It’s been fun trolling the Internet for information on Nepal’s rivers. Aqua-philes are strange beasts, if you can judge by their joyous metaphors about South Asia’s whitewater: “Like being flushed down an open-air toilet.” “Like reading an erotic novel.” “Like a pinball machine and you’re the ball.” “Orgasmic.” Some people offer valuable advice, like “Try not to get hung up on the bone-cracking boulder placed nastily in the middle of this section of the river.” […]
Read moreMonth: August 2007
Revised Itinerary
I’m still intrigued by the possibility of going rafting. I’d get to see a different part of the country — not just the river itself but the countryside enroute. And the rivers pass through remote villages so I’d get a fleeting glimpse of life in other parts of Nepal, in addition to the Sherpa region where we’re trekking. On our Upper Klamath trip this summer I realized I don’t like nonstop, big rapids. It’s such […]
Read moreRiver Rafting in Nepal?
I thought it might be fun to do a river-rafting trip too … probably not enough time, may be too late in the season, likely costs too much, but worth considering. Here are rafting company possibilities, hacked down from dozens I checked out. Hard to know which are reputable. Cheryl’s been sending out queries for me. And when Greg gets back from the Magpie, maybe I’ll see if he has ideas. I’ve asterisked the ones […]
Read moreEarly Preparations
Since Cheryl got back from Nepal in June we’ve had a couple chances to get together for yacking and planning. She told me what I might encounter with respect to food, lodging, sanitation, culture, religion, topography, climate. She looked over my heap of camping and river rafting supplies and made the welcome pronouncement that I’ve got what I need, except for my Holy Grail: painless boots. We made preliminary plans for a route through the […]
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