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[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start [age]] [[underlined]] Up White Mtn. Peak Sept. 11 [[/underlined]]. Left Birdseye to go to traps & finish bird report & started early in morning for the peaks. Climbed out of canyon on east side & followed mesa about 10 miles south, then up ridge about 5 miles west to top of Thomas Peak at 11280 feet. Did not have time to go over to [[underlined]] Ord peak [[/underlined]], still 3 miles farther west & about 200 feet higher, but Thomas Peak is sharper & rougher with more of a timberline on cold slope. Found it an easy climb & could have ridden a horse to the top if I could have gotten him out of the canyon at camp. Found the distance greater than I expected & did not start down from the peak until 4:30 P.M., so did not try to get back to camp. Spent the night in an old burning on the lower slope of the mountain at about 9500 feet. Made a bough bed against a log & kept a fire burning & slept by spells all night. Found little sign of game and the forest and mountain top are extremely lifeless for such ideal conditions. Grass is abundant in
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