Difference between revisions of "2013-06-25 62 25"

Revision as of 18:20, 29 July 2013

Location

In Kangashäkki, Uurainen. The point lies in forest near lake Pieni Pirttilampi.

Participants

Tilley

Plans

Today it's my birthday! Almost like a birthday present, a geohashpoint fell splendidly on our way (again) when we we're traveling from my parents-in-law to our home. (The reason why hashpoints so often fall on our way when we make this trip is, that our journey spans four graticules, and we have two route options, which are almost equally long. Thus we can adjust our route according to hashpoints. :) )

Expedition

The forest was very dry.

The expedition itself was easy and quick. We parked our car, I put on my hiking shoes and entered the bone-dry forest. The terrain was sandy and forest quite easy to traverse, because there were old forest machine tracks which were free from trees. The point was near a small lake, and I had hoped there would be a view from the hashpoint to the lake. This hope was in vain, the forest was much too dense. I could see only tiny glimpse of the water. (Visible also in the picture.)

A birthday-grin!

As I was trying to set a self-portrait with the timer by placing the camera on a tree stump, I got attacked by angry ants. (not angry birds) The first picture didn't capture my head, but when I tried to adjust the aim, the ants swarmed up my legs (I was wearing shorts) and began to bite. I thus had to abandon the hash-site and didn't get that self-portrait.

I then went back and we continued our drive. Sorry, my inspiration to write a longer report has dried up in this heat. Today was hot! It was 28 °C in the shade and our car doesn't have air conditioning. Now it's 20:30 and it's still 25 °C outside. Much too warm for me, I don't function well in hot weather.

Additional distance driven by car to get to the hashpoint: 1 km. Walking distance: 400 m.

Additional photos

The proof.

Achievements

Tilley earned the Birthday Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (62, 25) geohash on his 33th birthday, 2013-06-25.

Tilley earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (62, 25) geohash on 2013-06-25.

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 {{meetup graticule
-| lat=63
+| lat=62
-| lon=28
+| lon=25
-| date=2013-07-29
+| date=2013-06-25
 }}
 __NOTOC__
 == Location ==
-In Ruohomäki, Rautavaara. The point lies in a forest trail(?).
+In Kangashäkki, Uurainen. The point lies in forest near lake Pieni Pirttilampi.
 == Participants ==
 *[[User:Tilley|Tilley]]
+== Plans ==
+Today it's my birthday! Almost like a birthday present, a geohashpoint fell splendidly on our way (again) when we we're traveling from my parents-in-law to our home. (The reason why hashpoints so often fall on our way when we make this trip is, that our journey spans four graticules, and we have two route options, which are almost equally long. Thus we can adjust our route according to hashpoints. :) )
 == Expedition ==
-We were traveling with my family to Valtimo to visit [[User:Pastori|my parents]]. There happened to be a hash lying almost directly on the route, just waiting to be grabbed. I couldn't miss this opportunity to boost my stats. :)
+[[File:2013-06-25_62_25_DSC2932_1500px.jpg|250px|thumb|left|The forest was very dry.]]
-[[File:2013-07-29_63_28_DSC3598_1500px.jpg|thumb|left|300px|The place I left the car.]]
+The expedition itself was easy and quick. We parked our car, I put on my hiking shoes and entered the bone-dry forest. The terrain was sandy and forest quite easy to traverse, because there were old forest machine tracks which were free from trees. The point was near a small lake, and I had hoped there would be a view from the hashpoint to the lake. This hope was in vain, the forest was much too dense. I could see only tiny glimpse of the water. (Visible also in the picture.)
-I had carefully typed in all the necessary intersections to the GPS and made a route of them. However, I didn't realize that when a route is activated for navigation, the Garmin eTrex calculates which point in a route is at that moment closest, and ignores points before that. The major road Kuopio-Valtimo is very bendy and makes at some points 90 degree turns. So when I activated the route, the third point was closest, and the device skipped first two intersections of the route. This resulted in me driving couple of hundred meters past the first intersection, before I noticed that the distance to the waypoint was increasing. I made a U-turn, and proceeded towards the waypoint. Before I could get the hold of the inner workings of the GPS, I made a couple of further wrong turns in the maze of gravel roads. Eventually I could get the GPS to show the waypoint I wanted and found the right intersection to a small forest road.
-The road surface was in good condition, it was well-maintained for logging operations. The maintenance didn't, however,  include cutting the hay from the middle of the road. This didn't hinder our movement much and I trusted the road-keepers that there weren't any surprise rocks hidden in the hay. There weren't and we quickly reached the end of the (drivable) road. From there it was about 300 meters to the hash.
+[[File:2013-06-25_62_25_DSC2933_1500px.jpg|400px|thumb|right|A birthday-grin!]]
-[[File:2013-07-29_63_28_DSC3585_1500px.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The trail leading to the hash.]]The Google maps satellite image had shown that there was a some sort of track or roadbed going as far as the hashpoint. There was indeed, but it was almost overgrown by birches and hay. I went on my way anyway with sandals, at least the surface was relatively level. In some parts the tracks was more open and it was quite easy to follow.
+As I was trying to set a self-portrait with the timer by placing the camera on a tree stump, I got attacked by angry ants. (not angry birds) The first picture didn't capture my head, but when I tried to adjust the aim, the ants swarmed up my legs (I was wearing shorts) and began to bite. I thus had to abandon the hash-site and didn't get that self-portrait.
-[[File:2013-07-29_63_28_DSC3587_1500px.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The creek.]]
+I then went back and we continued our drive. Sorry, my inspiration to write a longer report has dried up in this heat. Today was hot! It was 28 °C in the shade and our car doesn't have air conditioning. Now it's 20:30 and it's still 25 °C outside. Much too warm for me, I don't function well in hot weather.
-Nearing the hashpoint, about 100 meters before it there was a creek. There was a refreshing sound of running water. After the creek, the forest was cut, and the hashpoint was there in the open. I took some pictures and returned. The Sleeping Baby had slept in the car the whole time, and we just continued our journey to Valtimo.
-Additional driving distance by car: 6 km. Walking distance: 600 m.
+Additional distance driven by car to get to the hashpoint: 1 km. Walking distance: 400 m.
 == Additional photos ==
 <gallery>
-Image:2013-07-29_63_28_DSC3588_1500px.jpg | The grin.
+Image:2013-06-25_62_25_DSC2935_1500px.jpg | The proof.
-Image:2013-07-29_63_28_DSC3594_1500px.jpg | The proof.
 </gallery>
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-{{land geohash | latitude = 63 | longitude = 28 | date = 2013-07-29 | name = Tilley | image = 2013-07-29_63_28_DSC3588_1500px.jpg
+{{Birthday geohash
+| latitude = 62
+| longitude = 25
+| date = 2013-06-25
+| pronoun = his
+| number = 33th
+| name = [[User:Tilley|Tilley]]
+| image = 2013-06-25_62_25_DSC2933_1500px.jpg
+}}
+{{land geohash | latitude = 62 | longitude = 25 | date = 2013-06-25 | name = Tilley | image = 2013-06-25_62_25_DSC2933_1500px.jpg
 }}


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