| 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. |
The
Source to Sea expedition 2006
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. |
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Read
and download Press Release here>>
Articles about the
Source to Sea expedition:
Article
in Canoe & Kayak UK, December 2006 (English)>>
Article
in Paddling Sweden, no5, 2006 (Swedish)>>
Article
in Outside Magazine Sweden, no5, 2006 (Swedish)>>
Kantipur,
September 2006: Ram and Endra back in Kathmandu (Nepali)>>
Kantipur,
August 2006: The source to sea expedition has begun (Nepali)>>
Nepali
Times, August 2006: Ram and Endra is leaving for the STS-expedition
on Monday. (English)>>
Article
on ohmynews.com (English)>> |
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 expedtition 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. |
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