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EXPEDITIONS
Ram Silwal has participated in, and lead, several major, international
expeditions in the Himalayas. Some of them have been filmed
for international TV-channels like National Geographic Channel
and Outdoor Life Network. His expedition articles has been
published in magazines such as Playboating UK, Canoest, Canoe
and Kayak, American Whitewater, Action Asia, the Nepali Times,
Paddling Magazine of Sweden and others.
Source to Sea Expedition: For the first time ever two men
has paddled from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal
On the 13:th of September two Nepali expedition kayakers
returned to Kathmandu after they had accomplished their 23-day
dream expedition - from the Source to the Sea. This expedition
has never been done before. Ram Silwal and Endra Rai paddled
from the put in high up in the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal,
a journey of around 1350 km, crossing three countries, in
19 days.
Read
and download Press Release here>>
Expeditions
for British Army
Ram Silwal led training expeditions for the British Army in
both 2000 and 2001 and he also got invited and worked with
the Army-team in the French Alps and Norwegian rivers.
First
descent of Likhu Khola
Ram led the first descent expedition down the Likhu Khola
for an all-nepali kayaking team in 2001.
Read the article about the expedition from Nepali Times>>
Dudh Kosi 2000
Ram Silwal was the first Nepali to paddle the Dudh Koshi in
2000 - the river that drains from Mt. Everest. The expedition
was turned into the documentary "Himalayan Survival"
shown on "Outdoor Life Network".
Ganges 2002
Read
article of Rams expedition down the Ganges in 2002, published
in American Whitewater>>
Arun Gorge 2004
Ram Silwal is also the expedition partner of Gerry Moffat,
an expedition paddeler from Scotland who runs the adventure
film production company Equator Production. Some of the expeditions
they have done together has turned into films, the latest
one about an expedition to the upper Arun Gorge are showing
om National Geographic Channel around the world.
Read
Paddler Magazine article about expeditions with Gerry Moffat>>
Southern India 2006
Ram and his friends spent a month exploring waterfalls in
southern India and among other adventures did a first descent
of Hogenakkal falls.
Read
more about the first decsent of Hogenakkal falls>>
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