Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Traveller Recalls China-Nepal Bridge Crossing Before Devastating Flood
Anurag Mishra recently travelled to Mount Kailash with a group of pilgrims.
They crossed a bridge between China and Nepal on July 12.
Later, a huge flood swept the steel bridge away.
Some pilgrims became stranded, and people were reported missing.
Mishra worries that a hotel where his group had eaten may also have been destroyed.
His journey included difficult walking at very high altitudes.
Pilgrims helped watch each other for signs of illness and dehydration.
The experience made him think about respecting nature and helping other people.
Anurag Mishra crossed Friendship Bridge from China into Nepal on July 12 after a 12-day Kailash pilgrimage.
The steel bridge was later swept away by a devastating gush of water, stranding Kailash pilgrims and causing loss of lives.
Mishra’s group had completed the 52-kilometre Kailash parikrama and visited Mansarovar two days before crossing.
Flooding may have destroyed the roadside hotel where the group ate lunch beside the Trishuli River.
A guide told Mishra that eight members of his team were missing after the floods.
- Who
- Traveller Anurag Mishra, his pilgrimage group, guides, pilgrims and people living near the Trishuli River.
- What
- A steel bridge connecting China and Nepal was swept away by flooding after Mishra crossed it weeks earlier.
- When
- Mishra crossed the bridge on July 12; it was swept away on a later Wednesday, with the aftermath discussed on Thursday.
- Where
- At Friendship Bridge on the China-Nepal border, near the Trishuli River.
- Why
- A devastating gush of water caused the bridge to be swept away; the article does not specify the flood’s precise cause.
- Bridge
- Friendship Bridge, a steel crossing connecting China and Nepal.
- Crossing date
- July 12.
- Pilgrimage duration
- 12 days.
- Group size
- More than 20 people.
- Completed route
- A 52-kilometre parikrama around Kailash.
- Missing people
- A guide told Mishra that eight members of his team were missing.
- Nearby river
- The Trishuli River, fed by glaciers on the Tibetan side.