The PaddlerUK magazine September 2015 issue 4 | Page 37

“Naming your favourite river is not the easiest assignment.
Well, when do you call a river, ‘My favourite river?’ There are
so many aspects: whitewater, landscape, culture, team or weather, just
to name a few. Or is it just a combination of many aspects?
“For me, my favourite river is the Thule
Bheri River in western Nepal. Not just
because of the white water itself. It is
because of the whole adventure you
experience there.You have to take a small
plane to a gravel-airstrip in the middle of
nowhere in the Himalayan Mountains.
Look for some Sherpas and walk another
one and a half days upstream through
Dunai all the way to Tarakot. From there,
you start your trip on a small and steep
river with fully packed boats to follow the
waters for the upcoming five days until the
river gets bigger and bigger and you will
reach the first road access at a muddy
‘road’ in the middle of nowhere in a
Himalayan valley. An insane adventure with
whitewater up to Class V trough a deep
valley with impressive granite canyons.

Flo Fischer

TheThule Bheri, Nepal

“It is not only the experience of the river
that brings these insane memories but
also my buddies, Joerg Hackinger and
Jakub Sedivy, who contributed a huge
piece in making this my favourite river.”

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