db wrote on Mar 30^th, 2012 at 6:50am:

Sturgeon to Russell the hard way has a "you gotta be freaken kidding me" factor I'll not soon forget. It is what it is and will get your heart beating rain or shine though.

I have done Sturgeon/Russell stair way. I think the Kash to Joyce has got to taller. Maybe it was the end of the day, but I felt that at any moment, I was going to be reach  the pearly gates be able to shake Elvis's hand before I descended back down to Joyce.

For me my favorite portage is Badwater. Badwater was the first "real" portage I did as a skinny 13 year old. Every time I cross that portage since I use it as my measuring stick, to see what kind of shape I am in etc.