The Sea Hawks

01/01/2022

01/01/2022

Bravo guys! Congratulatons and here's to many more exciting adventures and explorations ahead. 👏👏👏👏

Its time to celebrate the successful culmination of the Brahmaputra Avahan expedition, which brought us a lot of challenges and interesting experiences. From negotiating one of the most braided rivers in the world, crossing four national parks, sighting wildlife in their natural habitat, facing the major disappointment of shallow waters to dead waters in several stretches.

We salute Wg Cdr Param and Sgt Srihari who now share the podium for being the second to have traversed the two major Indian rivers - Ganga and Brahmaputra, the first being Ms Suhasini Shekhawat who achieved it last year. We also celebrate the 19 yrs old rafter Karan Siddharth who can safely claim to be the youngest person to have traversed the entire length of the Brahmaputra, as well as Aakash and Deepak for whom this was their first long distance rafting expedition.

This expedition was not aimed at creating records but was entirely focused on the exploration of the only male river in India. The team successfully traversed all the rapids on the Siang River, including the first ever rafting of the dreaded Toothfairy, a claim we are proud to own.

We thank all of you who have been following us on various social media platforms and are very grateful to the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, RD & GR, Brahmaputra Board, Rotary Club of Nilgiris, Ms Suhasini Shekhawat and all our friends and families for their continued support.
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31/12/2021

Congratulations team! You've made us proud again!

31/12/2021

Wonderful to see the camaraderie!

A cheerful and pumped-up Team Brahmaputra Avahan on the last day of the year 2021. Its time to conclude this extraordinary journey on the Everest of Rivers, from the Indo-China border to the Bangladesh border. In celebration of 75 years of Indian Independence and 50 years of a glorious victory of the Indian Army leading to creation of Bangladesh.

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30/12/2021

Welcome to the community guys!

30/12/2021

And that's how its done!!
Good job and God speed on the last 100 kms.

29/12/2021

Keep going guys...manzil ab door nahin!

29/12/2021

Day 25 update:
Very cloudy day with the sun playing peek-a-boo, making it tough to recharge the solar panel the team depends on to charge up their night lights and equipment. Fortunately at least the rain has paused and the team is able to continue onwards. The final destination is not so far now.
Brahmaputra Board Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, RD & GR Ministry of Culture, Government of India Department of Sports, MYAS, Government of India IDBI BANK PMO India Narendra Modi Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Kishan Reddy Gangapuram Meenakshi Lekhi Anurag Thakur Amrit Mahotsav CMO Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma MyGovIndia MyGov Assam World Open Water Swimming Association International Rafting Federation Outdoor Swimmer Magazine The Outdoor Journal Outside Magazine National Geographic Adventure National Geographic India National Geographic Traveller India Discovery Channel India SwimSwam UNILAD Adventure Shiv Aroor TIMES NOW Republic News18 India News18 Assam & NE

29/12/2021

Beautiful landscape. That's the biggest advantage of an adventure expedition - takes you to places you might never know about otherwise!

28/12/2021

28/12/2021

With you all the way on this fascinating journey!

Expedition Day 24:
The team winds up overnight camp at the little village of Kanahara in district Kamrup. Slight haze which is clearing up, mostly sunny and pleasant, highs of 25°, winds ENE gustiing at 20 km/hr, with moderate humidity.
Brahmaputra Board Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, RD & GR Ministry of Culture, Government of India Department of Sports, MYAS, Government of India Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Government of India PMO India Narendra Modi Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Kishan Reddy Gangapuram Meenakshi Lekhi Anurag Thakur CMO Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma MyGovIndia MyGov Assam Amrit Mahotsav World Open Water Swimming Association International Rafting Federation SwimSwam Outdoor Swimming Society The Outdoor Journal Outside Magazine National Geographic Traveller India National Geographic Adventure National Geographic India Discovery Channel India Vijaya Kumar Dar