I met Ken at a BMC AGM in Caernarvon in the early 70's and all that has been written about his passion for climbing and its literature was immediately evident.Rather frightening.Never a good climber,as I became ever less active I compensated by acquiring more and more mountain-related books and still treasure the list of Diadem and Baton Wicks publications that Ken sent me - to make sure I had not forgotten to get them all he said - and a handwritten letter about Frank Smythe biographies.He hoped Tony Smythe would write one and,although he didn't plan to publish it himself, he said it would be good as "Tony is a fine writer".So it proved.We spoke about books several times over the years and he was ever helpful and always had an opinion on what was worth reading - or not! My little library would be hugely poorer in quantity and quality without his immense efforts and personal kindness.