2021-12-17 62 29

Fri 17 Dec 2021 in 62,29: 62.6207624, 29.8101840 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

In a forest near Jukolankatu road in Joensuu. About 400 metres from my home.

Participants

• Kripakko

Plans

This point is very close to my home and on public property. Now I have good chances of scoring several achievements, perhaps on several expeditions:

1. Reconnaissance mission at midnight. As I write this, it is less than two hours to midnight.
2. After about half past eight, there is enough daylight so I can see without artificial light. I can try to build a snowman and do other silly things if I feel like it.
3. Sunrise at 9:28. Yes, I am not far from the arctic circle, and the winter solstice will occur in a few days.

We discussed a possible Frozen Hobbit achievement on Discord. While it will be theoretically possible (the temperature will be about −5 °C), I am afraid of how my feet will cope. I could probably run to the hashpoint barefoot and back home, but stopping twice to eat might be too much to take. I will consider it in the morning.

Expedition #1

I left for the first visit just before midnight. I got outside, and after a couple of minutes of jogging I was at the hashpoint. For some reason, I had a surprising amount of trouble finding it with the GPS receiver: the measured location jumped all over the place, and the GPS uncertainty was high, while it usually stabilises to 2–4 m. Regardless, I was able to get to a place where I could take photos for proof.

I will be back later today. I will need taller rubber boots since there was too much snow for my "winter boots", about 40 cm. The temperature was 0 °C, and it is expected to get down to −5 °C during the day. There was sufficient light from the street lights that I could see perfectly, but I will need to wait for the morning to get enough light for the camera.

Photos

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  GPS receiver at the hashpoint at midnight. The image is blurry, but is shows the location N 62.62078°, E 29.81023°, 3 m to the geohash, with a GPS uncertainty of 6 m.

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  Legible proof of location.

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  Proof of date and time.

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  Selfie at the hashpoint at midnight.

Achievements

Kripakko earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2021-12-17.

Kripakko earned the Midnight Geohash achievement by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2021-12-17 in the middle of the night.

Kripakko earned the Walk geohash Achievement by reaching the (62, 29) geohash on 2021-12-17 on foot.