Safety & Advisories
Camp above the floodline, cross early, heed warnings: a working guide's field method for reading flash-flood and glacial-flood (GLOF) risk on any…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 26, 2026
Part of our continuing series — The Himalaya and Climate Change in 2026 . On the morning of 26 August 2026 , a flash flood surged out of Tibet and down the Bhote Koshi into Nepal's Rasuwa district, tearing through Timure and Syabrubesi — the road-head where…
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A flash flood is simply water arriving far faster than a river can normally carry it — after a cloudburst upstream, a landslide that dams and then bursts, or a wall of water released higher in the catchment. You may be standing in bright sun and dry weather…
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You will almost never need these. Learn them anyway, because they cost nothing to carry and the window to act is short. Signs a surge may be coming A sudden roar or rumble that does not match the weather — a deep, building sound from up-valley, felt as much…
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Nearly every classic Nepal trek follows a river. That is not an accident — the rivers cut the only walkable grades through the mountains, so the trail, the tea houses, the bridges and the villages all cluster on the flat ground beside the water. It is…
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These are the ordinary disciplines a good guide applies without drama. They are worth knowing whether you trek with us or anyone else. Camp above the floodline. When you choose where to sleep, look at where the river has clearly reached before — the bare…
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There is only one rule, and it is simple: get to high ground immediately, and go up, not along. Do not try to outrun a surge down the valley — water moves faster than you do. Do not stop for a pack, a photo or a stray member of the group; shout and climb…
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