2024-10-26 44 -1

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Location

In a pine forest near Le Porge.

Participants

Beltxarga (talk)

Expedition

On 2024-10-25 (yeah, I'm an ISO 8601 fan), I noticed that the geohash point fell within an unlocked graticule next to mine (there are 7 of them!). My first plan was to make the trip by bicycle — a 130 km round-trip almost entirely along bike lanes, and I announced it on Discord (join us!). But since I’m on holiday, I thought it’d be a great chance to bivouac there and go for the Camping geohash achievement (one of my target achievements). So, I packed up my gear and settled in for a patient wait until the next day.

Here's the tracklog. (Note that it's not an actual recording of my GPS position, but a GPX I prepared in advance to guide me, thanks to the wonderful gpx.studio. Also, for privacy reasons, it starts from Bordeaux although I don't live there.)


I departed on 2024-10-26, around 2 pm, with all my gear: tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, rain equipment, stove, food, etc. It's nice to be comfy!

The route was pleasant and mostly uneventful — almost perfect, though I would have preferred it without the rain.

Upon arriving near the geohash, I made the mistake of dismounting to take a sandy path, which, unsurprisingly, the rain had made even less passable... After thoroughly mucking up my bike and shoes, I decided to head back to the bike path and continue until reaching the closest point to the geohash. Since this spot qualified for the "camping achievement" I left my bike there and set off on foot toward the geohash. Second setback: no signal! Geohash Droid couldn’t guide me. So, I turned back to my bike and rode nearly a kilometer to find enough reception to load the geohash in the app. Back at my future bivouac point, I left my bike again and finally ventured into the pine forest, guided by the app this time. Success!

Back near my bike, about 200 meters from the geohash and in almost pitch black (thank God for headlamps), I set up my tent in the still-pouring rain and finally relaxed a bit: a change of clothes, and of course, meal prep! On the menu: buckwheat bread with butter (forgot the radishes!) and freeze-dried chicken curry. Not the most photogenic, but delicious—and definitely welcome after the afternoon’s efforts!

Work in progress, to be continued...

Photos

Achievements

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Beltxarga earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (44, -1) geohash on 2024-10-26.
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Beltxarga earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling to the (44, -1) geohash on 2024-10-26.
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Beltxarga earned the Camping geohash achievement
by camping in a tent 200 meters from the (44, -1) geohash on 2024-10-26, from 7pm to 9am.
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Beltxarga achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement
by visiting coordinates in Bordeaux, France and 1 of the surrounding graticules.
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Beltxarga earned the Picnic achievement
by eating freeze-dried chicken curry at the (44, -1) geohash on 2024-10-26.