Paddle Nepal looks back on Nepal’s First National Rafting Championship in 2008 — brothers, teamwork, river community, a new championship title, and a growing brand beginning to find its place in Nepal’s adventure industry…
A look back at the early years of Paddle Nepal — from shared offices in Kathmandu and Pokhara to importing professional safety equipment piece by piece from the UK, while helping shape Nepal’s growing whitewater community trip by trip. Little did anyone know just how far the journey would eventually go…
The beginning of Paddle Nepal — Nim’s first trip with his own company, a small kayak clinic, a first group of guests, and a leap of faith that would quietly shape everything that followed…
After returning from his first season in Japan, Nim found himself in Kathmandu — where a chance meeting in a Thamel café during Dashain would quietly shape everything that followed…
In 2004, Nim’s time in Japan went far beyond guiding. It was an intense summer of learning sophisticated systems, new disciplines, and a deeper level of responsibility—to team, guests, and the river itself…
In 2004, Nim arrived in Japan for his first international guiding job—snow on the ground, no shared language, and a whole new world to figure out…
