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Recognizing that he could rise no higher in Kiev, this ambitious, natural-born commander sailed and portaged down the river Dnieper, then crossed the Black Sea to Miklagard, the Big City, as the Scandinavians called Constantinople.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2021

In his seminal book, The Emerald Mile, author Kevin Fedarko estimated the crew ran 414 rapids and portaged or lined the boats through another hundred or so.

From Washington Times • Apr. 17, 2021

Joined there by the Beauchamps, they kayaked through some “dangerous waters,” dealt with 15 logjams and portaged over the Roush Lake Dam in Huntington.

From Washington Times • Jun. 18, 2017

Paul found a campsite on a rocky point and we dropped our gear and portaged into Argo Lake for a scenic four-mile loop.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2016

For eight days they paddled, poled, tracked, and portaged, until they came at last to the point where they had first launched the canoe.

From Northern Diamonds by Pollock, Frank Lillie