Nepali Girls Rippin It Up: Itinerary

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This blog is all about a kayaking project for Nepali girls and our adventure to get over there and help them out. We will keep you updated through this blog with how sponsorship and donations are going and hopefully while we are over there we can keep posting on here - Thanks for checking it out.

The aim of the project is to produce a group of female river guides to work on the rivers in Nepal as safety kayakers, raft guides and kayak instructors. It will be a perfect base for the women to start training and eventually work and support themselves as employees or free lance guides within the Nepal white-water industry.

If you would like to help out in any way with this project whether it's advice, sponsorship, gear, donations, idea's or anything else then please send us an email, give us a call or follow the donations link, it would be much appreciated. Cheers

Check out Inka Trollsas's website (she is the instigator of this awesome project), which has more info about the trip and how things are going from her end. http://www.farawayadventures.com/nepaligirlkayakers.php

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Itinerary

Part 1

Main focus on: Kayaking skills, setting up camp, cooking, teamwork, communication.

November

15th- Sukute beach, upper Sun Kosi. Kayak training and preparation.

16th- Sukute beach, upper Sun Kosi. Kayak training and preparation.

17th- Sun Kosi ‘commercial’ trip with international girls kayak team.

18th- Sun Kosi as above.

19th- Sun Kosi as above.

20th- Sun Kosi as above.

21st- Sun Kosi as above.

22nd- Sun Kosi as above.

23rd- Sun Kosi as above.

24th- Sun Kosi as above.

25th- Sun Kosi. Arrive at take out. Drive overnight.

26th- Arrive as Trisuli Rive. Set up camp, dry and maintain equipment.

27th- Kayak training for event and briefing of competition rules and regulations.

28th- Slalom competition.

29th Freestyle competition.

30th- Down river race, prize giving. Interviews with media about the Nepali women.

Part 2

Main focus on: Raft guiding, rescue, first aid and leadership.

December

1st- Trisuli raft guide training.

2nd- Trisuli raft guide training.

3rd- Trisuli River rescue training.

4th- Trisuli River rescue training.

5th- Seti River raft guide training, leadership and rescue training.

6th- Seti River raft guide training, leadership and rescue training.

7th- Seti River raft guide training, leadership and rescue training.

8th- Seti River raft guide training, leadership and rescue training.

9th- First Aid course.

10th- First Aid course.

11th- Pokhara. Prepare for Kali Gandaki River trip. Food shopping and planning.

12th- Kali Gandaki River. Raft guide and rescue training on harder/bigger water.

13th- Kali Gandaki River. Raft guide and rescue training on harder/bigger water.

14th- Kali Gandaki River. Raft guide and rescue training on harder/bigger water.

15th- Pokhara. Rest day and planning for client trip.

16th- Seti. Rafting assessment for girls. Rafting and kayaking trip with clients.

17th- Seti. Rafting assessment for girls. Rafting and kayaking trip with clients.

18th- Seti. Rafting assessment for girls. Rafting and kayaking trip with clients.

19th- Kayaking on the upper Seti River. Girls kayaking skills assessed. Celebration meal and certificate giving ceremony.

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ABOUT US

So far there are 7 of us Kiwi girls committed to this project. We are all great buddies and have spent a lot of time together on and off the river. We have all come through Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology where we studied Outdoor Education and Recreation in some form. Most of us spent last summer paddling and hanging out in Uganda on the White Nile where we had a blast. We are super excited about this trip to Nepal and the opportunity to be part of this amazing project.

What we are up to now ............................

Malaika Davies

Malaika has filled the last few years with heaps of traveling, working and exploring in countries all over the show. Malaysia, India, States, Ireland, Scotland, and generally getting into all kinds of exciting situations. She always has an exciting adventure brewing and can't wait to rock it with the Nepali women on the waters of Nepal. Malaika has just finished her teaching studies so is now stoked to be an Outdoor Education teacher, and is heading to OPC to save her pennies until the Nepal trip kicks off. Malaika has her NZOIA kayak one award and spent the summer of 2005 working for the NZ kayak school.