ALPINIST RETURNS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 485, 15 October 1928, Page 7

ALPINIST RETURNS

SUMMER IN SWISS ALPS PLANS NEW ASSAULTS Among the passengers by the Ruahine from England was Mr. H. E. L. Porter, who spends the northern summer every year in the Swiss Alps. He is returning to New Zealand after an absence of two years to renew his acquaintance with the Southern Alps. In former years Mr. Porter has made many notable ascents, including Mount Cook, Mount Tasman, and other wellknown peaks in that region. This summer he hopes to climb five peaks which he has not previously attempted, including Mount Douglas and Mount Dampier. The former was climbed about 30 years ago by the Rev. Canon Newton and Aleck Graham, who made their ascent from the Fox Glacier. Douglas has not yet been climbed from the Tasman Glacier side, which presents the most difficult asceiu. Dampier lias been climbed but once by Miss Freda du Faur and Peter Graham, who made the ascent in pre-war days. Mr. Porter confesses to a great love for the Mount Cook region, which he considers a magnificent asset to the Dominion, embracing some of the finest alpine scenery and climbing in the word. Mr. Porter and his wife, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Barker, of “Waihi,” Woodbury. South Canterbury, travelled out with the latter from England.