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When Rivers Introduce People

When Rivers Introduce People

by Kelly | Mar 19, 2026 | Reflections

Sometime in the early 2000s, not long after his first experience on the international stage, Nim found himself back among the global paddling community — this time on more familiar ground, but still at the very beginning of what lay ahead. It was at the Nepal Rodeo in...

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