Difference between revisions of "2013-07-14 49 4"

Revision as of 10:31, 14 July 2013

Location

A field between Ménil-Lépinois and Aussonce.

Participants

Plans

I was looking for the perfect location for my first geohash expedition. This one was in my home graticule (49,4), not too far (about 25 km from home), and it was taking place on a Sunday. Last but not least, my graticule was still virgin.

Expedition

I woke up at 8 am, a bit earlier than usual on Sundays, maybe excited by the expedition. At 9 am, I was departing from home. The weather was really nice, and I was pretty much enjoying the countryside roads... when my GPS told me I was arriving at the location. It took me a little while to find that little road on the map. I parked there, in the middle of nowhere, and started to look for the spot. I was confused and couldn't really think straight at first (I was a bit worried someone would see me, and think I'm a kind of crazy person, going around in circles, alone in a field, on the French National Day). My car SatNav wasn't really helpful (no compass, no general direction, just the raw coordinates). Did I have to walk towards North to increase the N coordinate value?! I wasn't even sure anymore. Where was North anyway? In what bloody direction could I go to change the longitude value without changing the latitude one? After relaxing a bit, I could think again, and finally found the spot, right where it was supposed to be.

On my way back, I was denied access to my own street because of a market. The man said I couldn't go, for security reasons. When I told him I lived there, he said that I should take the street in the wrong way (it's a one-way street). Hence, for the first time of my life, I took a one-way street in the wrong way for security reasons.

Photos

Crap picture of my GPS at the spot.
Second crap picture of my GPS at the spot.
Looking NW: the little road from the spot. With red flowers and red car :)
Looking NE.
Looking SE towards Aussonce.
Looking SW.
The spot from the little road.
The road, looking SW.
The road, looking NE.

Achievements

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 == Achievements ==
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+{{Virgin graticule
-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+    | latitude = 49
+    | longitude = 4
+    | date = 2013-07-14
+    | name = Beltxarga
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+}}
-Delete the next line ONLY if you have chosen the appropriate categories below. If you are unsure, don't worry. People will read your report and help you with the classification. -->
-[[Category:New report]]
-<!-- Potential categories. Please include all the ones appropriate to your expedition -->
-<!-- If this is a planning page:
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
--->
-<!-- An actual expedition:
 [[Category:Expeditions]]
--- and one or more of --
 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
--->
-<!-- if you reached your coords:
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
---><!-- or if you failed :(
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
--- and a reason --
-When there is a natural obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]
-When there is a man-made obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]
-When you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work:
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]
-When you went to an alternate location, or decided early on to abort the expedition:
-[[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]
-(Don't forget to delete this final close comment marker) -->


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