Amit Gupta
Class of 2008
Blog post, December 3, 2008
Hiking pack sits in the corner of the room behind the Samsonite wheeler. A steady supporter that usually takes a back seat to the smaller bookbag, it needs a dusting before being summoned back to the front ranks.
Repellent 32% deet: CHECK. Impenetrable rain shells: CHECK. Arsenal of quick drying gear: CHECK. Headlamp: CHECK.
Freezer size Ziploc bag of medications – Epipen included – that the son of two doctors would not enter the Amazon without: CHECK.
It’s go time.
Hiking the Amazon Photo by Amit Gupta ’08
