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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



We reached the base of the main cliff and decided to see 

 if another method of ascent were feasible. We found it easy 

 to follow up the slope to the left along the base of the main 

 cliff until we reached a chimney, partially filled with snow, 

 which furnished a means of easy ascent to the main ridge 

 that gave access to the summit. Having arrived on the 

 Kings River side of the ridge we saw our mistake, for to 

 reach the summit from that side only required careful work 

 over the loose blocks and broken faces of the main peak. 

 Shortly after nine o'clock we built a cairn and deposited the 

 Sierra Club register. We found no record or evidence to 

 indicate that a previous ascent had been made. The view 

 was superb, commanding, as it did, the basins of the Kern- 

 Kaweah and Upper Kern and Roaring River on the Kings 

 River side. It was a clear day and we could see quite plainly 

 Mount Ritter and Banner Peak more than eighty miles to 

 the north, and most of the peaks of the main crest as far 

 south as Mount Whitney and beyond. The summit of 

 Milestone has a good many square feet of quite level space, 

 but drops off perpendicularly and actually overhangs on 

 almost all sides. 



Following the route that we did finally, any mountaineer 

 can safely climb Milestone. Several other members of our 

 party, on learning of our success, made the ascent. 

 ' If the newly discovered pass proves as feasible as it would 

 seem to be, when proper trails of approach have been built, 

 this wonderful Milestone region will be one of the most 

 attractive features of a trip from the Kings into the Kern. 



