Renaissance Man. And a very brave and devoted individual.
Denise Smallwood
October 05, 2018 | Pekin, IN
Pete was my teacher at Evergreen in the Marine History and Crafts program. Dinner on his sailboat, He was cooking Spam for the main course. We Greeners protested, but wait till you've tried it he cajoled! "Spam tastes great in the mountains and on the water!" Pete was right. I thought of Pete's Moby Dick seminar as I watched the movie "In the Heart of the Sea" And I think of Pete every time I pass the cases of Spam at Costco. I was fortunate to have been his student. What a story teller. What...
Stefan Schinzinger
January 08, 2016 | Alameda
What sad news! I took my first climbing class with Jackson Hole Mountain Guides in 1970 and Pete was one of the teachers. We pioneered a nasty little route on Teepee Pillar, worth forgetting, but it was a grand time. I can't remember who the other guide was on that climb, but I think it was Ted Wilson, later to become Governor of Utah, and there was "Wild" Bill Thompson and another guy named Jake, a big gentle bear of a man. My friends and I were skinny scared runts but eager to learn and to...
Sebastian Eggert
December 16, 2015 | Port Townsend, WA
Pete was the Ultimate Cool Dude climbing ranger !
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Claude Suhl
December 14, 2015 | NY
