Can't find the other Bill Mason quote...

The one in "Waterwalker" where he talks about going back for the second load and how that's the one part of the portage when you actually get to notice things and see what you're hiking through without the distraction of a 75 pound boat resting on on your shoulders or three packs perched on a tumpline and straining your head forward to keep them up there or a 60 litre food barrel with20 pounds of tent/sleeping bag/tarp bungee-corded to it.. The idea that you can just absorb the nature around you while you walk back unencumbered....that's what I wanted to bring to this blog.