In reply to Iain Peters:
Hi Iain
Was that Christmas 1980? (I've no idea of Porter's activities outside of Yosemite, apart from Asgard and Middle Triple Peak.)
That was the only time I ever met Rowland, but he struck me as one of those slightly understated under-the-radar all-rounders who could basically deal with whatever came his way. There's a vaguely amusing back-story to his ascent of The Trip which I'll probably tell at some point, but it's not really appropriate in this rather sad context; it doesn't actually involve Rowland, although a couple of your co-Southwesterners certainly feature.