When I was a teenager I was trapping below the boat ramp on a river. Motor quit 3 miles downstream. No one was on the river so I had to paddle upstream to the truck. 14 foot jon boat can be paddled but I had to paddle hard to make progress. When I made it to the boat ramp I was down to my T shirt sweating profusely and the temp was in the low 30s. Sounds tough until I think about the Lewis and Clark Expedition dragging boats and equipment upstream from MO over the Rockies.
