Pikasääre

Geodashing Dashpoint Log
2011-04-03 19:28:33 UTC
GDAS-MUOJ

Player: Haraldpoiss
Team:   FinEst Dashers

GDAS-MUOJ is near Ula-Talila, Estonia.

> Date, Points, TeamPoints, Dashpoint, Country, State, Lat, Lon, Distance
2011-04-03, 3, 3, GDAS-MUOJ, Estonia, , 58.5255, 23.2264, 0

Number of previous hunts by Haraldpoiss: 17

It was on the south-western coast of island Muhu, near cape Pikasääre.

On the way there I saw cops measuring speed just before Liiva village. But I
noticed them early and slowed down, so they didn't touch me. A little after
turning right at Liiva I saw two roes crossing the road, with some nice white
asses.

It was possible to drive to 3,5km from the point. It was impossible to continue
even with snow chains. The snow on the road was too deep. There were only some
tracks of tractors and ATV in it. So I parked and took a stroll. There was an
ant nest beside the road and someone's lost and found boot hanging on a tree.
After a kilometer the tracks turned away from the road. I followed the road,
not the tracks. The snow was quite deep, reaching occasionally up to knee.

Finally I reached to the shore of strait Väike that separates islands Muhu and
Saaremaa. It was 1,6km to the point and I continued on ice. There was lot of
water on it and several openings, but it still it was much faster and easier to
walk there then in snow. It was very windy and there were quite many birds
flying around. 1km from the destination there was a nice cottage on the shore.
The point was on dry land, about 100m from coastline.

On the way back I decided not to go to the snowy road again and took a frozen
swamp instead. It was a good choice and took me easily almost to my car. The
cops on the road had changed their position. Now they were in Reina village on
Saaremaa. This time I didn't notice them early enough, because the sun was
against me. Probably they had had a boring day with no speed maniacs to mess
with, because they stopped me, although I had only 13 over (as they said). They
made me blow, but of course I was sober. Fortunately they decided not to fee
me.

http://geodashing.gpsgames.org/cgi-bin/dp.pl?dp=GDAS-MUOJ

Special equipment :D

View over frozen strait Väike from GDAS-MUOJ

A cottage on the shore of strait Väike

Ooslalaid

Geodashing Dashpoint Log
2011-04-02 19:18:21 UTC
GDAS-MOIH

Player: Haraldpoiss
Team:   FinEst Dashers

GDAS-MOIH is near Rahuste, Estonia.

> Date, Points, TeamPoints, Dashpoint, Country, State, Lat, Lon, Distance
2011-04-02, 3, 3, GDAS-MOIH, Estonia, , 58.0953, 22.1135, 95

New extreme south visit this year for Estonia: GDAS-MOIH
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Number of previous hunts by Haraldpoiss: 16

EXTREME-EXTREME...

It was in the middle of Baltic Sea!!! This is not a joke!!

So I parked my car in Rahuste village and started walking over pastures. There
was open landscape, but it was quite foggy, which comfortably covered my
suspicious activity. After few hundred meters I met a sign saying "Rahuste
nature reserve". Soon I reached to the sea and continued on ice, until... the
ice ended and there was open sea ahead!! Distance to the dashpoint was still
about a kilometer, so I was standing there and thinking what to do. As the
water was only 20cm deep, I decided to step in. After few steps I felt that my
right foot is getting wet, and discovered that my right rubber boot is broken.
A bad surprise, but whatever, I decided to ignore it and go on. After several
meters there came a point where the sea was about to come over the edge of the
boots. I was about to turn around, but... "If my right foot is wet, why can't
my both feet be wet??" flashed a thought in my head. And on I went.

So I stepped few hundred meters through the cold sea, which in the deepest
point reached up to knee. After some time I reached to the shore-ice of islet
Ooslalaid. I emptied my boots of salty water, wrested dry the socks and walked
over the islet toward the destination. There was a fire-place on the islet and
an old rusty fridge with a beer bottle inside!!! And some other garbage... it's
supposed to be a nature reserve, but...

The closest place to the dashpoint on "dry land" was 95m away. Actually it was
just ice on and between some big stones there, waves glimpsing it hungrily. I
decided not to make it to zero, because it would have meant an additional cold
sea-walk. On the way back through the sea I managed to deviate from the right
way and step in to a place, where water was up to my balls.

From that day there ain't cold water for me in this world and I need some
liquid nitrogen if I want to cool down myself;)

http://geodashing.gpsgames.org/cgi-bin/dp.pl?dp=GDAS-MOIH

A cold beer, anyone?

From that stone it was 95m.

Fireplace on Ooslalaid