Conversation:

Ohh no, when you read through the whole Inspiration journal you took note of mistakes you made. But. But But But remember that hindsight is 20/20. You had to go through all that in order to know what mistakes were made. Ironical and Life

And you are being too hard on yourself. The weather really messed a lot of people up this year.

How portaging's supposed to be done!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VWjE2mELIQs

Impressive or what?

You know, a long time ago I use to row in eights racing.

I don't know why we didn't do that - we used to go through the lock and walk the boat up/down with the oars as the lock filled/emptied.
Perfectly feasible although a landing area would have helped but then with a kayak it would too.

... think...

Oars

That's why

Special clips to hold them to the sides while still in their locks?

No, just that there's eight if them any they're about 12 feet long. Kind if tricky to carry them and the boat at the same time.