{"id":17372,"date":"2015-01-15T22:26:55","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T22:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?p=17372"},"modified":"2015-01-16T19:02:01","modified_gmt":"2015-01-16T19:02:01","slug":"tamur-with-pat-nepal-river-trip-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/tamur-with-pat-nepal-river-trip-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamur with Pat &#8211; Nepal River Trip #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17341\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17341\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17341 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2592-1024x237.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2592\" width=\"590\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2592-1024x237.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2592-300x69.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Way back in 2014, I spent six weeks in Nepal; a country that has been on my &#8216;hit list&#8217; for countless years. \u00a0Arriving before the rest of our buddies, Erik Johnson and I signed up for a Tamur river trip with Pat O&#8217;Keefe and <a href=\"http:\/\/ultimatedescents.com\">Ultimate Descent<\/a>s. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t know much about the trip, but a raft supported river overnighter\u00a0sounded pretty awesome&#8230; and it was.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17325\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17325\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17325\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17325\" class=\"wp-image-17325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10429227_782649365127731_1308183223701650845_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo - Pat O'Keefe\" width=\"375\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10429227_782649365127731_1308183223701650845_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10429227_782649365127731_1308183223701650845_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo &#8211; Pat O&#8217;Keefe<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The crew at the start of the hike &#8211; 20 kayakers, 10 rafters, 12 guides (I made these numbers up, but I think they&#8217;re close enough&#8230;plenty of good people from all over the map)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Tamur\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/113126873?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can read more about my trip, but if you don&#8217;t like reading, you should probably watch this cool video <a href=\"http:\/\/nicholasprice.tv\/the-tamur\/\">Nicholas Price<\/a> filmed and edited&#8230; It probably does the trip more justice anyways!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17332\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17332\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2475-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2475\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2475-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2475-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Pat&#8217;s incredible old-school kayak collection. \u00a0So many goodies to choose from. \u00a0(And, this isn&#8217;t even the complete collection)&#8230; He also has\u00a0a bunch of Burns and other Pyranha boats!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17333\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17333\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2506-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2506\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2506-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2506-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17330\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17330\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17330\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC01262-e1420849788828-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01262\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC01262-e1420849788828-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC01262-e1420849788828-575x1024.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0Hiking into the Tamur &#8211; 4 days!! \u00a0We had some rain, some clouds, some incredible sunsets, and epic mountain views. \u00a0We drank plenty of milk tea and camped in a welcoming village every night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17328\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17328\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-17328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC01165-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01165\" width=\"323\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC01165-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC01165-1024x575.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17334\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17334\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-17334\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2530-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2530\" width=\"244\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2530-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2530-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17335\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17335\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-17335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2545-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2545\" width=\"154\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2545-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2545-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17339\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17339\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-17339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_25471-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2547\" width=\"153\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_25471-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_25471-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17337\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17337\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-17337\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2549-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2549\" width=\"265\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2549-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2549-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reaching the put-in around noon, we walked our boats up through Dovan to run a short stretch and get wet before starting the trip the next day. \u00a0After days worth of plane flights, bus rides, and trekking, it was awesome to be in a kayak again. \u00a0The villagers watched and waved from the bridge as the kids ran up and down the banks. \u00a0It was my first experience of with Nepali riverside\u00a0enthusiasm, which became a daily occurrence throughout the trip.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17326\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17326\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17326\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17326\" class=\"wp-image-17326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10649040_10152340690996627_9119132227140727301_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"10649040_10152340690996627_9119132227140727301_o\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10649040_10152340690996627_9119132227140727301_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10649040_10152340690996627_9119132227140727301_o.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Allemani guiding through the rapids (Photo: Patrick O&#8217;Keefe)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Pat&#8217;s photos are way better than any I took on the river, so I stole them off his facebook page. \u00a0We had 4 days of super fun Tamur whitewater with big waves, big holes, and minimal amounts of flatwater. \u00a0 Day 5 we confluenced with the Sunkosi for a couple of big, wide wave trains before the river became hot, braided, and flat on it&#8217;s way to India.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17327\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17327\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17327\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17327\" class=\"wp-image-17327 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10806493_781590448566956_1574076661261179644_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Patrick O'Keefe\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10806493_781590448566956_1574076661261179644_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10806493_781590448566956_1574076661261179644_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chitra didn&#8217;t dumptruck anyone! (Photo &#8211; Pat O&#8217;Keefe)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_17331\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17331\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17331\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17331\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17331\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC01361-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Photo - Erik Johnson\" width=\"590\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC01361-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC01361-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo &#8211; Erik Johnson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Just another incredibly scenic lunch spot&#8230; complete with another delicious meal prepared by the guides.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17379\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17379\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17379\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17379\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10806295_782650001794334_6220783007861547397_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Photo - Pat O'Keefe\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10806295_782650001794334_6220783007861547397_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10806295_782650001794334_6220783007861547397_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo &#8211; Pat O&#8217;Keefe<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Most, but not all of the guides. \u00a0These guys kill it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17345\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17345\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17345\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2625-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2625\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2625-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_2625-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Well, the Tamur was awesome. \u00a0I did not write much because rather than reading a trip report, you should probably just go for yourself- whether you&#8217;re a kayaker, rafter, or never even done any whitewater before. \u00a0It&#8217;s a fantastic adventure and\u00a0Pat and the rest of the guides will ensure that you have a grand time!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whitewaterasia.com\">http:\/\/whitewaterasia.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatedescents.com\">http:\/\/www.ultimatedescents.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=17329\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17329\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC01225-e1420852764562-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01225\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC01225-e1420852764562-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/DSC01225-e1420852764562-575x1024.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Way back in 2014, I spent six weeks in Nepal; a country that has been on my &#8216;hit list&#8217; for countless years. \u00a0Arriving before the rest of our buddies, Erik Johnson and I signed up for a Tamur river trip with Pat O&#8217;Keefe and Ultimate Descents. \u00a0I didn&#8217;t know much about the trip, but a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link block-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/tamur-with-pat-nepal-river-trip-1\/\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creeking-articles"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9tk9G-4wc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17372"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17381,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17372\/revisions\/17381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}