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December 31st, 2009

Nepal

2009-12-31

STAMP Country : Nepal Date of Issue : December 31st, 2009 Type : Commemorative Denomination : 20.00 Rs No. of Stamp in Set : 2 No. of Stamps in Each Sheet : 2 Sheets=40 Stamps Total Quantity : 1 Million Size : 31.5x42.5 mm Paper : High Quality Stamp Paper Color : Multicolor Process of Printing : Offset Lithography Printer : Cartor Security Printing, France Designer : Mohan N. Rana Topic(s) : Sports, Mountain POST MARK Topic(s) : Sports

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FDC Stationary Value : 5.00 Rs | No. of (Stamp) in Each Sheet : Each sheet contain 20 stamps, 2 sheets contain 40 stamps (20 Sets) Kayaking : A Kayak is a small, human powered boat, made nowadays of plastic or fiberglass. The Kayak finds its origins amongst the indigenous people of the Arctic and North primarily for recreational sport and adventure purposes. The Kayak is fitted for a single person, who is snuggly fit into the boat. A spraydeck, made of waterproof stretchy meterial, fit tightly around the body of the paddler and extends over the cockpit rim, so that little water enters the boat as it travels through rapids, The Kayaker directs the boat with the help of a double bladed paddle, negotiating rapids and maneuvering through obstacles. Kayaking was introduced in Nepal in the early 1970s by a group of foreign boaters. Nepal has some of the best whitwater in the world, and people travel from far and wide to explore its unique and vast paddling playground. There are approximately 6100 whitewater rivers in Nepal that are suitable for Kayaking and Rafting. Many of them remain inaccessible due to the country's limited infrastructure. In both kayaking and rafting rivers are classified according to flow, volume and trajectory, the following scale is used: Class 1: Flat water; easy float Class 2: Meduim; clear passages Class 3: Difficult; strong waves, narrow passages Class 4: Very difficult; long and boiling rapids Class 5: Extremely difficult; technical with a high gradient (Big drops) Class 6: Impossible to run, deadly. Nepal has open 16 rivers for Kayaking and Rafting can be done in all of these rivers. Mountain Biking : Mountain Biking is a sport which consists of riding bicycles of road often over rough terrain using specially adapted mountain bikes or hybrid/cross road bikes, mountain bikes share similiarities with other bikes but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain mountain biking is growing but can generally be broken down into multiple categories for examples XC (cross country), DH (Downhill), FR (Free Ride), AM (All Mountain), Urban Trails/Street Riding and DJ (Dirt Jumping) This individual sport requires endurance, care strength and balance bike handling skills (time in the saddle) self reliance and decipline. As a sprit it has made popular around the world because it has been included in the Olympic Games since 1996. In Nepal, the National Sports Council of Nepal officially recognized Mountain Biking as sport. Nepal Mountain Bike Association (NMBA) was registered in 1995, later renamed Nepal Cycling Association (NCA) in 2006. Nepal Cycling Association., is affiWated to Unioflr.Cycliste Internationale (UCI), Switzerland and the Asian Cycling Confederation (ACC), South Korea.