Overthelast 15 years,thebelovedriversofAnupGurung’snativeNepalhaveenduredmassivedestructionin
thenameofdevelopment.Withwildriversvanishingbeforehiseyes,Anup decidedhehadtopaddlethemto
documentandbearwitnessto theriversandculturesalongtheirbanks.In 2018,Anupaskedthreeyoungpaddlers
tojoinhimfora five-monthexpeditionacrossNepalthatwouldpushthemandhimself.InMissionEasttoWest,
Anup sharestheirexperience,notasprofessionalactivistsorexperts,butaskayakers,riverlovers,Nepalis; as men.Words: Anup Gurung, Kripa Dongol | Photography: Anup Gurung, Kripa Dongol, Roshan Lama
MISSION EAST
TO WEST
Getting expedition-ready on the rooftop of Anup’s parent’s house in Kathmandu.