User:Pastori

Introduction

Pastori
63 / m / 63,28

Pastori

This user is a retired pastor from Valtimo, Finland. He bought his first smartphone with GPS in March 2013, and his son immediately introduced him to the concept of geohashing. As he is an adventurous and wilderness-loving person, the idea of visiting random coordinates appealed to him. A couple of nearby coordinates still slipped by because of lack of proper software in the phone, but when his son visited him for Easter, Geohash Droid was immediately installed. Then it was only a matter of time before the first adventure could begin...

(Note: His son has written these descriptions and will write the actual reports according to his narrative, as his he has not enough confidence in his own skills writing English texts.)

Graticules

He lives in one of the most sparsely populated graticules in Finland, bearing the name of Nilsiä. His home is in the municipality of Valtimo, which is in the eastern side of a chain of forested hills acting as a water divider. This makes Valtimo to draw many weather patterns from the continental climate of Russia, which makes it a very cold place; according to the national classification, the city of Rovaniemi in the Arctic Circle enjoys similar climate as this region. Coldest days of winter regularly see the thermometer dropping to almost -40°C, and even in March there can be -25°C in the nighttime.

Plans

To visit hashpoints whenever they are close enough!

Expeditions

• 1. 2013-03-28 63 28 Reached his first geohash in a snowy field in Karhunpää, also achieving Virgin Graticule for Nilsiä, Finland.
• 2. 2013-04-07 63 29 Failed to reach this geohash in Nurmes because of too many dogs in the vicinity of geohash.
• 3. 2013-04-07 63 28 Failed to reach this geohash in Rautavaara because of too long unploughed stretch of road to make his way through in a formal attire.
• 4. 2013-04-11 63 28 Successfully reached this geohash in Vasaravaara, Valtimo with skis.
• 5. 2013-04-13 63 28 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Rasimäki, Valtimo with snow shoes.
• 6. 2013-04-16 63 28 Successfully reached this hashpoint in Koppelo, Valtimo walking with snow shoes 2,5 km.

Achievements

Pastori earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (63, 28) geohash on 2013-03-28 while the temperature was -12°C.

Pastori earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (63, 28) geohash on 2013-03-28.