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Location

In Peurasuo, Sotkamo. The point lies in a swamp right beside a forest road. The point is also only 100 meters from the border between the municipalities of Valtimo and Sotkamo.

Participants

Pastori
The Wife

Expedition

Pastori standing near the hashpoint. The sign marks the border of Valtimo and Sotkamo (also North Karelia and Kainuu).

After the long hot summer season ended, Pastori crawled up from his home river, where he had spent about a month, the temperature of the river ranging between 15-21°C. The summer had gone away and new hashpoints were awaiting.

Point located!

Today his expedition was about 30 km by car, then 25 meters into a swamp, and that's it. However, crossing the ditch between the forest road and the swamp presented some problems. It was at least 3 meters wide and seemed to be deeper than his Nokia geohashpointboot. Well, a little curve and a twist and a small swerve eastwards, not as far as Russia, though, and Pastori was over the ditch. Then he stomped back towards the vicinity of the hashpoint and managed to get a reading of about 2 meters with his cellphone. All was well and The Wife stayed safely at the hard-packed gravel road to document Pastori's actions.

The place of our picnic lunch.

Back to the road Pastori wanted to go straight. So he barehandedly fell a dried-up tree that was standing on the swamp, and placed it as a bridge over the ditch. After no time he was safe with his Wife. All is well that ends well, because on this expedition they also found a liter of blueberries and a beautiful place to eat their picnic lunch.

Mind refreshed they returned home and decided, that here it goes again, that is, busy autumn of geohashing. Where might we be tomorrow?