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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Mai Khola Kayak first descend.
29, July, 2012
2 pm, I am waiting the bus for Ilam, I have Prijon yellow kayak, woriner red paddle. Finally the bus came. I had little problem to load my kayak on bus's roof. Roof was small and already accupaid with loaded motercycle. I had to pay for kayak's fare 300 nrs after bargening.
After chitwan felt very hot. I met some Ilameli local Gurung ji in bus. They were back from UAE. I talked about my Mai Khola kayking. They gave information about locality. Night bus, through the dark, after Dalbhat at Ramnagar, I was down, could not even noticed my home town Katari Chock, Lahan and Sapta Koshi Barrage. When I got up noticed, Charali, Jhapa, toilet break. From Charali, bus took left and in some minutes of drive bus seemed slow in winding uphill. Amriso (....bamboo grass broom.) covered sloppy land, Maize, vegetables, small villages and jungle, now start apearing Tea State. Well managed, covering the hills, all looking green, but, middle of the fug. The bus suddenly come out from fugy and get loss in fug. Cool, cold and humide atomusfare, reached Phikkal, beautiful hill station. It can be seen Ilam in north, 20 km to Pashupatinagar, border town.
Our bus took left, winding steep down hill, in some minutes reaching Mai Khola. Now, I can see Mai Khola bridge, shallow rapids above and below.
Bus stopped beside bridge, Mai Khola hotel, Criss and Daz were already there, helped me to unload kayak. They were there after last night in Ilam Bazar. We had tea, chaumem and malpuwa.
Now, time start, we asked local, have ever seen anybody going down kayaking in this river? They said no. We were excited for first descend. We cross the bridge, river right bank, 100 mtr walk upstream. We changed the cloth pit on river gear. So many people were gather on bridge and some people were watching us from side of river who were working and collecting sand. Sad was first to descend who had DSLR camera. We gave little time to set up shooting position. I (Endra Rai) was second and Criss was cheassing me with his GoproCamera.
The line was stright, apart from couple of holes to ride over. Thought, rapid was quite forceful. I was shacky, seems like clumgee. I am not scared but, kayak doesn't look like in my control. I have not had done any adjustment at all as I borrowed. Prijon,...., good kayak though. Heap pad was loose and foot bress was tillet and I got broose on my knees. Daz gave good thumbs up as has gotten good action shoot as he was looking for.
Now, there supposed to be .....and who had called me befor saying that they want to meet us.
Big croud were there over the bridge cheering up and souding qurious. I did roll, felt fresh, warm water. The water is cristel clear, high flow. Rapid below bridge is short but, shoot type. Criss went first to second lending zone, eddy. I stopped at top RR, went out and looked down shallow rapid. Criss went out and walled over boulder, gave signal Daz came out from eddy, he seemed more commited. He just dessapired for a while and appeared, came out to river right and eddy in and show him sitting on boulder with pelical box.
2 pm, I am waiting the bus for Ilam, I have Prijon yellow kayak, woriner red paddle. Finally the bus came. I had little problem to load my kayak on bus's roof. Roof was small and already accupaid with loaded motercycle. I had to pay for kayak's fare 300 nrs after bargening.
After chitwan felt very hot. I met some Ilameli local Gurung ji in bus. They were back from UAE. I talked about my Mai Khola kayking. They gave information about locality. Night bus, through the dark, after Dalbhat at Ramnagar, I was down, could not even noticed my home town Katari Chock, Lahan and Sapta Koshi Barrage. When I got up noticed, Charali, Jhapa, toilet break. From Charali, bus took left and in some minutes of drive bus seemed slow in winding uphill. Amriso (....bamboo grass broom.) covered sloppy land, Maize, vegetables, small villages and jungle, now start apearing Tea State. Well managed, covering the hills, all looking green, but, middle of the fug. The bus suddenly come out from fugy and get loss in fug. Cool, cold and humide atomusfare, reached Phikkal, beautiful hill station. It can be seen Ilam in north, 20 km to Pashupatinagar, border town.
Our bus took left, winding steep down hill, in some minutes reaching Mai Khola. Now, I can see Mai Khola bridge, shallow rapids above and below.
Bus stopped beside bridge, Mai Khola hotel, Criss and Daz were already there, helped me to unload kayak. They were there after last night in Ilam Bazar. We had tea, chaumem and malpuwa.
Now, time start, we asked local, have ever seen anybody going down kayaking in this river? They said no. We were excited for first descend. We cross the bridge, river right bank, 100 mtr walk upstream. We changed the cloth pit on river gear. So many people were gather on bridge and some people were watching us from side of river who were working and collecting sand. Sad was first to descend who had DSLR camera. We gave little time to set up shooting position. I (Endra Rai) was second and Criss was cheassing me with his GoproCamera.
The line was stright, apart from couple of holes to ride over. Thought, rapid was quite forceful. I was shacky, seems like clumgee. I am not scared but, kayak doesn't look like in my control. I have not had done any adjustment at all as I borrowed. Prijon,...., good kayak though. Heap pad was loose and foot bress was tillet and I got broose on my knees. Daz gave good thumbs up as has gotten good action shoot as he was looking for.
Now, there supposed to be .....and who had called me befor saying that they want to meet us.
Big croud were there over the bridge cheering up and souding qurious. I did roll, felt fresh, warm water. The water is cristel clear, high flow. Rapid below bridge is short but, shoot type. Criss went first to second lending zone, eddy. I stopped at top RR, went out and looked down shallow rapid. Criss went out and walled over boulder, gave signal Daz came out from eddy, he seemed more commited. He just dessapired for a while and appeared, came out to river right and eddy in and show him sitting on boulder with pelical box.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Mt. Everest 8848 meter Climbing Expedition, High Altitude Filming and Photography- 2010, Nepal
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| Extreme and Rare: High Altitude Filming and Photography, top of mt Everest 8848 meter, first ascend by Mr. Edmund Hillary, New-Zealand and Mr. Tenzing Norge Sherpa, Nepal, May, 29,1953. |
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| High Altitude Photography, Endra Rai at top of mt Everest |
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| Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: Mr. Endra Rai holding Sony Z 1 P Movie Camera for shooting Pushkar Shah's climbing expedition. It's hard to shoot movie in High Altitude and with carrying Heavy Bag pack on back. Gloves is really annoying to find VTR Bottom, battery goes down quickly, I would say, camera battery stay only 40% of it's total life. I used to keep one spear battery always inside my pocket close to chest protecting from cold. |
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| Mt. Everest Photo: the Khumbu Ice Fall here is most Exposed, Difficult and Danger section in Everest climbing. |
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| Mt. Everest Photo: cycling hero mr Pushkar Shah's Photograph while crossing the Khumbu Ice Fall. |
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| Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: mr Bhimsen and Endra Rai having rest in Ice-Fall section of Everest. |
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| Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: I was filming all all way up through Khumbu Ice Fall-2010 |
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| Adventure Filming and Photography: High Altitude Filming, I find so difficult performing the movie camera in climbing. |
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| Mt. Everest Photo: Photo pose of Mr. Pushkar Shah at Khumbu Ice fall. |
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| Adventure Filming and Photography: High Altitude Filming,World Cyclist Puskar Shah looking happy and focus on his climb to Everest -2010 |
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| Adventure filming and Photography: High Altitude Movie making, a very hard task to shoot movie | . |
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| Adventure filming and Photography: high altitude filming, Endra shooting for good shot while climbing Khumbu Ice-fall of mt Everest. |
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| Mt. Everest Photo: Mr. Endra Rai and Pushkar Shah in Khumbu Ice fall. |
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| Everest Filming: mr. Puskaskar Shah having rest during ice-fall section climbing. |
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| Adventure filming and Photography: high altitude filming, tented city, mt Everest base camp 5200 meter, 2010 |
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| Adventure filming and Photography: High Altitude Filming, I/Endra Rai, am looking care free after crossing seep section of Khumbu Ice Fall. |
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| Adventure filming and Photography: High Altitude Filming, Puskar Sha right on top after the crossing ladder. Everest climbing. |
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| Everest filming: Pushkar Shah rolling camera and capturing Base Camp and beyond valley. |
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| Everest Photo: in steep section, once feet make steps the soft snow goes down and become big step and staple. |
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| Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: Pushkar Shah is 3 joint ladder 9 merer vertical up climbing. I/ Endra Rai looking up and shooting his movie and waiting desperately to my turn cross over. |
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| Everest Photo: Pushkar Shah climbing vertical ladderand moving Jummer device side by side.It is really difficuly that because of big boot and crampon make more multiplicative. heavy Ruck Shack pull you back continuously don't let you to work against gravity easily. |
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| Freelance Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: Pushkar Shah crawling carefully in vertical ladder section in Everest. |
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| Freelance Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: finally my happy looking face after climbing up 9 meters long joint vertical ladder in ice-fall. |
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| Freelance Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: I/ Endra after long joint ladder climbing |
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| Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: beautifully managed tents row on Camp one of Mt. Everest. |
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| Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: Mt. Everest Camp 2 with know covered. |
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| Freelance Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: Buddhiand and Mingma melting the ice for water purpose in Everest Camp 2. |
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| Freelance Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: Mingma cleaning diss in Everest Camp 2, though it is not easy task, but, necessity makes a part of job, isn't it ?? |
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| Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: Everest movie: Endra Rai filming in camp 2, camera protection is most important. |
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| Freelance Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: Cold Wind and Snow makes more difficult to complete any task in mountain. The Filming job is more sensitive task to be done in mountain higher as you go. I/Endra Rai is trying my best to capture Film Shoot at Everest Camp 2 while snowing. Here, the camera is rapped up with fleece jacket to keep Video Camera warm and using View Finder to save battery. |
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| Altitude Filming Nepal Himalaya: climbing expedition crew melting ice block at camp2 for water. |
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| Freelance Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: Buddhi Dai, great cook washing diss outside on snow filled at Everest Camp 2. |
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| extreme and rare: high altitude filming Nepal, I/Endra Rai filmingPushkar Shaha (world cyclist) at Camp-2 while climbing mt. Everest-2010 |
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| Everest Filming: At Camp 2, shooting and protecting camera while snowing. |
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| Freelance Camera Man: Filming and Photography Khumbu Ice Fall |
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| Freelance Camera Man: Filming and Photography Khumbu Ice Fall |
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| Freelance Camera Man: Filming and Photography, ladder over crevasse. |
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| Freelance Camera Man: Filming and Photography, ladder over crevasse. |
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| Freelance Camera Man: Filming and Photography, climber crowing on steep section |
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| Freelance Camera Man: Filming and Photography, climbing instructor Mr Pemba sir having rest while his climbing up on Khumbu ice-fall. |
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| Freelance Camera Man: Filming and Photography, dining hall at Everest Base Camp |
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| Freelance Camera Man: Filming and Photography, world tour cycle at Everest base camp. Mr Pushkar Shah had tour with it around the world and cycle was presented by Sir Edmund Hillary, New-Zealand. |
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| mr Pushkar sha on summit of mt Everest 2010 |
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| Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: |
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| Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: Pooja is always the compulsorily followed ritual tradition by climbers before starting climbing. |
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| Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: the climbers line on The Yellow Bend height of 27300 feet ( |
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| Top of The World, Mt. Everest 8848 meter, the closest view seen from Kalapatthar 5550 meter |
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| Freelance Camera Man: Filming and Photography, Pooja at Everest Base Camp. This is the ritual tradition pray for Mountain god. |
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| Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: Early in morning the Climbers marching from Base Camp to Khumbu Ice-fall where the flash light drawing a line. |
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| Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: A climber with Oxygen and Mark on during Everest climbing looking comfortable with his down suite and fatty gloves. |
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| Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: A climber with Oxygen and Mark on during Everest climbing. |
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| Freelance Camera Man: Filming and Photography, a team rescuing climber's dead body in Everest reaching down to Camp1 |
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| Freelance Camera Man: Filming and Photography, Mt Everest South Coal, 7900 meter, Climber setting up camp. |
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| The Rockyand Steep slop of "Geneva Spur" between 25000 and 26000 feet altitude named given by Swiss Team on 1952 in Everest Climbing right above the Yellow Bend height of 27300 feet ( before reaching the last comp of South Cole. |
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| Everest Climbing Photographer: most exposed face climbing on Everest camp 3, all way blue ice and most hardest work for climber to cooperate with it. Good sharp Crampon with fit boot is demanded. Good passion, Cool stamina and Rope Work is basic requirement for the Climber. |
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| Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: Tents badly destroyed by wind Everest Camp 1 |
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| Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: Lukla Airport, Everest Trail |
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| Nepal Himalaya Photography: crossing the big crevasse on ice-fall. |
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| Adventure Freelance Camera Man: Filming and Photography, the climbers approaching first slop to camp 3 of Everest |
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| Nepal Himalaya Photography: crossing the big crevasse by Everest Camp 1 |
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| Nepal Himalaya Photography: Climber at Khumbu glacier. |
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| Nepal Himalaya Photography: the sunny day at camp 2 and exposed part in background with black top of Mt. Lhoste 8516 meter. |
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| Nepal Himalaya Photography: Summit Ridge of Mt. Everest. |
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| Everest Climbing Route Map, Adventure Freelance Camera Man: Filming and Photography |
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| Climbing Photography Nepal: the tents on Everest camp 1 |
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| Climbing Photography Nepal:climbers on Summit Ridge of Everest, far in distant giant Mt. Makalu |
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| Adventure Photograph: Everest Base Camp, climbing staff kitchen and dining hall. |
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| Climbing Photography: the Climbers having Climbing practice at Khumbu glacier by Everest Base camp. |
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| Add caption |
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Adventure Filming and Photography Nepal: Mont Everest Camp 2, moraine, exposed and sunny. You can see Route sketch of Camp 3, Yellow bend, route to Camp 4 and Mt. Lhotse.           where you need complete Rock Climbing Technique. Keeping yourself calm, confidence and skill move would make your performance easy.  North Cole,  of Everest, teaching and sharing skill and experiences in outdoor photography and filming is my interest and expertise. School, Collage of individual, I equally give preference and have interaction.  support, organize training in outdoor for Climbing, Photography and Filming.  Everest.  
Endra Rai: Raft Guiding in Bhote Koshi River, (The World's
Top Seventh Whitewater Destination), Adventure
Photography Nepal.
Endra Rai: the moment of Raft Guiding, Trishuli River-
2008, Adventure Photography, Nepal. |
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