2017-02-04 58 26

Sat 4 Feb 2017 in 58,26: 58.1150716, 26.4439616 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

On the edge of a field in Palupera Parish, Estonia.

Participants

FelixTheCat (talk)

Expedition

I was on a trip in the Baltic states, and of course hoping for interesting geohashes to show up. This one seemed pretty doable so I decided to stop by on my way from Jekabpils (Latvia) to Tartu (Estonia). The navigation system in my rental hashmobile did a pretty good job of guiding me along country roads, and I arrived at the field around 15:20. I found a space to park on the edge of the field and proceeded to walk the last 500m or so to find the hash, among some trees and bushes. It took a bit of dancing to get a low enough reading (always tricky in wooded areas), but I managed to get within the accuracy and took some pictures. I quickly went back to the car because there were several menacing-sounding dogs barking quite loudly somewhere nearby and I didn't really fancy having to meet them. I set the satnav to Tartu and drove off again.

The snow and low temperature make this a Frozen Geohash, and it's also the first reported expedition in the Tartu graticule!

Photos

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  The road towards the hash.

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  The hashfield.

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  It gets a bit snowier as we get closer to the point.

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  The point is here among the trees.

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  Made it!

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  Lloyd posing.

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  Proof of temperature. And of the fact that I almost made a Saturday meetup!

Achievements

FelixTheCat (talk) earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (58, 26) geohash on 2017-02-04 while the temperature was -1.5 °C.