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In one of the mining areas near Kongsberg, Norway | In one of the mining areas near Kongsberg, Norway | ||
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== Expedition == | == Expedition == | ||
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*In the bus to Oslo. It has come to this. -- [[User:relet|relet]] [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=60.16636010&lon=10.25830080&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @60.1664,10.2583] 14:59, 29 februar 2012 (GMT+01:00) | *In the bus to Oslo. It has come to this. -- [[User:relet|relet]] [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=60.16636010&lon=10.25830080&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @60.1664,10.2583] 14:59, 29 februar 2012 (GMT+01:00) | ||
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*Coordinates reached! -- [[User:relet|relet]] [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=59.72310252&lon=9.56451985&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @59.7231,9.5645] 21:57, 29 februar 2012 (GMT+01:00) | *Coordinates reached! -- [[User:relet|relet]] [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=59.72310252&lon=9.56451985&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @59.7231,9.5645] 21:57, 29 februar 2012 (GMT+01:00) | ||
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| + | *Back in Kongsberg, missed the bus after five hours of sleep in the forest, but caught a train and a connection that should get me to work on time. | ||
| + | If my shoes weren't completely wet, I would have thought there is something wrong with this expedition. -- [[User:relet|relet]] [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=59.67196039&lon=9.65110410&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @59.6720,9.6511] 06:04, 01 mars 2012 (GMT+01:00) | ||
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| + | === The aftermath === | ||
| + | After reaching Hønefoss 07:57, taking a long hot shower, tending to my feet, and clocking in at work 08:51 this feels like an all-around success. That is all the more impressive to me, considering how many moments of sudden motivation drop there were during the walk. Arriving in a small, but bustling town, with no bus leading back, I felt like I wouldn't even reach the | ||
| + | end of civilization to find a place to camp in peace. With the snow wet from rain, I questioned the idea of camping per se. Stumbling onto a three star youth hostel... walking along a dark windy road with just a tiny reflector on my arm (why, I won't use the precious batteries in my headlight, won't I?!)... seeing that it all goes *uphill*... on ice... taking the wrong turn and ending up on a farm at night... fortunately, there's always this "well, at least you can take a ''look'' and turn around afterwards" thing that makes me keep going. | ||
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| + | At about 800m distance I noticed the hash would be on the other side of a pretty impressive stream. Now I had the option to follow the road further on, or follow the other side of the stream along a steep, icy, densely forested hillside. That would yield a new record [[stupidity distance]] of 800m. Unquestionably, I decided for the latter. With me climbing further up, the creek soon turned into a rather impressive canyon, and I decided that I may not have taken the wise, but the right choice. A lot of stumbling and retarding moments later, I discovered the hash on the top of a small hill, in the snow. I was tired like hell, my shoes were wet, and it was at least an hour later than I had hoped for. I would also have to take that way back tomorrow. So I rolled out my sleeping bag, ate a quick midnight snack, and fell asleep. | ||
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| + | The way back was quicker (It went downhill, and I found a snowier, but straighter path. Since my shoes were wet anyway, I could just as well follow the open patches of snow instead of sticking to the forest), but I still managed to miss my 05:36 bus by ten minutes. I hadn't considered that most of the 8km walking yesterday were not that last uphill part, and still took a good bit of time. Fortunately, that made me find a faster and cheaper connection that would reach my place a whole five minutes later. | ||
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== Tracklog == | == Tracklog == | ||
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| + | {{GalleryItem | Image:2012-02-29_59_9_21-59-13-191.jpg | Stupid grin, and a headlight.}} | ||
| + | {{GalleryItem | File:2012-02-29 59 9 R1064808.JPG | Camp-"Sod Awesome, I just want to sleep!" turning into Camp-"Sod Sleep, Why does it have to start drizzling now?" }} | ||
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| + | | residence = a sleeping bag | ||
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| + | | year = 2012 | ||
| + | | lat = 59 | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:27, 16 February 2020
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Location
In one of the mining areas near Kongsberg, Norway
Today's battleship location is: F 8
Participants
- relet 05:43, 29 February 2012 (EST)
Plans
Hit the hash in the evening, leave in the morning.
Expedition
Live news
- In the bus to Oslo. It has come to this. -- relet @60.1664,10.2583 14:59, 29 februar 2012 (GMT+01:00)
- Step two: in the train to Kongsberg... -- relet @59.9109,10.7521 17:11, 29 februar 2012 (GMT+01:00)
- A small creek quickly turned into a non neglectable canyon. -- relet @59.7176,9.5631 20:56, 29 februar 2012 (GMT+01:00)
- Coordinates reached! -- relet @59.7231,9.5645 21:57, 29 februar 2012 (GMT+01:00)
- Back in Kongsberg, missed the bus after five hours of sleep in the forest, but caught a train and a connection that should get me to work on time.
If my shoes weren't completely wet, I would have thought there is something wrong with this expedition. -- relet @59.6720,9.6511 06:04, 01 mars 2012 (GMT+01:00)
The aftermath
After reaching Hønefoss 07:57, taking a long hot shower, tending to my feet, and clocking in at work 08:51 this feels like an all-around success. That is all the more impressive to me, considering how many moments of sudden motivation drop there were during the walk. Arriving in a small, but bustling town, with no bus leading back, I felt like I wouldn't even reach the end of civilization to find a place to camp in peace. With the snow wet from rain, I questioned the idea of camping per se. Stumbling onto a three star youth hostel... walking along a dark windy road with just a tiny reflector on my arm (why, I won't use the precious batteries in my headlight, won't I?!)... seeing that it all goes *uphill*... on ice... taking the wrong turn and ending up on a farm at night... fortunately, there's always this "well, at least you can take a look and turn around afterwards" thing that makes me keep going.
At about 800m distance I noticed the hash would be on the other side of a pretty impressive stream. Now I had the option to follow the road further on, or follow the other side of the stream along a steep, icy, densely forested hillside. That would yield a new record stupidity distance of 800m. Unquestionably, I decided for the latter. With me climbing further up, the creek soon turned into a rather impressive canyon, and I decided that I may not have taken the wise, but the right choice. A lot of stumbling and retarding moments later, I discovered the hash on the top of a small hill, in the snow. I was tired like hell, my shoes were wet, and it was at least an hour later than I had hoped for. I would also have to take that way back tomorrow. So I rolled out my sleeping bag, ate a quick midnight snack, and fell asleep.
The way back was quicker (It went downhill, and I found a snowier, but straighter path. Since my shoes were wet anyway, I could just as well follow the open patches of snow instead of sticking to the forest), but I still managed to miss my 05:36 bus by ten minutes. I hadn't considered that most of the 8km walking yesterday were not that last uphill part, and still took a good bit of time. Fortunately, that made me find a faster and cheaper connection that would reach my place a whole five minutes later.
Tracklog
Photos
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Achievements
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This user earned the Camping geohash achievement
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