Red Sentinel, Northwest Corner (Kraus Route). After 25 years Red Sentinel was climbed by the line by which it was first attempted. Greg Joiner and I made the ascent on August 7. After squeezing through a cleft at the top of a capped chimney, the climb begins in earnest by nailing (A2) a rotten expanding flake. (The rock here is loose to the point of being dangerous.) Old pitons from the ’40’s may still be found. The route continues by free climbing over rounded bulges to a small platform high on the west side of the North Face. From here small holds are followed (F8) up the face and back to the ridge, which is then climbed to the summit.

David Buchanan Ingalls