Difference between revisions of "2010-05-05 44 4"

Latest revision as of 03:11, 6 August 2019

Location

As in a text message from Danatar:

Wed 5.5.: 44 4 is 3km W from Ales (cathedral!) between the villages St-jean-du-pin and Auzas in the forest next to the road.

Participants

lyx
relet

Plans

Plans? We did not even have a map!

I had asked Danatar and davidc to text me coordinates while we were in France. Yes, I am a sucker for redundancy. Thanks a lot to both of you. :D

Expedition

We followed the signage to Alès, which is a decently sized town.
From there on, we followed compass directions to the hash.
Our first approaches ended at private driveways about 3.1km from the hash.
The final approach is the road of the common wood - cf. the google map view in the tracklog section
From there, it was just 1.2km, and there were paths through the forest
...which ended at the river.
...so we followed the river.
It meandered, as rivers like to do, so we took a few shortcuts through the brambles.
Southern French undergrowth is pretty dense, as there is not much overgrowth to steal the sun.
We approached the hash with every step, but we could not see the road Danatar mentioned, and it got dark quickly.
We aborted the mission about 150m from the hash, when we would have had to leave the riverbed (again) to climb a steep cliff through more brambles.

Tracklog

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&msa=0&ll=44.12987,4.042025&spn=0.007046,0.016512&z=17&msid=114537174518825253289.0004864d80ac60e116772

Photos

Narrow roads are narrow.
Approach road
A dry riverbed we would get to know better
There were footpaths... still.
And stairs!
More paths.
Then, the river. We followed this riverbed for about 1.5km.
With a few exceptions, where the river was too cluttered.
250m to go, no "road" visible nowhere.
Back down, 150m to go, it got dark, and we despaired.
Did I mention it was drizzling raining all the time?
Danatar's message. Almost all you need to get me geohashing.

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+''As in a text message from [[User:Danatar|Danatar]]:''
+<pre>Wed 5.5.: 44 4 is 3km W from Ales (cathedral!) between the villages St-jean-du-pin and Auzas in the forest next to the road.</pre>
 == Participants ==
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+*[[User:lyx|lyx]]
+*[[User:relet|relet]]
 == Plans ==
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+Plans? We did not even have a map!
+I had asked Danatar and davidc to text me coordinates while we were in France. Yes, I am a sucker for redundancy. Thanks a lot to both of you. :D
 == Expedition ==
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+* We followed the signage to Alès, which is a decently sized town.
+* From there on, we followed compass directions to the hash.
+* Our first approaches ended at private driveways about 3.1km from the hash.
+* The final approach is the road of the common wood - cf. the google map view in the tracklog section
+* From there, it was just 1.2km, and there were paths through the forest
+* ...which ended at the river.
+* ...so we followed the river.
+* It meandered, as rivers like to do, so we took a few shortcuts through the brambles.
+* Southern French undergrowth is pretty dense, as there is not much overgrowth to steal the sun.
+* We approached the hash with every step, but we could not see the road Danatar mentioned, and it got dark quickly.
+* We aborted the mission about 150m from the hash, when we would have had to leave the riverbed (again) to climb a steep cliff through more brambles.
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+http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&msa=0&ll=44.12987,4.042025&spn=0.007046,0.016512&z=17&msid=114537174518825253289.0004864d80ac60e116772
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+File:2010-05-05-44-4-P1060017.JPG | Narrow roads are narrow.
+File:2010-05-05-44-4-P1060018.JPG | Approach road
+File:2010-05-05-44-4-P1060019.JPG | A dry riverbed we would get to know better
+File:2010-05-05-44-4-P1060021.JPG | There were footpaths... still.
+File:2010-05-05-44-4-P1060022.JPG | And stairs!
+File:2010-05-05-44-4-P1060026.JPG | More paths.
+File:2010-05-05-44-4-P1060028.JPG | Then, the river. We followed this riverbed for about 1.5km.
+File:2010-05-05-44-4-P1060030.JPG | With a few exceptions, where the river was too cluttered.
+File:2010-05-05-44-4-P1060031.JPG | 250m to go, no "road" visible nowhere.
+File:2010-05-05-44-4-P1060032.JPG | Back down, 150m to go, it got dark, and we despaired.
+File:2010-05-05-44-4-P1060033.JPG | Did I mention it was drizzling raining all the time?
+File:2010-05-05-44-4-P1060037.JPG | Danatar's message. Almost all you need to get me geohashing.
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