Kayaking Nepal's Upper Seti River

Kayaking Nepal's Upper Seti River

Photograph by Tim Ripper, My Shot

"Nepal's Upper Seti Canyon is one of the most beautiful places I've been," says kayaker-filmmaker Josh Neilson of this exploratory expedition to run a rarely accessed steep section high up on Seti River. "You'd think your heart would be racing at the lip of a drop like this, but it's just the opposite," says Neilson. "The rushing water is silenced by concentration, and time almost stands still."