Last time I was at the Quetico to Beaverhouse portage, (the one with the car?) a guy carrying a stripper and no pack placed the boat into Quetico and sat down and watched me as I was taking out. At the end of my first portage trip, his partner was digging around in a pack but looked up in time to watch me fall on my butt down a muddy bank. (I took the longer extension to avoid that stretch the next two trips.)

At the beginning of my second portage trip the first guy was still sitting there. At the end, the other guy was standing next to one humongous Duluth pack - just standing there. I remember being kind of impressed that they got all their stuff in one single pack but thought it weird he was just standing there..

At the beginning of my third trip, I think the guy might of asked if I'd seen his buddy. At the end of my third portage trip, I kind-of waited around ... turns out neither of them could lift that pack all by themselves.

Now I'm sure I've shared that story here before and I don't remember if it was my second or third trip and it's a short portage but I do remember waiting around just to see why both of them were in pause mode.