2009-05-10 66 19

From Geo Hashing


Sun 10 May 2009 in 66,19: 66.9003955, 19.8551485 peeron google osm

The hashpoint was in the forest between Porjus and Harsprånget.

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I drove along E10 to Gällivare, then E45 to Porjus. The hashpoint was a bit further south, near the Harsprånget dam and power station. Google had shown a road (turned out to be Harsprångsvägen) that would take me almost all the way to the hash. There was some snow in the forest, but GEOHASHERS DO NOT FEAR SNOW.

There was a nondescript building near the hashpoint, probably an old military installation. Since there were no "don't photograph, plz" signs, I assumed no one would mind me doing so.

After finding the hashpoint, I went to have a look at the dam. It was huge.

Easy expedition, though time (6 hours) and fuel-consuming.

the ru earned the Virgin Graticule Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (66, 19) graticule, here, on 2009-05-10.

the ru has achieved Level 6 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Kiruna, Sweden and 6 of the surrounding graticules.

Harsprångsvägen	Secret bunker	A snow plow	The hashpoint - not very exciting	The Internet was there
Ice floes in the Harsprånget dam	Porjus	Nice weather	Gällivare hospital, birthplace of the ru	The mountains commonly referred to as "Grandmothers Boobs"