User:Pastori

Introduction

Pastori
63 / m / 63,28

Pastori

This user is a retired pastor from Valtimo, Finland. He bought his first smartphone with GPS in March 2013, and his son immediately introduced him to the concept of geohashing. As he is an adventurous and wilderness-loving person, the idea of visiting random coordinates appealed to him. A couple of nearby coordinates still slipped by because of lack of proper software in the phone, but when his son visited him for Easter, Geohash Droid was immediately installed. Then it was only a matter of time before the first adventure could begin...

(Note: His son has written these descriptions and will write the actual reports according to his narrative, as he has not enough confidence in his own skills writing English texts.)

Graticules

He lives in one of the most sparsely populated graticules in Finland, bearing the name of Nilsiä. His home is in the municipality of Valtimo, which is in the eastern side of a chain of forested hills acting as a water divider. This makes Valtimo to draw many weather patterns from the continental climate of Russia, which makes it a very cold place; according to the national classification, the city of Rovaniemi in the Arctic Circle enjoys similar climate as this region. Coldest days of winter regularly see the thermometer dropping to almost -40°C, and even in March there can be -25°C in the nighttime.

Plans

To visit hashpoints whenever they are close enough! And in vacations or when traveling also whenever they are not so close. .)

Update May 2013: Pastori now has a master plan to visit all the graticules in Finland! Here is a map to track the progress.

Expeditions

• 26. 2013-06-11 63 28 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Puukari, Valtimo with bikes.
• 25. 2013-06-02 63 28 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Rasimäki, Valtimo along with Tilley et co.
• 24. 2013-05-26 64 27 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Pöppölä, Sotkamo (Kajaani graticule).
• 23. 2013-05-26 64 26 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Kajaani (Vaala graticule).
• 22. 2013-05-26 63 22 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Kauhava (Pietarsaari graticule).
• 21. 2013-05-25 62 22 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Ilmajoki (Seinäjoki graticule).
• 20. 2013-05-24 62 23 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Seinäjoki (Lapua graticule.
• 19. 2013-05-23 62 23 Failed to reach this hashpoint in Timanttimaa, Alavus (Lapua graticule) because of thicket and sore knee.
• 18. 2013-05-23 62 24 Failed to reach this hashpoint in Rämälä, Ähtäri (Keuruu graticule) because of thicket and sore knee.
• 17. 2013-05-23 62 27 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Suonenjoki.
• 16. 2013-05-21 63 29 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Saramo, Nurmes, celebrating the Geohashing Day 21.5.
• 15. 2013-05-18 63 28 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Rumo, Valtimo, in a formal attire.
• 14. 2013-05-10 62 27 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Kuopio along with Tilley & co!
• 13. 2013-05-08 62 27 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Leppävirta, achieving minesweeper level 3.
• 12. 2013-05-08 60 24 Failed to reach this hashpoint in Vantaa due to crops on a field.
• 11. 2013-05-06 61 25 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Nastola.
• 10. 2013-05-01 63 28 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Rautavaara, making it a triple achievement day!
• 9. 2013-05-01 63 27 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Iisalmi, second hash today!
• 8. 2013-05-01 63 29 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Salmenkylä, Nurmes, achieving Virgin Graticule award.
• 7. 2013-04-29 63 28 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Puukari, Valtimo by cycling 14 km.
• 6. 2013-04-16 63 28 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Koppelo, Valtimo walking with snow shoes 2,5 km.
• 5. 2013-04-13 63 28 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Rasimäki, Valtimo with snow shoes.
• 4. 2013-04-11 63 28 Successfully reached this geohash in Vasaravaara, Valtimo with skis.
• 3. 2013-04-07 63 28 Failed to reach this geohash in Rautavaara because of too long unploughed stretch of road to make his way through in a formal attire.
• 2. 2013-04-07 63 29 Failed to reach this geohash in Nurmes because of too many dogs in the vicinity of geohash.
• 1. 2013-03-28 63 28 Reached his first geohash in a snowy field in Karhunpää, also achieving Virgin Graticule for Nilsiä, Finland.

Achievements

Location Achievements

Pastori earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (63, 28) geohash on 2013-03-28.

Activities & Attire Achievements

Pastori and The Wife earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling 22 km to and from the (62, 27) geohash on 2013-05-10.

Pastori and The Wife earned the Formal attire achievement by looking good at the (63, 28) geohash on 2013-05-18.

Challenge Achievements

Single Geohash Achievements

Pastori earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (63, 28) geohash on 2013-03-28 while the temperature was -12°C.

Multiple Geohash Achievements

Pastori and The Wife earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching hash points on 3 consecutive days starting on 2013-05-24.

Pastori achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Nilsiä, Finland and 4 of the surrounding graticules.

Pastori and The Wife earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching 3 hash points on 2013-05-01. It's a Triple Hash.

Pastori and The Wife earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching 3 hash points on 2013-05-26. It's a Triple Hash.

Interaction achievements

Pastori earned the Ambassador achievement by obtaining permission from local farmer to access the (63, 28) geohash on 2013-06-02.

Timing Achievements

Annual Events

Pastori and The Wife earned the 2013 Geohashing Day achievement by having a picnic, fishing and wandering in the wilderness in the (63, 29) graticule on May 21st 2013.