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== Location ==
 
== Location ==
 
On a forest road just off Main Road 12, halfway between Lahti and Kouvola.
 
On a forest road just off Main Road 12, halfway between Lahti and Kouvola.
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== Expedition ==
 
== Expedition ==
Driving along the number 12 road I spotted the exit to the narrow forest road just a bit too late and missed it (cannot brake very hard on a snowy road) and had to turn around about 1 km down the road. The first part of the road was quite driveable. The snow was packed and the road relatively wide. As I went deeper into the forest, the road became narrower and narrower, and the snow thicker and thicker. I very carefully drove the last 500 m towards the hash, and reached the point pretty easily. I then had to reverse that same distance because I didn't want to risk doing a 3-point-turn on such a narrow road with such a thick layer of snow. This all went pretty smoothly and I was soon back on the big road and on my way to Kouvola.
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Driving along the number 12 road I spotted the exit to the narrow forest road just a bit too late and missed it (cannot brake very hard on a snowy road) and had to turn around about 1 km down the road. The first part of the forest road was quite driveable. The snow was packed and the road relatively wide. As I went deeper into the forest, the road became narrower and narrower, and the snow thicker and thicker. I very carefully drove the last 500 m towards the hash, and reached the point without even getting out of the car. But of course I stepped out to take a few pictures and enjoy the beautiful surroundings.
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I then had to reverse the same 500 m because I didn't want to risk doing a 3-point-turn on such a narrow road with such a thick layer of snow. This all went pretty smoothly and I was soon back on the big road and on my way to Kouvola.
  
 
My first hash in a foreign country, and also my first Frozen Geohash!
 
My first hash in a foreign country, and also my first Frozen Geohash!
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Location

On a forest road just off Main Road 12, halfway between Lahti and Kouvola.

Participants

FelixTheCat (talk)

Plans

I happened to be in Finland for the weekend, and this hash popped up on Sunday in a location that seemed reasonably reachable. It was located exactly on a forest road, but how accessible that road would be in winter, with fresh snow having fallen the previous night, was unclear.

Expedition

Driving along the number 12 road I spotted the exit to the narrow forest road just a bit too late and missed it (cannot brake very hard on a snowy road) and had to turn around about 1 km down the road. The first part of the forest road was quite driveable. The snow was packed and the road relatively wide. As I went deeper into the forest, the road became narrower and narrower, and the snow thicker and thicker. I very carefully drove the last 500 m towards the hash, and reached the point without even getting out of the car. But of course I stepped out to take a few pictures and enjoy the beautiful surroundings.

I then had to reverse the same 500 m because I didn't want to risk doing a 3-point-turn on such a narrow road with such a thick layer of snow. This all went pretty smoothly and I was soon back on the big road and on my way to Kouvola.

My first hash in a foreign country, and also my first Frozen Geohash!

Photos

Achievements

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FelixTheCat (talk) earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (60, 26) geohash on 2016-01-24 while the temperature was -3 °C.
2016-01-24 60 26 FelixTheCat 2.JPG