[pct-l] From India? Re: Doing the Oregon PCT: 8/5 to 9/15 - 42 days for 456 miles.

[Madhukar Eshwarachar]

Yes, I'm Madhu and basically I'm from India.

*"What's this guy from India trying to do on PCT? hmmm weird"*

If you have the above question in mind, it's very natural. As like most
from my country I'm an engineer (duh?) and work for a software giant and
into IT consulting. Now that's fits. If you are curious to know why,
someone once said people from my country are either engineers, doctors or
own a motel! (phew!). Holidays for us means, take family and/or
parents/in-laws to Disneyland, Grand Canyon, Niagara (you know the
list....)............

*This summer, for me its gonna be different. *

I'm sure some of you would have come across people from my country on PCT
thru-hike, pretty sure it would be very few! :-)

Cheers
Madhu





On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Madhukar Eshwarachar <
meshwarachar at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
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> I’m Madhu, male 39 and reasonably fit  (at least I think I am!). Never
> done backpacking in my life and being a resident of OR since last 2 ½
> years, I’m very interested in doing this. At this juncture of my life, I
> just need to be with nature and get out of the routine things that I do day
> in and day out.
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> I wanna do the Oregon PCT: 8/5 to 9/15 - 42 days for 456 miles. Start from
> Seiad Valley, CA (CA/OR border) and end in Bridge of the Gods (OR/WA
> border). In coming weekends, I plan to hike PCT (nearby Portland, OR) and
> check out gear, camping, water, food etc. This should give me a preview for
> the actual hike I plan to do.
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> Would love to hear your comments, advice etc. Also it would be great if I
> can meet someone who has done this and living close to the place I’m in
> (Beaverton, OR).
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> Thanks
> Madhu