2015-04-06 52 6

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Mon 6 Apr 2015 in 52,6:
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Location

The Vledderbos forest, immediately east of Stadskanaal, Netherlands.

Participants

Blauwe BIC

Plans

This would be an easy one. The coordinates are on a road in the forest, publicly accessible, parking spot nearby. Piece of cake.

Expedition

To challenge myself (it would otherwise have been too easy), I deliberately only viewed the road map once before departure, and drive my car about 230 km without any aid. Only about half a kilometer before the hash, the road was shut because of a sports event, but I could get around that obstacle.

The only real setback was upon reaching the hash. I used my phone as GPS device, and took a separate camera to photograph my phone's screen as proof of location. However, the second camera failed to operate (sounds like I blame the device, but an empty battery is obviously a result of poor planning). Therefore, I can now only bring circumstantial evidence of location without any proof of date.

To validate that I was actually standing next to the right tree, do review the coordinates on an aerial photo to see that the right tree is the ninth one, counting from a crossing path in the north.

Tracklog

Photos

Achievements

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Blauwe BIC achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Utrecht, Netherlands and 1 of the surrounding graticules.