We offer family centered river trips in India and Nepal if this is of interest. Kayak, Raft, culture and more feel free to email me - Darren Clarkson-King, info@purelandexpeditions.com.

Sure we can organise you bus tickets, cars, jeeps, private hire vehicles.
I personally will be in Boudha all season, unless I am on the river.

Darren

Your schedule seems really relaxed to be honest. Also do not rely on Turkish flying boats for fee, many a paddler has bribed to get them on the plane when leaving Nepal.

See you in Nepal

Darren

Werner 4 piece is a very good system, the push buttom is pretty much industry standard. As for Lendal and Mitchell both are good, not much between them. A lever varilock split system is excellent but does often mean you have one long end on the shaft making putting in a boat an issue, on a boat less...

Topo, whilst I love mine, is indeed a nostalgia trip. Gamlan, Cresta, Llanberis etc - well any modern boat could do the same.

Dan as ever is on the money.

d

no more nails, that should do the job.

Llanberis Falls, lovely wee fall. Seen a fair few descents over the years. It is high, no doubt about it, but I expect since it is of limited freefall and mostly a slide that it falls short of 'highest' waterfall. I would expect the 'waterfall' to have freefall capacity. What do I know? D https://ww...

Manby, Bailie etc to my knowledge.

Always, always, be responsible as a leader. Always understand your own limits as part of the group. Always know your choices and decisions matter to the whole group.

Even now these are a popular boat for clients and guides on our Bhutan expeditions. - Lighter than a mamba etc. If you like rounder hull designs this is a good boat - dated but good. We still have a few in our Nepa. fleet that take plenty of abuse.

Darren

In most of my WW boat I take out the ratchet style and have an oldschool cool - standard back band. Means I am not as tight bt can exit quickly for scouts etc.

D

Best piece of advice ever - a good cook book!

Wish I was younger -this is a lovely trip idea.

D

looks like a projet

Lovely Dave - I remember hearing about the Canyon trip years ago - some excellent paddlers came out of that.

It will be life-changing.

D

Disclaimer* I paddle for a living I have been paddling since my early teenage years, 42 now - so about 30 years in a boat. I still look up to my paddle icons, who are now 10,20,30 years my senior. As I get older I feel I do not get bolder. I feel more settled in my paddling. I can still paddle the s...

MANY RIVERS TO RUN, If Dave still has copies.

Had mine for years, inspired - still does.

Leeds or Wales at the moment.

It is with regret that I am selling my Scud- it is a fun, quirky boat - great on ditches, so ideal on those rivers of the UK.

This is orange - little use.

275 ono - pics on request.

D

Finally the film Gerry started a few years ago is out - you can download it for a few $,which in my book is money well spent. - A joy to watch, and not a brown claw once! http://thunderdragonfund.org/the-tenth-step-film/

two on flea bay

We have a few curve in our Indian hire fleet - I personally enjoy the boat, its zippy, fast, surfs well. Think remix. - For big water it is a dream.

Others who have tried it have called it un-inspirational.

Daz

Another vote for the watershed - I used HF for many years (still do on day trips). I was really reluctant to move to watershed, but now will not go back.

D

Thomas at dialaflight is a paddler, booking with him is a blessing - I use Jet, AI, Biman, Turkish all good over the last few years.

D

Come join us and explore the 'Hidden Kingdom of Bhutan' . We are please to offer our premier Thunder Dragon tour to kayakers and rafters - Nov 4th 2017 - Cost £1925 THUNDER DRAGON JOURNEY, BHUTAN Our 7 day schedule provides an amazing cost effective river tour of Bhutan. This is not a pure adrenalin...

The topo was a classic in its day - designs have moved on greatly (but the topo still has a cult following). People love em or hate them. Modern boats will offer a better learning platform especially in mixed environments. The topo was designed for steep rivers and waterfalls a more general purpose ...

Then you've got the likes of Daz Clarkson doing multi day's in a Loki in places like Nepal. . I really enjoyed the Loki for multidays in Nepal...I once used an S6! My Perception whiplash from the mid 90s is now in Ladakh, I still love it on multidays - until last year it was the boat I had the most...

As a provider that runs kayak trips - we offer a 6 week zero to hero package class 2 to class 4. We find this intense, on the river daily. In real terms class 5 is not going to be an easy task with only a few hours in a boat, not only will skills be at a low level but safety and rescue methods will ...

Xile is a Savauge boat from over 15+ years old, - I'm quite sure. It never really sold in the UK, went quite and then Tek seemed to have bought the design. I know the excess is a Manic/sauvage I can certainly see the resenblance between the Mania/Beast and the Xcess. However I'm fairly sure the xil...

Has a bad boat been designed in the last decade? Sure the Ammo/Scud/Nano were niche, and many people disliked them - buy they had a place and a following - steep low volume - tick. The pure is a little quirky but Jim Snyder uses one so it cannot be that bad? So any real bad boat? AND by bad I say u...

When we lived in Wales, pre breakfast dawn raids on the Glen in season. Or a quick lap of the Glaslyn.
Now depending on season it could be a quick short Ganga lap.

I often think living next to the Dee would offer up daily pre breakfast runs, but then again...

D