I’ve figured out that through careful gathering and jumping, it’s possible (albeit in a pain in the ass) to access the area with the cow without the Squirt ability.

This also means that you can get enough drops to access the 1st heart of the Influence without ever having to use the cable car.

It usually takes me about 20 tries of trial and error to perform this trick, but a more skilled player could probably figure out how to do it consistently. I highly doubt this would be useful in a normal speedrun, but IMO it’s still cool, simply because it’s a sequence break.