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Starting from Olympic Hot Springs, Crisler ascended to Oyser Lake atop Appleton Pass and crossed Spread Eagle Ridge to descend to his first food cache at the "Hotcakes Shelters". He then proceeded further into Cat Creek Basin and around Cat Peak, where he crossed the precarious Catwalk to Mt. Carrie. Following game trails (mostly Olympic Elk) and traversing steep gulleys in order to stay well above the roaring Hoh River drainage below, Crisler side-hilled across Mt. Carrie to a nice level glacier-fed camping area currently referred to as "Eleven-Bull Basin". He then ascended the shoulder separating Mt. Carrie from Stephen Peak, and dropped vertically downward to the large mosquito ridden mudpond commonly referrred to as Cream Lake (not to be confused with the heavily timbered "Last Chance Lake" which is clearly visible from the shoulder and believed to be fed by Cream Lake)). He than ascended into the visually stunning Upper Cream Lake Basin, continuing past broad saddle between the twin peaks of Mts. Ferry and Pulitzer, and finally crossing Lone Tree Pass. He then dropped into the Queets River Basin and followed a cross-country route to Lake Beauty in order to exit on the North Fork of the Quinault River.
In subsequent trips where he was more interested in convenience than records, he used the Elwah River as an exit point by dropping off the steep shale covered north face of Mt. Ferry. At that point, choices included either: 1)
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