In reply to UKC Articles:
Having met Pete's Dad after the funeral,it was easy to see where the kindness and climbing gift came from.
He took Pete climbing at age 15 and by the end of the first day,the son was outclimbing the father.
Kirton senior had tried the Cromlech girdle before the first ascent and had often dossed at the famous workmens' hut
under the Cromlech boulders.Quite a trek for a Geordie.