Richard, I was thinking about your "surprises" and when we think of a
strainer, we think of a tree fallen in the river. I will tell you
though that to see a hugh sumederro, where the water all of a sudden
goes underground, gives a new meaning to the word - strainer!
RkyMtnHootOwl

Richard Ferguson wrote:
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I think that if you just pick a river off the map, you might be
rapelling as part of your portages. ;-) Rapelling is OK, if you have
the equipment, the crew, and the time to do it, but I am probably too
old and too smart to want to do it.

If you get the topos, you can use the feet per mile calculation to give
you a hint of which rivers are probably easy, but you would still have
to watch out for surprises.

Richard




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