A year has passed since I visited the Buddha’s birth country, and I cannot wait to return.
The Himalayas play host to all types of ultra-classic rivers that are just there for the slaying. It’s a long journey to Kathmandu and quite a trip once you are there; so bring along a good book or two, a deck of cards, some spare undies, and an adventurous appetite.
Get yourself a copy of Peter Knowles’s book: Whitewater Nepal, a plane ticket (Virgin flies to Delhi and doesn’t charge for kayaks), a motivated homie or two, fly over there and be somebody.

nagdi creek tributary to the marsiandi photo by shawn robertson

marsiandi river. photo by maxi kneiwasser

modi khola creek. photo by maxi kneiwasser

scenic paddle-out on the modi. photo by mw

maxi goes for a surf at jailhouse rapid on the karnali river. photo by mw

more marsiandi tributary action. photo by maxi kneiwasser

feeling right at home on the far side of the world. photo by shawn robertson