The Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) is urgently calling on experienced mountaineers, canyoneers, rafting guides, rescue technicians, medical responders, and other trained adventure professionals to join rescue and relief operations following severe flooding along the Rasuwa Trishuli corridor. The disaster has created life-threatening conditions for local communities, travelers, infrastructure, and people stranded in remote or inaccessible areas. With powerful rivers, damaged roads, unstable slopes, and heavy debris complicating rescue efforts, the NMA is asking Nepal’s adventure community to put its specialized skills into action.
Lives are at risk: Technical rescue experts needed now
The NMA is seeking volunteers with technical rescue and emergency response experience who can operate safely in dangerous mountain, river, and canyon environments. Priority is being given to professionals trained in mountain and technical rescue, mountaineering and high-altitude rescue, canyoning and canyon rescue, whitewater rafting and swift-water rescue, rope-based evacuation, emergency extraction, river crossings, flood-zone operations, first aid, emergency medical support, navigation, search operations, and evacuation planning.
The flood-affected corridor requires far more than conventional relief assistance. Rescue teams may encounter rapidly rising water, unstable hillsides, damaged bridges, blocked roads, powerful currents, and large amounts of debris. Experienced adventure professionals can provide essential expertise in rope systems, river dynamics, terrain assessment, navigation, and emergency evacuation. Even highly trained volunteers, however, must work within an organized emergency-response system and follow all safety instructions issued by government authorities and designated rescue teams.
Do not enter dangerous flood zones alone
The NMA is asking all qualified volunteers who are willing to help to register with the Nepal Mountaineering Association before traveling to the affected areas. Registration will help coordinators identify available personnel, verify skills and experience, assign volunteers based on operational needs, avoid duplicated efforts, and deploy specialists to the locations where they are needed most. The association has also issued a serious warning: Volunteers should not enter dangerous flood zones or attempt independent rescues without proper equipment, a professional risk assessment, and official coordination. Flood conditions can change within minutes.
Collapsed bridges, unstable slopes, submerged debris, strong currents, and destroyed roads can put even experienced rescuers in extreme danger. Volunteers should treat this effort as a coordinated professional emergency assignment, not as an individual rescue mission. All volunteers must work alongside government authorities, security agencies, local emergency teams, and other officially designated responders.
Nepal’s adventure community is being called to action
As communities and travelers along the Rasuwa Trishuli corridor struggle with the effects of the flooding, the NMA is calling on Nepal’s mountaineering, rafting, canyoning, and rescue communities to unite. The skills developed through expeditions, mountain rescue missions, canyon operations, and whitewater travel could play a critical role in saving lives during this crisis. The appeal also underscores the broader value of Nepal’s adventure professionals, whose experience in remote and hazardous environments can serve communities far beyond tourism and expedition work.
The NMA is urging qualified members to step forward with courage, discipline, and a strong sense of humanitarian responsibility. At the same time, the association emphasizes that personal safety and operational discipline must remain the highest priorities. With proper coordination, Nepal’s rescue-trained adventure community can help strengthen ongoing operations, reach people in difficult locations, and support communities affected by the disaster.
Emergency rescue contacts
For emergency rescue support and volunteer coordination, the NMA has designated Rajendra Bahadur Lama, General Secretary of the Nepal Mountaineering Association, as the official contact person. Volunteers and individuals seeking emergency rescue coordination can contact Rajendra Bahadur Lama at 9851027397 or call the NMA Office at 01-4535442.
Every trained volunteer could help save a life
The NMA’s appeal carries a clear and urgent message: When rivers, mountains, and damaged infrastructure create a life-threatening emergency, professional expertise, disciplined coordination, and immediate action can mean the difference between life and death. By bringing together trained mountaineers, rescue specialists, rafting guides, canyoneers, medical responders, and emergency professionals, the NMA aims to strengthen rescue operations while protecting both survivors and the people working to save them.
