Portaging a canoe is as
easy as simply picking a
canoe up, sticking it on your shoulder, and carrying the
damnable thing across the land to wherever the next patch of water is you wish to
navigate. Of course, it's not as
easy as it sounds.
There are some basic laws that regard portaging a canoe.
- It will either be ridicously cold, or ridicously hot.
- If it's not heavy, it won't be packed well, and stuff will fall off without end.
- Something will attack you, be it mosquitos, bats, dogs, or bears.
- You will either sprain your ankle, or step on a snake.
- Your portage partner will faint, crushing you with the canoe.
- If it's not flooded, it will be frozen.
- You will wish "Land of 1,000 lakes" meant "land of one giant lake" very quickly.
If this doesn't phase you, always remember that portage means pain in the natives tounge.