Geodashing Dashpoint Log
2012-11-11 17:11:30 UTC
GDBL-MUHY
Player: Haraldpoiss
Team: FinEst Dashers
GDBL-MUHY is near Linnutaga, Estonia.
> Date, Points, TeamPoints, Dashpoint, Country, State, Lat, Lon, Distance
2012-11-10, 3, 3, GDBL-MUHY, Estonia, , 58.5195, 22.9900, 0
Number of previous hunts by Haraldpoiss: 32
It was an adventure. Total duration of the mission was 7.5h. First I drove to
the place where the gravel road ended. It was about 1km from the point and I
started walking on a meadow. Everything would have been just perfect, but then
I noticed that the dirt road on the edge of the meadow is actually drivable as
well. So I started the car and drove about 500m forward, to the place where the
road became too soft. I left the car there and started walking forward. 200m
from the point I saw the silliest wild boar hunting "tower" that I've ever
seen. It had no cabin, but basically it was just a 5m high ladder leaning to a
birch, a 30x50cm platform on top of it. But it still seemed to be usable,
because 20m away there was a pile of potatos and leftovers from making apple
juice lying on the ground to attract the boars. These animals really never look
up and are dead easy to be shot like that...
The point was in brush and there was nothing special about it. But the real fun
started when I reached back to the car and wanted to drive away. I had come too
far with it and got stuck there. And whatever I did, I just got stuck more and
more. The front wheels just digged in. I lifed up the front corners of the car
by jack and put snow chains around the wheels. I put chocks under the wheels to
create a stronger surface. I walked around, picked some stones and put these
also under the wheels. But nothing helped. I called some friends who I knew
having a rover, to come and help me out. But they didn't pick up. Nice
"friends" indeed. Finally I called to road assistance, who said that they can
come from the town 50km away, which would cost about 100€. Ouch!! Anyway, they recommended me to try to find a household nearby, where is a tractor. Which I did. I walked to a village 1,5km away and asked help from locals. First people that I met there, were an old couple, who happily agreed to help me. So we drove to my car and tried to pull it out. But unsuccessfully, because I was in too deep. Finally their car got stuck as well!! I was very vorried because of messing them into it, but luckily these people knew a man nearby, who has a tractor. So they called him and he came and pulled them out first and then me. Unfortunately the oldies decided to drive away as soon as they got out, so I didn't even get a chance to thank them properly. But the tractor driver told me that the guy was the mayor of a parish nearby. So I was actually hepled by a local top-politician!! The tractor guy asked me 20€ for his service, which I'd of course have happily paid. But I happened to have only €10 in my wallet. So I gave it to him and he said that it's ok. He also gave me his number and encouraged me to call him next time when I should get stuck nearby. No problem man, I'll definitely do it ;) So if any of you who happens to read this, will ever get stuck anywhere near Orissaare, or would need a tractor down there for whatever reason, please don't hesitate to call +372 56490565. Thank you man, I really appreciated your help!!
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A ladder used for hunting wild boars
a "land" border sign
it was so fresh in there...
