We managed about 32kms today which wasn't too bad given that the day included a portage of five and a half hours. The portage was a tough one and really hard work. There was a steep hill of about 300m high which we had to carry our gear up and over. We must have been the first ones through for this season as there weren't any tracks of where anyone else might have come through. We made the trek several times before finally getting all our gear over. Then the final trek of bringing the canoe, Tony and I dragged the canoe with ropes it must have still weighed about 50kgs!
The numbers of mozzies didn't make the portage any easier, they're in plague proportions!!
We did five rapids which went quite well and we'll be approaching more over these next couple of days. The canoe feels really very stable and is handling well through the rapids.
All in all, today has been one of the toughest to date.
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