Date: 5th April 2006

Time: 7:45 (Doors open at 7:00)

Venue: West Reservoir Centre

Cost: £5.00

Speaker: Allan Ellard

Title: 1st Descent of Dibang and more…

Allan has just returned from the successful completion of the Dibang River and Arunachal Pradesh kayak Expedition. The fully international team made its way up the Dibang River, mapping the canyons and tributaries as they went. After reaching the furthest most point permits will allow they made a descent of the two main headwaters, the Dri and Mato. They then ran a day of the Talon river to the confluence, from which the river then flows as the Dibang all the way to where it joins the Siang or Brahmaputra.

The team then headed west to explore the Brahmaputra's western tributaries exploring several valleys and hiking out of one. Finally they managed a successful descent of the Upper Subansiri river, down to where it has been rafted in the past.

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