Nagari Combo, Oct 23-24 - prep email for participants

[Peter Van Geit]

Nagari participants,

Please read carefully to ensure a smooth proceeding this weekend

Anyone in the list below dropping out please inform us asap. Non informing drop outs will be blacklisted from any future CTC treks.

Assembly points/contacts

Store following numbers in your cell phone

TIDEL Park (4am) -  bus stop in front of TIDEL entrance gate

  Hari - 9884814595

  Max - 9677295511

Madya Kailash (4:10am) - bus stop behind the temple

  Alex - 9677093980

Guindy circle (4:20am) - Toyota showroom near Le Meridien

  Ajay - 9944126060

  Vadivel - 9500129227

Koyambedu (4:40am) - Nathan's Cafe just after public bus terminus

  Guru - 9677023519

  Ramesh - 9840544318

Anna Nagar (4:50am) - Anna Nagar West bus depot 

  Thilak - 9840873859

  Diwakar - 9003033369

Vadamalpet (7:30am) - bus stop near main road

  Ramzan - 9035678417

  Peter - 9600004509

Assembly process

1. Report near the organizer for attendance

2. Pay expense - 700Rs regular participant, 400Rs for bike owner (those who join by bike), car driver gets 800Rs refund, kids below 12 are free

(those who paid online in advance mention transaction ID)

3. Sign disclaimer form and return to organizer

4. Car/bike owners - put ribbon around side view mirror (only for bikes who join - most will be dropped near assembly point - we have sufficient buses and cars)

5. Get into one of the available bus (55 seater), cars (5 per car) or bikes (2 per bike)

Route to Vadamalpet (near base of Nagari mountains)

All members coming with car or bike should ensure their vehicles are in good serviced condition and have sufficient fuel (250km round trip) to avoid delays.

Cars/bikes at each assembly point will proceed in group towards Vadamalpet - drive at comfortable pace (30-40 in city, 60-70 on highways) and stay together as one group

Overall lead car - Peter - black Toyota Fortuner with red flag (no one goes before this)

Route map (vehicle owners - please read carefully and take along print out)

There are 4 major diversions along the route - we will deploy a bike or car near each diversion which will be picked up by the sweeper car.

Proceed from TIDEL to Madhya to Guindy to Koyambedu, proceed straight to Padi junction/flyover, pass DRJ hospital (left side), Essar petrol bunk.

  1. Take left before flyover and get onto NH5

(proceed straight on NH5 - pass through toll gate)

2. Take left turn after crossing 200m long bridge (Kortaillayar river) on SH51 towards Periyapalam

3. Take left turn after passing Periyapalayam bust stand (you will cross a 200m bridge after turning)

(proceed straight at Uttukottai)

  4. Take right at Puttur on NH205 

  5. Take right just before Vadamalpet

Assembly at parking near school at Vadamalpet

1. A few volunteers will be present to manage the parking of the buses, cars and bikes near the school

Minimize your back pack luggage - drop unnecessary items in cars

2. Take breakfast near the parking - 4 idlies, 1 vada, sambar + chutny

3. Pick up your food items for the trek (consume as indicated below) -

Important - to reduce waste we request everyone to bring along a lunch box (main food items will not be pre-packed)

  Sat lunch - lemon rice (individually packed)

  Sat dinner - tamarind rice (need lunch box) + soup

  Sun breakfast - Aval pori, 3 Nilgiri cream buns, 50g noodles

  Sun lunch - 4 chapattis, jam, sauce

  In between snacks - 2 apples, 1 biscuit packet, glucose

Requesting a few volunteers to carry common trekking gears (tarpaulin sheets, cooking pots, first aid kits)

Social initiative

Participants are welcomed to bring along unused or old toys or kids clothes (don't bring adult items) to the trek which will be handed over to the orphanage homes from CTC's social treks. Please hand over those items near the Fortuner at the parking spot where Thilak will collect the same.

The actual trek and available campsites (read carefully)

Once everyone has arrived, taken breakfast, food items and common gear we will proceed as one group in line

I will be putting up regular red ribbons along the trail to indicate the way. Keep an eye on these not to miss any diversions in the trail

Map of the trail

Level 1(10km, moderate ascent)

From the parking we proceed along flat trail towards the base of the hill

After this there will be a slight ascending rocky jeep track. There are no trees so it will be sunny. No water present until campsite 1 so ensure to carry 2-3 liter of water and use it over the entire distance. 

We will follow a walkable trail for around 10km till we reach a temple (campsite 1) which has fresh running water (falls/pool). This should take around 2-3 hours.

Each campsite is indicated with a yellow flag. The time written on the flag is the latest time allowed to proceed to the next campsite. People who reach later then this time should stay at the current campsite as they will not reach the next site on time/before darkness.

There is a nice waterfall/pool near the temple where you can take a quick dip (the only pool along the trail). After that proceed quickly to level 2.

Return to base - trekkers at campsite 1 can start returning to base in morning (avoid sun) or after lunch (ahead of level2/3/4/5)

Level 2 (+1km, steep climb)

Follow a rocky trail to the left side of the pool that gets you above the falls

Follow the stream in the narrow valley upstream climbing over rocks and boulders (no trail) along a fairly steep incline for around 1km

Keep climbing up straight (don't take left/right diversions, follow the red ribbons). 

Important - fill up all your water bottles at the place where the water disappears underground

After this be very careful with the consumption of your water (just like in the first stretch). There will be no water at campsite 2. Only when reaching campsite 3 we will find another stream.

Keep climbing up straight until you reach a flat grassy patch on top of the hill with some wooden huts. This is campsite 2.

Those staying at campsite 2 should preserve water for drinking, cooking and trekking back down to campsite 1 the next morning.

There are several nearby viewpoints which can be visited offering beautiful views on the Nagari valley (North)

Return to camp1 - trekkers at campsite 2 can return around 10am (no need to wait for level 3/4/5)

Level 3 (+2km, uphill ascent)

From campsite 2 there is a small, rocky trail that climbs up gradually South for 2km till a big, flat, grassland which is campsite 3

There is running water along this campsite where you can refill your bottles

Important - level 4+5 participants fill up all your water bottles at this stream as there will not be further water until we reach back to this point late night

Return to camp 2 - trekkers at campsite 3 will start the return around 11am

Level 4 (+6km rough terrain, steep climb)

Now the trail will disappear again as we climb further up the mountain. The terrain gets tougher walking through long grass sprinkled with rocks, bushes.

It's around 3km to the peak and 3km back to campsite 3 over difficult terrain. Be aware of this before you decide to join this level.

Level 5 participants will not return the same way.

Level 5 (+8km rough terrain, up/down climbs)

Once we reach the first peak participants can either return back to campsite 3 or proceed further for 4km over several high peaks at the Southern edge of the Nagari range. From the last peak it will be another 4km to reach back to campsite 3 by darkness.

Warming - Safety near deep water

Non-swimmers should be very careful entering the pool near the temple/campsite 1 as part of it is very deep. If you want to swim please bring along a swimming tube with you (available for 75Rs at sport shops). CTC is NOT responsible for any accidents near pools (frequently participants get into trouble as the deep vs. undeep areas in the pools are not clear - come prepared or stay out)

Must carry

1) Good walking shoes & a pair of sandals to move around in streams and the camping site. 2) Small/compact (NOT large) back-pack to carry water, food + following essentials 3) Blanket or Sleeping bag 4) LED torch to get around at night - essential 5) One extra set of clothes to sleep dry at night 6) Sun cap and cream (to protect from sun) 7) Three reusable PET bottles (anything less will get you into trouble due to lack of drinking water in this hot climate) 8) Reusable bowl + spoon + tiffin box 9) Camera, fully charged batteries, memory card – optional 10) Sleeping mat

11) Swimming tube (non-swimmers who want to get into the pools)

Advance payment

Those who have not yet paid as requested last week ;-( ;-( please do so asap.

Important - please mention your name (same as used during registration) in the online transaction (otherwise there is no way for us to track yours)

Important - please mention your name (same as used during registration) in the email to alex.fran...@gmail.com after making the transfer.

Further reading

http://groups.google.co.in/group/sachennaitrekkingclub/web/whats-a-ctc-trek http://groups.google.co.in/group/sachennaitrekkingclub/web/what-to-carry-during-a-trek http://groups.google.co.in/group/sachennaitrekkingclub/web/do-s-and-dont-s-during-a-trek?hl=en-GB&pli=1

Confirmed participants (alphabetically)

A Prasanna Abhishek S Achal Jain Ajay Mani Raj Ajay N Moorthy Akhil Surange Akhilesh Singh Akilan Jayaraman Alagappan Alex Franklin Jude Alluru butchi venkata siat rama raju Amarnath Anand Kothari Anand Vaidyanathan Anavarathan Raj Anil Kumar Anup Joy Anurag Jain Aravindan Aravindh Gurusamy Aravindhan.M Arivalagan Arivazhagan J Arjun J P Arun Krishna Arun Nagendran Arunkumar Swaminathan ashok kumar Ashok Ramaraj Asif B Sekar badri narayanan BadriKant Soni Baily Bala Balaji Balaji Balaji JP Balaji N Balaji Narasimhan Balamurugan.M Barani Kannan Cascarino fernando Cascarino fernando Chaitanya Gatla Chaitanya U Chandra Shekhar A K Chitra Clifford D.N.RAGHUNATH Damodaran Sudhakar daniel balaji debasrit mohanty Deepak Chandra deva Devendrasingh Dhilip Kumar .P Dinesh Padhmanaban Divin Rajan Divyya R Diwakar Krishnakumar Dr. Ratnakar Reddy Pingili Durai Murugan Duraiswamy. M Easwara Moorthi Ela Johri Elamaran Elangovan g.selvachandrakumar Ganesh Ganesh gangadharan gokul Gokulnath Subramaniam Gokulramkumar Gopalakrishnan Goutham S Gowri sankar Guru Shankar Gurumurthy Gurunarayanan gurvareddy Hareesh KK Hari Prasanna Hari Shankar Hariharan v S Harish Ramesh harsha c Indu Vivekanandan Jagadeesh B JaiGanesh S Jason Winni JasonWinni jay kanth krishnan Jemimah Fernando Jesu Noel K Sudhakaran Kamal kankeyan KARMUHILAN C Karthick Rajamani Karthik karthik subramaniam Karthikeyan Ramaswami kaushik venkateswaran Kavin Kaviyarasu G Kiran Kallakuri Kiran Sukumaran Nair kosalaraman Logendran, Gowri,Shanmugavel Logeswaran Lokesh M. Satish Kumar m.p.babu Mahesh Ramakrishnan Manish Manivannan Manoj Lakshmanan Mathi Max Comer Miruthujay Mukundha Natarajan Murali MURALIDHARAN V N. RANGANATHAN Nani Ravi naresh puri Nataraj Neha Manhas Nelson Vadassery Nirmal Nithyanandha Pandyan Nirmal S P.D. Antony Prince P.K.PRASAD Palanivelraj Parthiban K Paul Piyush Neema Ponpandi prabhagaran Prasanna Prasanna V Prassanth Lakshminarasimhan Praveen Parameswaran Pravin Kumar pravin parvatikar Priyank Shah R Narasimhalu r.aneesan R.Chandrasekar R.Malar Manian R.Sampath R.Venkatesan Radha Vish Radhaa Acharya raghunath nagamalli Raja Shivaji Rajadeepan.S Rajalingam Rajalingam A C Rajanna Rajath R Swamy Rajeev Hulekal Rajesh Devaraj Rajesh Devaraj Rajesh mohan Rajthilak Ram Ramakrishnan Narayanasamy Ramanathan N Ramesh Azhagar Ramjan Ratnakar Reddy Pingili Revathi G Rishikesh Acharya Rose Christy George S Atheendra S Chandrasekar S.karthik S.RAGHAVAN Sailaja Nori Sangram Sanjay K J Sanjay Mullasseri sanjeev kumar Santhosh Kumar T Saravanakumar Saravanan E saravanan narayanan saravanan narayanan saravanan narayanan Saravanan Shanmugham saravanapriyan raja Saroja Sashidaran Sathyanarayanasiva Sethu Sankar R SHAMANMITHRU Shankar shanmuga vignesh Shanti Chellappa Shanti Chellappa shiva raman Shumon Shveta Patil Simon Dowrick SIVASAMY sivashankar SOMANAATHAN M Soorya Naryanan Soundar Sree harsha vardhana reddy ch Sreekanth Reddy Bodeddula Sreeram Srinivasan S subash Subashini Subramaniam PS Sucharita Sundara Gopal Sunil Sunil Kumar Nagulapalli Sunoy Prabakaran Suresh Kanna Suresh kumar CTS SUSHOBH. K Swamy Syed Abdul Waris T.Udayakumar Thameem Ansari Thameen Ansari Udayakumar Thanikachalam Vadivel K Varshini Padmanabhan Varun Varun Varun S Gupta Vasanth Kumar vasudevan Velmurugan.K Venkat S Venkatachalam Venkatakrishnan Vickram Asokan Vignesh Vignesh M VigneshPrabhU Vigneshwaran A Vigneshwaran A Vijay Ganesh Vijaya Baskar Muthu vijayaprabu Vikram Gokhale Vinod S Vinoth Kumar Vinoth Kumar K Vishnu Kumar Prasad A Vishnukumar Waris Yasin selva kumar

Nagari is waiting for us... 2 more days waiting.... CU on Saturday morning for a rocking weekend!

--
Peter Van Geit
Dare to create your own path rather than follow existing trails
http://www.google.com/profiles/peter.vangeit

[Peter Van Geit]

Those who have a mobile with build-in GPS can take a print out of the attached geo-referenced Google topomap and carry it along during this weekend.

The trail is indicated in yellow. The latitude/longitude on your GPS will allow you to identify your exact position (grid cell) on the map.

After identifying your position try to orientate yourself based on the map - 

    topo lines indicate equal altitude

    thick lines are 100m increments

    thin lines are 20m increments

    

This should allow you to identify the peaks and valleys around you. Do this periodically alongside the trail to become more comfortable in navigation/orientation. We need more navigators within our group.

Peter.