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A fairly uneventful drive before we parked up beside the forest near the geohash point. The terrain proved to be substantially trickier than we first suspected, being a 60 degree slope covered in decaying ash saplings and frozen woodrush resulting in as much falling as climbing. | A fairly uneventful drive before we parked up beside the forest near the geohash point. The terrain proved to be substantially trickier than we first suspected, being a 60 degree slope covered in decaying ash saplings and frozen woodrush resulting in as much falling as climbing. | ||
| − | Once in the woodland | + | Once in the woodland, we found that our apparent position using GPS can change by as much as a degree second while simply standing still. This was our first time using GPS and had such confidence in it that we didn't bring our map, simply using a compass to tell us which way to the coordinates. So the only way we were going to successfully achieve this geohash was to stumble about the woods in the vicinity of the hashpoint like a bunch of aimless numpties, which we duly did. |
| − | Under the circumstances an empirical monte carlo approach seemed to be the only effective method. | + | Under the circumstances, an empirical monte carlo approach seemed to be the only effective method. |
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| + | We'll be better prepared and more thorough next time, not least because we would have circumnavigated a field rather than climbed down then up again on difficult terrain. But we still consider that the geohash was achieved and better than it would have been with compass bearings (no landmarks were visible). | ||
== Achievements == | == Achievements == | ||
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Image:2008_12_27_57_-3_elk.jpg|Emily: Elk impression | Image:2008_12_27_57_-3_elk.jpg|Emily: Elk impression | ||
Image:2008_12_27_57_-3_lewis.jpg|Lewis: stupid grin | Image:2008_12_27_57_-3_lewis.jpg|Lewis: stupid grin | ||
| − | Image:2008_12_27_57_-3_oatcake.jpg| Eric: a well earned oatcake | + | Image:2008_12_27_57_-3_oatcake.jpg| Eric: a well-earned oatcake |
Image:2008_12_27_57_-3_gas.jpg|Smoulder: drinking carbonated water at below zero has side effects | Image:2008_12_27_57_-3_gas.jpg|Smoulder: drinking carbonated water at below zero has side effects | ||
| − | Image:2008_12_27_57_-3_pans.jpg|Eric brings back some discarded pans | + | Image:2008_12_27_57_-3_pans.jpg|Eric brings back some discarded pans and bottles, found buried in the leaf litter |
Image:2008_12_27_57_-3_pan_a.jpg| Wanna buy a used pan? | Image:2008_12_27_57_-3_pan_a.jpg| Wanna buy a used pan? | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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Contents
About
Smoulder and Damianc made this expedition, along with Emily, Lewis and Eric. The hashpoint is located just to the west of the A96, south of Fochabers. So far so good, it all looks pretty straightforward.
Expedition
A fairly uneventful drive before we parked up beside the forest near the geohash point. The terrain proved to be substantially trickier than we first suspected, being a 60 degree slope covered in decaying ash saplings and frozen woodrush resulting in as much falling as climbing.
Once in the woodland, we found that our apparent position using GPS can change by as much as a degree second while simply standing still. This was our first time using GPS and had such confidence in it that we didn't bring our map, simply using a compass to tell us which way to the coordinates. So the only way we were going to successfully achieve this geohash was to stumble about the woods in the vicinity of the hashpoint like a bunch of aimless numpties, which we duly did. Under the circumstances, an empirical monte carlo approach seemed to be the only effective method.
We'll be better prepared and more thorough next time, not least because we would have circumnavigated a field rather than climbed down then up again on difficult terrain. But we still consider that the geohash was achieved and better than it would have been with compass bearings (no landmarks were visible).
Achievements
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This user earned the Land geohash achievement
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This user earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement
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Photographs
The somewhat tricky descent through decaying trees
damianc: a sense of achievement
Emily: Elk impression
Lewis: stupid grin
Eric: a well-earned oatcake
Smoulder: drinking carbonated water at below zero has side effects
Eric brings back some discarded pans and bottles, found buried in the leaf litter
Wanna buy a used pan?
