2009-10-17 64 18
| Sat 17 Oct 2009 in 64,17: 64.3283133, 17.5769559 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
Looks like the hashpoint is located on top of a hill in the middle of the Västerbotten wilderness.
Participants
Expedition
Silver
So, finally we were going to do a geohash in my home graticule! Since this graticule consists of mostly trees and wilderness with some small dots of civilization here and there, the hashpoint ended upp in the middle of nowhere. But it looked like a road passed nearby, and on the map there where no water or any other major obstacles in the area. The satellite pictures are low resolution over this area so it was mostly guesswork trying to figure out what kind of terrain we would be dealing with. There was something dark close to the road that we didn't really notice in our preparations - in retrospect we should have realised what it was.
The weather was perfect, cold and crisp with beautiful red-gold autumn sunshine poured out over the hills and forest. We found the small road that would lead us to the hashpoint, and this time it was an actual drivable road (not a horse-trail with practice jumps placed every ten meters) which took us to a place quite near the hashpoint.
When we stopped the car we noticed some orange plastic bands tied to the trees. Upon closer inspection the words "Älgjakt" (moose hunt) could be read on them. Stories of accidental shots killing foreign berry pickers and other people stupid enough to stumble into the woods in this season went through our heads, but after a brief discussion we decided to try for the hashpoint anyway. No hunters (or moose for that matter) could be heard nearby.
Photos
Later.
