Journey Into The Wild: Peter Van Geit at TEDxVITVellore

Peter, born and raised in Belgium, is settled in Chennai for the last 15 years, working as a Project Manager in CISCO Systems India. Peter has driven over 50,000 kms across India on his Royal Enfield and has conquered the Himalayas thrice. A few years ago, he founded the Chennai Trekking Club (CTC), a non-profit volunteer based group of trekking enthusiasts who explore mountains and jungles across South India nearly all weekends of the year. This Chennai based group has currently close to 19000 members! An expert in map reading, navigation and GPS, Peter has taken thousands of trekkers to many previously unexplored locations and is now leading One of the Biggest Clean up campaigns: The Chennai Coastal Cleanup!


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