Steep creeking in Nepal? It's possible!

Namaste! After I won the Himalayan Whitewater Festival I went back to good old Pokhara. It's a good place to relax and get ready for the next mission.

me, enjoying the first drop

Close to town is the Seti River. After one run of the upper Seti five weeks ago, I said:"Never again!" It was just rocky bullshit. But then, Anton and Will came back from a first descent of one canyon further upstream of the normal put-in and told us about great waterfalls in a narrow canyon.

So we went up there for a few times and paddled the shit. It was just incredible to find waterfalls like this in Nepal! So much FUN! Enjoy the pictures...

early morning in Pokhara. ready to go!

thanks the Porters!

me in the lower canyon, second drop...

and first drop
Basti goes for a SICK boof!!

Yesterday we came back from a other trip up there. But this time we went further up to a other canyon which nobody had run before. It wasn't that good, just two nice drops and the rest portage. But still a good adventure with campfire, sleeping outside, climbing through the jungle and exploring a beautiful valley where not many people have been before.

nice drops and crazy jungle on the upper canyon

Now I'm back in Pokhara, waiting for a call from the police so that i can pick up my kayak. I'm such a lucky man that they found it and the guy who have stolen it! Yeahh, I hope he goes to jail!

Thanks to Tim Ripper for the pictures! more of it at
www.picasaweb.google.com/timripperphotography

all the best

Don Ron

Team Riders rock the Himalayan WhiteWater challenge

Ron congratulating Lilli after she won the ladies freestyle event

Namaste from Nepal, the favourite destination for team riders this autumn. Lilli, Ron, Tim and James have been racing round this superb country enjoying the excellant multiday paddling opportunities the Himalayers have to offer. Last weekend most of the paddlers met up for the Himalayan WhiteWater challenge on the Trisuli river, the event was made up of a slalom, rodeo and downriver race. In the International Mens Expert class Tim finished in second place and Ron took the top spot, in the Womens event Lilli finished in third place just a few points behind the top spot and I made a clean sweep of the combined C1/OC1 class by virtue of the fact I was the only canoe paddler in attendence! We all won a nights stay in an expensive hotel in Kathmandu and Ron also scored a Safari in Chitwan National Park, sweet.
We are now chilling in Pokarha for a few days washing ourselves and our things and making some plans for the next mission.
A few shots from the event, not much as the internet and computers here are challenging!

Me hitting an old skool pirouette

Champion Ron in the house

Lilli preparing for the final round of the knock out finals by stealing Antons rum!

Air loop creak boat stylee

The party, everybody loves a party and this one went off, I still have no voice

Stay safe world and come visit Nepal with your canoe, it is superb!
Lilli, Ron, Tim and James
Nookie Team Riders on a mission.
PS
Some thieving toerags took Ron's lime green Riot Thunder 76 kayak and Kober Scorpion kayak paddle from the event, both are easy to recognise as they have big Nookie stickers on. If you see this boat on the river in Nepal or India, or anywhere for that matter please let us know, there is a finders reward.