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== Expedition ==
 
== Expedition ==
 
After missing all previous Geohashing Days and Mouseover Days due to unlucky locations or circumstances, this year I got a bit more lucky. At first, none of the points in nearby graticules looked too good. Given a chance, I would prefer points on virgin graticules. I gave some thought for [https://geohashing.info/2023-05-27/s/z:8/66,23 66,23] which looked interesting but not really accessible, but then I realised there was an accessible point here in 65,27. If I brought a bicycle in a bus, I would have a doable distance to cycle and plenty of time. Depending on where I would get off the outgoing morning bus and get on the returning evening bus, I would have 6–7 hours to cycle 50–65  kilometres.
 
After missing all previous Geohashing Days and Mouseover Days due to unlucky locations or circumstances, this year I got a bit more lucky. At first, none of the points in nearby graticules looked too good. Given a chance, I would prefer points on virgin graticules. I gave some thought for [https://geohashing.info/2023-05-27/s/z:8/66,23 66,23] which looked interesting but not really accessible, but then I realised there was an accessible point here in 65,27. If I brought a bicycle in a bus, I would have a doable distance to cycle and plenty of time. Depending on where I would get off the outgoing morning bus and get on the returning evening bus, I would have 6–7 hours to cycle 50–65  kilometres.
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I decided to take the bus leaving from Oulu at 8:30 and to get off at the bus stop of Syöte junction at about 10:15. I would then cycle via the hashpoint to Taivalkoski where the returning bus would stop at 17:05 and arrive back in Oulu at 19:20. The weather was partly cloudy with the temperature around 10 °C – a surprisingly annoying temperature because if I wore only a t-shirt, I would get cold due to wind, and if I covered myself any more, I would get too hot due to body heat. I ended up wearing only a t-shirt most of the time and just ignoring the slight cold. Occasional sunshine and long uphills really helped with getting warm.
  
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I decided to take the bus from Oulu and to get off at the bus stop of Syöte junction at about 10:15. I then cycled via the hashpoint to Taivalkoski where the returning bus stopped at 17:05. The weather was partly cloudy with the temperature around 10 °C – a surprisingly annoying temperature because if I wear only a t-shirt, I get cold due to wind, and if I cover myself any more, I get too hot due to body heat. I ended up wearing only a t-shirt most of the time and just ignoring the slight cold. Occasional sunshine and long uphills really helped with trying to be warm.
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I left from home at 8:00 and cycled to the bus station where I got on the bus. I started cycling from the bus stop as planned and made my way to the hashpoint via Salmiperä, Iso-Syöte and Syötekylä. I visited a few geocaches, shops in Iso-Syöte and Syötekylä, and Vattukuru, a beautiful rocky ravine in the national park. Since I had plenty of time to spare, I could take my time stopping in interesting locations. Finally, I parked the bicycle by the road and walked the last 300 metres. The forest was easy to traverse, and a strip of forested bog was almost completely dry except in a few narrow ditches. I reached the hashpoint at 15:00 and had two hours to walk back and cycle 25 kilometres to Taivalkoski. No big deal – I could still stop to find a few geocaches and to take some photos. I arrived at Taivalkoski bus stop at 16:55, ten minutes before the bus would arrive. After the bus ride back to Oulu, I quickly visited a store in Raksila and cycled back home, where I arrived at 19:40.
  
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I forgot to take distance readings from the GPS receiver, but I believe I cycled about 75 km and walked about 1 km in total. I could get more accurate values analysing the tracklog, but I do not care enough to do it.
  
 
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Image:2023-05-27_65_27_03-road.jpg | Regional road 858 near Rengasvaara. Save for occasional nice views, the landscape was mostly this for the whole trip.
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Image:2023-05-27_65_27_04-reindeer1.jpg | A lone reindeer on the road.
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Image:2023-05-27_65_27_05-ridge.jpg | On a tiny ridge by Naamankajärvi lake where I found a geocache.
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Image:2023-05-27_65_27_06-pikkusyöte.jpg | View towards Pikku-Syöte fell.
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Image:2023-05-27_65_27_07-isosyöte.jpg | View towards Iso-Syöte fell.
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Image:2023-05-27_65_27_08-reindeer2.jpg | Two more reindeer that I saw.
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Image:2023-05-27_65_27_09-vattukuru.jpg | Boulders and woods in Vattukuru. Not all snow has yet melted.
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Image:2023-05-27_65_27_10-bogview.jpg | View to Lakisuo bog.
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Image:2023-05-27_65_27_11-bicycle.jpg | Where I parked the bicycle, about 300&nbsp;metres to go.
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Image:2023-05-27_65_27_12-hashpoint.jpg | The hashpoint was located pretty much under the birch.
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Image:2023-05-27_65_27_13-gpsr1.jpg | Proof of location.
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Image:2023-05-27_65_27_14-gpsr2.jpg | Proof of date and time.
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Image:2023-05-27_65_27_15-selfie.jpg | Stupid Grin&trade; at the hashpoint.
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Image:2023-05-27_65_27_16-lakeview.jpg | View to Luokanjärvi lake and some distant hills.
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Image:2023-05-27_65_27_17-taivalkoski.jpg | At Taivalkoski centrum bus stop, waiting for the returning bus.
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Image:2023-05-27_65_27_18-bus2.jpg | Back in Oulu.
 
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Revision as of 10:25, 28 May 2023

Sat 27 May 2023 in 65,27:
65.6601464, 27.8445193
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Location

On Luokanvaara hill in Syöte national park.

The point on a topographic map: [1]

Participants

Expedition

After missing all previous Geohashing Days and Mouseover Days due to unlucky locations or circumstances, this year I got a bit more lucky. At first, none of the points in nearby graticules looked too good. Given a chance, I would prefer points on virgin graticules. I gave some thought for 66,23 which looked interesting but not really accessible, but then I realised there was an accessible point here in 65,27. If I brought a bicycle in a bus, I would have a doable distance to cycle and plenty of time. Depending on where I would get off the outgoing morning bus and get on the returning evening bus, I would have 6–7 hours to cycle 50–65  kilometres.

I decided to take the bus leaving from Oulu at 8:30 and to get off at the bus stop of Syöte junction at about 10:15. I would then cycle via the hashpoint to Taivalkoski where the returning bus would stop at 17:05 and arrive back in Oulu at 19:20. The weather was partly cloudy with the temperature around 10 °C – a surprisingly annoying temperature because if I wore only a t-shirt, I would get cold due to wind, and if I covered myself any more, I would get too hot due to body heat. I ended up wearing only a t-shirt most of the time and just ignoring the slight cold. Occasional sunshine and long uphills really helped with getting warm.

I left from home at 8:00 and cycled to the bus station where I got on the bus. I started cycling from the bus stop as planned and made my way to the hashpoint via Salmiperä, Iso-Syöte and Syötekylä. I visited a few geocaches, shops in Iso-Syöte and Syötekylä, and Vattukuru, a beautiful rocky ravine in the national park. Since I had plenty of time to spare, I could take my time stopping in interesting locations. Finally, I parked the bicycle by the road and walked the last 300 metres. The forest was easy to traverse, and a strip of forested bog was almost completely dry except in a few narrow ditches. I reached the hashpoint at 15:00 and had two hours to walk back and cycle 25 kilometres to Taivalkoski. No big deal – I could still stop to find a few geocaches and to take some photos. I arrived at Taivalkoski bus stop at 16:55, ten minutes before the bus would arrive. After the bus ride back to Oulu, I quickly visited a store in Raksila and cycled back home, where I arrived at 19:40.

I forgot to take distance readings from the GPS receiver, but I believe I cycled about 75 km and walked about 1 km in total. I could get more accurate values analysing the tracklog, but I do not care enough to do it.

Tracklog


Photos

  • At Oulu bus station in the morning, the bus is leaving soon.

  • The Naamanganjoki river.

  • Regional road 858 near Rengasvaara. Save for occasional nice views, the landscape was mostly this for the whole trip.

  • A lone reindeer on the road.

  • On a tiny ridge by Naamankajärvi lake where I found a geocache.

  • View towards Pikku-Syöte fell.

  • View towards Iso-Syöte fell.

  • Two more reindeer that I saw.

  • Boulders and woods in Vattukuru. Not all snow has yet melted.

  • View to Lakisuo bog.

  • Where I parked the bicycle, about 300 metres to go.

  • The hashpoint was located pretty much under the birch.

  • Proof of location.

  • Proof of date and time.

  • Stupid Grin™ at the hashpoint.

  • View to Luokanjärvi lake and some distant hills.

  • At Taivalkoski centrum bus stop, waiting for the returning bus.

  • Back in Oulu.

Achievements

Landgeohash.png
 Kripakko earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (65, 27) geohash on 2023-05-27.
Bus.PNG
 Kripakko earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (65, 27) geohash on 2023-05-27 via the Oulu–Kuusamo bus line.
Escape.PNG
 Kripakko earned the 2023 Mouse Over Day achievement
by celebrating in the (65, 27) graticule on the Saturday following May 21st 2023.

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