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THE ROUGHEST, TOUGHEST SURVIVAL STORIES FROM THE YOKE BY CONOR MIHELL
o canoe-tripper can deny the feeling of satisfaction that comes at the end of a
portage, when the watery destination sparkles through the trees and the trail tends downhill. Immediately the canoe or pack become light on your shoulders and struggles are forgotten— sort of. In assembling this list, we came to the conclusion that Bill Mason’s favourite saying, “Anyone who ever tells you that portaging is fun has got to be a liar or crazy,” was only half right. Tere’s a healthy dose of pride, humour and even happiness in all these tales, which goes to show that sometimes you have to go through a bit of hell to get to heaven.
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