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Image:2013-07-20 49 4 correct road.jpg | The correct road, on the right.
 
Image:2013-07-20 49 4 correct road.jpg | The correct road, on the right.
 
Image:2013-07-20 49 4 arrow.jpg | There were arrows like this all along the road, coincidence?
 
Image:2013-07-20 49 4 arrow.jpg | There were arrows like this all along the road, coincidence?
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Image:2013-07-20 49 4 forest.jpg | Time to quit the road and explore!
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Image:2013-07-20 49 4 obstacle.jpg | Last obstacle on the way up.
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Revision as of 18:23, 21 July 2013

Sat 20 Jul 2013 in 49,4:
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Location

In a forest near Villers-Marmery, in the Montagne de Reims regional natural park.

Participants

Beltxarga

Plans

At 2 pm, I had the idea to check if there was a geohash not too far from me. Turned out that the geohash was 20 km away, in a nice place near Villers-Marmery, so I decided to go. I wanted to visit Verzy afterwards (for the famous Faux de Verzy), and Verzenay (for its lighthouse).

Expedition

I arrived in Villers-Marmery at 4 pm, so a bit late for a (possible...) meetup at the geohash. I parked my car, since the plan was to walk from the village, and then go into the forest to find the geohash. On my way, I took the wrong road. At one point I reached the right latitude, but the longitude was maybe off by 500 meters. I was sweating, I had no water anymore, and I was starting to feel lost (I had wandered into the forest to try and decrease the longitude number). I decided to quit and go back to my car in the village. But on my way back, I spotted a road and after thinking for a bit, I discovered my mistake. After walking maybe 1 km along that road, I got very close to the geohash, and I wandered again into the forest. I climbed a little hill and found myself at the geohash. I think I had never sweated that much. I cancelled my visit of Verzy and Verzenay to go home, rehydrate and have a shower.

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