Pre-Falls (III). Before I could exhaust myself portaging the Falls, must contend with finding a path through the Pre-Falls. Could find no comfortable way for a solo, loaded paddler on the first day of a five day trip to run it, so skirted via a short portage on river right. Seemed to be time to gather up the flotsam if a flip occurred before being swept into the upper falls. Still, the water was moving downstream. You had to go right at Mongo rock but the rocks below the falls made that difficult. After delaying too long before the obvious, took the portage path down the gorge. Whipped me.