First descent of the Teigdaleselva for this season! With the sun shinning and snow melting hard we gathered a team of 10 to 'huck our meat' on the mighty waterfalls and slides that lay in the Teigdale valley just down the road from our summer home of Voss - Norway.  Tylor Curtis and Mariann Saether happened to be in town with their crash-test dummy, Logan Grayling and we had the latest addition to  Voss Rafting Senter, the 'Italian stallion' Michele Ramazza ready for initiation!

On the 19th Nov a team of bald explorers, including Shalabh Gahault, Mike Abbott, Sam Hughes, Zak Shaw, Sangrup (our driver from Ladakh) and myself loaded a jeep in Katmandu, Nepal and set course for Gauhati in Assam. 4 days later Andy Phillips arrived and they headed into the hills of Arunachal Pradesh aiming to complete several sections of un-run rivers and expecting to be challenged with situations requiring extreme bravery and ingenuity.

After talking about it all summer we finally got a plan together and paddled the Raundalselve, in a DAY.  Anyone who knows the Raundale knows just how much whitewater there is up there, with numerous sections that are all amazing and go at different levels. After in a seriously in-depth planning session (about a beer long) we called up Greg, Christy and Benji, set a time for the morning and checked the water levels and weather on the net.  Early the next day we packed the van, took a few bikes and a VRS van to drop at various points for excape options and of to the top of the valley we went.!

5 Ladies, 1 guy, 7 days, 8 rivers, 2 guides! A most Excellent adventure!

We have just finished a most excellent week of river guiding and coaching in Norway.  Our trip started in Sjoa and ended in Voss, the paddling varying  from  big volume Sjoa, to low volume steep-creeking on the Branseth in Voss.  This year we gave evening critique with video feedback and during the week everyone progressed fantastically.  The trip is a mix of holiday and coaching as we believe in having a good time and learning on the way. Check out the trip brief and some images in the full story below!