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|17={{quoteMore|center|After walking over a kilometer it was time to head into the forest, it was completely dark and I didn't see much of it. It seems like a crazy decision to try to walk the last 700 meters to the hash but it's also a kinda crazy decision to head out half an hour after midnight to try to reach a coordinate in the middle of a forest and then walk by foot for about six hours just to reach "nothing". (...)It was completely wet in the forest, small lakes and swamps had been temporarily created by the melting snow but this time it wouldn't stop me.  My shoes got wet after just a few minutes and turned wetter since I had walked in deeper and deeper swamps. (...)I finally reached the geohash and it felt great.|[[User:Vswe|Vswe]] on [[2010-11-18 59 17]]}}
 
|17={{quoteMore|center|After walking over a kilometer it was time to head into the forest, it was completely dark and I didn't see much of it. It seems like a crazy decision to try to walk the last 700 meters to the hash but it's also a kinda crazy decision to head out half an hour after midnight to try to reach a coordinate in the middle of a forest and then walk by foot for about six hours just to reach "nothing". (...)It was completely wet in the forest, small lakes and swamps had been temporarily created by the melting snow but this time it wouldn't stop me.  My shoes got wet after just a few minutes and turned wetter since I had walked in deeper and deeper swamps. (...)I finally reached the geohash and it felt great.|[[User:Vswe|Vswe]] on [[2010-11-18 59 17]]}}
 
|18={{quoteMore|center|That's when I found out that when you are in a hurry to catch a train you can actually ride a bike while carrying all your ski equipment... |[[User:Crox|Crox]] on [[2011-01-04 46 7]]}}
 
|18={{quoteMore|center|That's when I found out that when you are in a hurry to catch a train you can actually ride a bike while carrying all your ski equipment... |[[User:Crox|Crox]] on [[2011-01-04 46 7]]}}
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|19={{quoteMore|center|Look what technology has wrought. Amundsen and Scott killed/nearly killed themselves getting to the pole, and now we have a permanent base and people can near-instantaneously send people already there on silly missions. |[[User:Phyzome|Phyzome]] on IRC}}
 
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Then I realised, despite all my whining, my pain and exhaustion, my total lack of any positive thoughts at all, I was enjoying myself. I was having one of the most exhilarating times of my life. I was exploring a place that no one had ever been, seeing things no one had ever seen, pushing my body to its limit for a ridiculously pointless goal and loving every second of it.
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