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Search for Rio Bravo Fundraiser - Wed 19 July

The latest RiverNomad film is an adventure travel documentary shot in Ecuador.

The film will be presented in the Great Outdoors Watersports shop on Wed 19 July at 7.30pm. Fundraising at the event will go to the Kumanii foundation, working with rainforest communities in Ecuador.

All support for this worthy cause much appreciated so please come along and bring a friend or two...!

Check out the trailer in FILM

New Articles from Eastern USA, Corsica & Chile

Chile is a great country for boating, if you know your way around. But with no guidebook this can be an effort. Thanks to Rob for keeping notes...

Meanwhile, Mike Jones provides a fine description of Corsica's steeps and Graham Clarke guides us through the steep creeks of the American East...

More in ARTICLES

Team Zanskar win Paddling Achievement Award...

This was the first ever Irish Outdoor Adventure Awards ceremony - an initiative set up by Outsider magazine. Damien Hackett explained the purpose of the awards as an effort to recognise the achievements of those who put their lives on hold to pursue their sport, with little support or funding...

The list of nominees was very strong - with Moe's 6th position in the world champs, Team S7G's mission to Siberia and Eileen Murphy's solo circumnavigation of Ireland. It must also be said that there were many very deserving candidates not in the final's list - in particular Rob Coffey and Ali Donald for their Blue Nile success in 2004.

Anyway, Zanskar ended up taking it, so thanks to everyone who made that possible.

More on Zanskar here
More on our charities here

APRIL 2006 - Two New Irish Films Set for Launch

The long awaited launch of Huck'd is upon us - Tuesday 11 April. more...

Tir na N'Og - an film by Mick Reynolds, showing Irish paddlers on Irish rivers will launch in Great Outdoors Watersports on Wed 12 April.

MAR 2006 - New Articles from Eastern USA, Corsica & Chile

Chile is a great country for boating, if you know your way around. But with no guidebook this can be an effort. Thanks to Rob (left) for keeping notes...

Meanwhile, Mike Jones provides a fine description of Corsica's steeps and Graham Clarke guides us through the steep creeks of the American East...

More in ARTICLES

FEB 2006 - Team Zanskar win Paddling Achievement Award...

This was the first ever Irish Outdoor Adventure Awards ceremony - an initiative set up by Outsider magazine. Damien Hackett explained the purpose of the awards as an effort to recognise the achievements of those who put their lives on hold to pursue their sport, with little support or funding...

The list of nominees was very strong - with Moe's 6th position in the world champs, Team S7G's mission to Siberia and Eileen Murphy's solo circumnavigation of Ireland. It must also be said that there were many very deserving candidates not in the final's list - in particular Rob Coffey and Ali Donald for their Blue Nile success in 2004.

Anyway, Zanskar ended up taking it, so thanks to everyone who made that possible.

More on Zanskar here
More on our charities here

FEB 2006 - Alpine Courses with the ICU this June
The Irish Canoe Union are running a series of white water kayaking courses in France this June.

More info in INSTRUCTION

JAN 2006 - Magazine articles for Jan/Feb

Backpacker magazine have published an article on our Ecuador adventures while our intermediate whitewater series continues in Outsider magazine. Both publications are on the shelves now.

Click the logos for more...

JAN 2006 - Site changes...

Due to massive growth in content, the RiverNomad site will be re-organised over the coming weeks. There are now more items in the main menu to help make content easier to find. Some new pages have also been added.

The main resource of the site, RiverGlobal, is now simply labelled Articles. We look forward to new pieces from Chile, Ecuador, Siberia, Costa Rica and more...

There are also new developments brewing with RiverNomad charities, photography, film, team and media...

Irish Banter will continue to keep folks at home up to speed on latest developments, while we build a more comprehensive list of web Resources for paddlers worldwide. Finally, our Instruction page will provide a resource for people looking for skills progression.

So stay tuned, there's lots of great content on the way... but it won't change overnight. I'm only human! Please email your comments to colin@rivernomad.com.
Enjoy...

JAN 2006 - Team Zanskar nominated for Paddling Achievement Award...

Following the Zanskar expedition in 2004 and fundraising throughout 2005, Team Zanskar raised over €9,000 for charity. Now we've been nominated for an award at the Irish Adventure Awards ceremony next month.

To vote click HERE.

More on Zanskar here
More on our charities here

JAN 2006 - More good news from Kullu...

Jam Mc Manus reports from a return visit to India.

Team Zanskar have sent over €4,000 to the school so far and the money is being put to excellent use.

Read more here...

19 JAN 2006 - Home from South America

We have arrived home after an excellent 3 months in Ecuador and Chile.

Read the full story on our blog here.

SEPT 2005 - Club Energise Joins RiverNomad crew...

Irish sports drink brand, Club Energise have formed a partnership with the RiverNomad crew for our next adventure filming project in South America this winter. The brand offer a number of products for active athletes. Click the logo for more.

We depart on October 18th and will spend over 3 months travelling the length of the Andean range in search of challenge on and off the river.

Keep up to date on our progress through the RiverNomad Update here...

AUG 2005 - One year on, Ross returns to India to report on Zanskar charity success...

Hey Guys,
Been a busy 12 months for all of us and at the end of my year I am back in Manali. Yesterday, Claire and I visited the school... Things are really looking up there and we can all be proud of our contribution...

Read more...

JULY '05 - Team Zanskar complete charity mission

In May a cheque for €5,000 was presented to the Irish Cancer Society by members of the Zanskar Kayak Expedition, following the sale of over 600 DVD's of the adventure.

This month, we received grateful confirmation that €4,600 had been received by the Kullu School for the Blind. The money will be used to build a new classroom.

It marks the successful conclusion of a mission that has lasted over a year. Many thanks to all who supported the project by purchasing a copy of the film.

Read more on the Zanskar Expedition here...

MAY '04 - €5,000 for Irish Cancer Patients

Following from the Zanskar expedition in August 2004 and the successful Zanskar film members of the team presented a cheque for €5,000 to the Irish Cancer Society yesterday.

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DEC '04 - Zanskar DVD released

Following from the Zanskar expedition in August 2004, the Zanskar film has been released on DVD.

All proceeds from DVD sales will go to the Kullu School for the Blind and the Irish Cancer Society

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NOV '04 - RiverNomad.com launched

RiverNomad.com launched by Colin Irvine to provide a resource for kayakers and publicise the Zanskar expedition and charity DVD.