Difference between revisions of "2016-01-24 60 26"

Revision as of 21:07, 26 January 2016

Location

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

Participants

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 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.

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

Photos

Entering the forest road.
A bit hard to see, but it's definitely -3 °C.
And we've arrived!
Lloyd posing at the hash.
The hashmobile parked exactly at the spot.

Achievements

FelixTheCat (talk) earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (60, 26) geohash on 2016-01-24 while the temperature was -3 °C.

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 == Location ==
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+On a forest road just off Main Road 12, halfway between Lahti and Kouvola.
 == Participants ==
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 == Plans ==
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+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 ==
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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 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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+My first hash in a foreign country, and also my first Frozen Geohash!
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+Image:2016-01-24 60 26 FelixTheCat 1.JPG | Entering the forest road.
+Image:2016-01-24 60 26 FelixTheCat 2.JPG | A bit hard to see, but it's definitely -3 °C.
+Image:2016-01-24 60 26 FelixTheCat 5.png | And we've arrived!
+Image:2016-01-24 60 26 FelixTheCat 3.JPG | Lloyd posing at the hash.
+Image:2016-01-24 60 26 FelixTheCat 4.JPG | The hashmobile parked exactly at the spot.
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+{{Frozen Geohash
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+    | name = [[User:FelixTheCat|FelixTheCat]] ([[User talk:FelixTheCat|talk]])
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