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== Location ==
 
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While most of the Mid Wales graticule lies far, far away from anything, this particular hashpoint sits on a low hill right by the river Mawddach. Sure, the hill's forested and may not have any paths in it - but that's no problem, right?
  
 
== Participants ==
 
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*Huinesoron's mother
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== Preparation ==
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From Saturday 4th through Friday 10th August, I was staying a short distance south of this hashpoint (my journey there allowed me to hit my first ever hash [[2012-08-04 51 -0|on the Saturday]]), right on the border between two virgin graticules, so I had a prime opportunity for geohashing. Unfortunately, [[Aberystwyth, United Kingdom| Aberystwyth]] graticule is mostly underwater... and Wales is very bad for internet access... so I had a total of three possible hashes: Saturday, Sunday, and (because we're east of 30W) Monday. Saturday and Sunday were too far. Monday... was just right.
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Oh, but no internet means no GPS even on a phone - so this was a map job. I pulled the map off the shelf and... cursed, because the map grid ''of course'' isn't aligned to the lat/long grid. Fortunately there were graticule intersections marked, but it was still more work than I'd been expecting - and the forest was so small! Surely there had to be a larger-scale map.
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There was. That one ''didn't'' have graticule-intersection marks. Cue some overly-complicated ruler work to pinpoint the hash (hey, it's been a decade since I last used a map this way, cut me some slack!). At least the second map showed some actual tracks... a tentative route was planned. Three routes, actually. Since the hashpoint itself was off-track, we could compass either from the end of a wall (blue option), a corner in the path (red), or along a contour (yellow).
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But this is Geohashing. It was never going to be that simple...
  
== Plans ==
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Image:2012-08-06 52 -3 Maths.jpg | Sums hurt my head
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Image:2012-08-06 52 -3 Rulerwork.jpg | But this hurts more than the sums
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Image:2012-08-06 52 -3 Plainmap.jpg | Where we're going
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== Expedition ==
 
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Location

While most of the Mid Wales graticule lies far, far away from anything, this particular hashpoint sits on a low hill right by the river Mawddach. Sure, the hill's forested and may not have any paths in it - but that's no problem, right?

Participants

Preparation

From Saturday 4th through Friday 10th August, I was staying a short distance south of this hashpoint (my journey there allowed me to hit my first ever hash on the Saturday), right on the border between two virgin graticules, so I had a prime opportunity for geohashing. Unfortunately, Aberystwyth graticule is mostly underwater... and Wales is very bad for internet access... so I had a total of three possible hashes: Saturday, Sunday, and (because we're east of 30W) Monday. Saturday and Sunday were too far. Monday... was just right.

Oh, but no internet means no GPS even on a phone - so this was a map job. I pulled the map off the shelf and... cursed, because the map grid of course isn't aligned to the lat/long grid. Fortunately there were graticule intersections marked, but it was still more work than I'd been expecting - and the forest was so small! Surely there had to be a larger-scale map.

There was. That one didn't have graticule-intersection marks. Cue some overly-complicated ruler work to pinpoint the hash (hey, it's been a decade since I last used a map this way, cut me some slack!). At least the second map showed some actual tracks... a tentative route was planned. Three routes, actually. Since the hashpoint itself was off-track, we could compass either from the end of a wall (blue option), a corner in the path (red), or along a contour (yellow).

But this is Geohashing. It was never going to be that simple...

Expedition

Photos

Achievements