| Russians first reached the upper Yenisei in 1605, travelling from the Ob River, up the Ket River, portaging and then down the Yenisei as far as the Sym River. |
| Without helicopter rescue, crews would have had to be self-reliant through a combination of paddling and portaging boats through water and over the ice to reach land. |
| The salmon fishing, black bear, moose, and caribou sightings, and frequent stops for scouting and portaging easily turn running the Main into a weeklong wilderness adventure. |
| The best ones have a scuff-proof cover, fold up for portaging, and join two types of foam padding. |
| All told, we'd traversed some forty-eight miles, paddling and portaging. |
| Their 33-mile adventure took nine days of scrambling, portaging, and even swimming. |
