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Thursday Aug 4. To Forks Klappan
We crossed the creek (Cyprian Creek) and
ascending the bank of its rally followed
the Klappan to its junction with a good
paved tributary, on which we camped
about noon. We placed the tents
in a canyon-like place where the
creek cuts against a shelly cliff.
The river is now much smaller than
before and rather forms one of
a bed of boulders. The little or our
left continues in a rather even
edge of rounded peaks with
nearly a thousand feet above
Timberline, while those on the
western side of the Klappan
rally are somewhat lower
Sizes on 9 good size of camp
(15 meters diameter) through we are
only a few hundred feet below
Timberline.
Friday Aug 5. Rally Destroy River
We ascended The Destroy The
Trail following the side of the valley
though poplar and willows and at
our place starting the river at the
foot of a shelly slope.
The river was rapid all the
way. We finally came and went
to a broad nearly level meander
basin strewn and clothed
mostly with dwarf brush
and many poplars cut by
beams from talus poplars
a good size (15 or 16 meters)
but not tall.
We camped near the upper
part of this valley a few
hundred feet below Timberline
Set out a line of traps
about a small shallow pond
in a basin.