Vahastu

Geodashing Dashpoint Log
2016-05-31 17:42:03 UTC
GDDB-NAYM

Player: Haraldpoiss
Team:   FinEst Dashers

GDDB-NAYM is near Põllika, Estonia.

> Date, Points, TeamPoints, Dashpoint, Country, State, Lat, Lon, Distance
2016-05-28, 3, 3, GDDB-NAYM, Estonia, , 58.9145, 25.2343, 0

New extreme south visit this year for Estonia: GDDB-NAYM
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Number of previous hunts by Haraldpoiss: 79

It was possible to drive to 460m, wherefrom a small trail took me to the destination. The point was near an intersection of ditches and some wild strawberries were blooming around it. Afterwards I took a walk in the picturesque swamp and Piiumetsa landscape protection reserve nearby. I went swimming to a lake in the swamp. It's maybe 1.5m deep, but the bottom is so soft that it's not possible to stand in there, but only to swim or to hold from the shore. And the shore ain't made of soil, but of Sphagnum plants that have grown on top of each other over centuries and millenniums. The shore is actually floating on water and it's so soft and elastic, that all the small trees and bushes around you swing along if you jump on it. The lake gets deep instantly and as I checked, the shore is actually hollow from underneath. It's possible to get out only by using the strength of your arms to heave your body, until you get a knee on the edge. And you must be careful when standing up, because the shore is soft like cottonwool and bends backwards. As I wasn't careful enough, I lost my balance and splashed all the way back in, which was quite funny in fact.

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baby frogs

a tree fallen by beavers

the lake

Vetepere

Geodashing Dashpoint Log
2016-05-21 17:53:16 UTC
GDDB-NIGA

Player: Haraldpoiss
Team:   FinEst Dashers

GDDB-NIGA is near Albu, Estonia.

> Date, Points, TeamPoints, Dashpoint, Country, State, Lat, Lon, Distance
2016-05-15, 3, 3, GDDB-NIGA, Estonia, , 59.0982, 25.5378, 0

New extreme east  visit this year for Estonia: GDDB-NIGA
New extreme south visit this year for Estonia: GDDB-NIGA
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Number of previous hunts by Haraldpoiss: 78

It was possible to drive to 1.6km, wherefrom a prepared wooden hiking trail took me through the swamp to 300m from the point. How nice :)  The trail was actually part of Peraküla-Aegviidu-Ähijärve hiking trail, which goes through the whole Estonia and is 820km long, but after long consideration, I decided to skip passing the whole distance last Sunday. The point was in swamp and nearby there's a free-to-use self-service public guesthouse with smoke-sauna and several camping facilities.

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Kollassaare free-to-use self-service public guesthouse. The black tepee on the right is smoke-sauna.

a spider stepping on water

Väike-Pakri

Geodashing Dashpoint Log
2016-05-17 18:02:18 UTC
GDDB-MYKI

Player: Haraldpoiss
Team:   FinEst Dashers

GDDB-MYKI is near Paldiski, Estonia.

> Date, Points, TeamPoints, Dashpoint, Country, State, Lat, Lon, Distance
2016-05-14, 3, 3, GDDB-MYKI, Estonia, , 59.3356, 23.9715, 0

New extreme north visit this year for Estonia: GDDB-MYKI
New extreme west  visit this year for Estonia: GDDB-MYKI
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Number of previous hunts by Haraldpoiss: 77

It was raining when I left Tallinn and most of the way, but in the area nearby the dashpoint it was dry and not even a single drop of rain fell on me during the whole day that i spent there. The dashpoint had fallen on the easternmost island of Pakri archipelago, across the 3km wide strait from mainland. It's basically not deep between there and if you go from the right place at the right angle then, according to the map, it should possible to cross strait Kurkse on foot. But if it's cold and stormy and you loose your way then you may easily drown, like it happened to 14 people on 11 September 1997.

It would have been possible to reach to 500m from the point by sea, but as it would have been basically in front of the doorstep of a household, I decided to disembark little bit further towards north-west, next to an old wooden boat-wreck. The point was in forest and there was nothing interesting around the place. After having reached successfully to the destination, I decided to visit also the western island of the archipelago, where I was greeted by a dead cow laying on the ground at the place where I landed. As the island was lacking dashpoints, I just went to a randomly self-generated point that happened to be on a meadow with some bovines on it. There's 6 people in total living at the archipelago and I didn't happen to meet any of them during my visit.

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In memoriam for the soldiers that died during the attempt to cross the strait on foot

It's not the boat that I used to reach to the islands :)

I'm sorry for posting this, but it's the first time in my life to see a dead cow

Pihali

Geodashing Dashpoint Log
2016-03-06 17:53:34 UTC
GDCZ-NAAQ

Player: Haraldpoiss
Team:   FinEst Dashers

GDCZ-NAAQ is near Adila-tagaküla, Estonia.

> Date, Points, TeamPoints, Dashpoint, Country, State, Lat, Lon, Distance
2016-03-05, 3, 3, GDCZ-NAAQ, Estonia, , 59.1317, 24.5773, 0

Number of previous hunts by Haraldpoiss: 76

It was possible to drive to 65m, which makes the point a drive-in. However, as I had the intention to take a walk in the surroundings afterwards, I decided to park properly. There was deep snow on the road-side, so I digged a pocket, whereto put my car and left it there. But after coming back from the woods, I got stuck and couldn't get the car out of there any more. It took me 45 min to get moving and after getting out from the self-made parking place, I stopped the car on the road for a moment to gather my spade and the jacks and put them back to trunk. But this was a mistake - I couldn't get moving once again after putting the stuff back in. It was just a small forest-road with a lot of snow on it and 2 narrow tracks made by vehicles. I was about to start digging again when there came a guy with snowmobile. He was able to pull me that much that I got moving again. I thanked him politely of course and we both drove away. When I was back on the bigger road 7km away, I remembered that I had forgotten a stone to the place where I got stuck. It's a nice and big flat stone, which is very handy to put under wheel if car gets stuck, and has helped me out lots of times, including this time. What can we do, I drove back there to pick up the stone, because it's better to have it in car than to start looking for one when it's needed. And this time I managed to not get stuck ;)

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after crossing a lake in swamp

a tiny spruce rising from snow

it's not a hamburger kiosk for giants, but a tower for hunting wild boars

Suursoo

Geodashing Dashpoint Log
2016-02-21 19:57:19 UTC
GDCY-NAUV

Player: Haraldpoiss
Team:   FinEst Dashers

GDCY-NAUV is near Pikavere, Estonia.

> Date, Points, TeamPoints, Dashpoint, Country, State, Lat, Lon, Distance
2016-02-07, 3, 3, GDCY-NAUV, Estonia, , 59.3054, 25.0941, 0

Number of previous hunts by Haraldpoiss: 75

The point had fallen on the grounds of Paraspõllu ("Proper Field's") nature reserve in the village named Suursoo which means "Big Swamp" in translation. Besides that, it was just 50m from a channel, which is part of the channel system that supplies city of Tallinn with fresh drinking water. And of course, access to the road on shore of the channel was blocked with a gate. So I had to take the road on the other shore, which was in very bad condition, because officially there was no road at all. When I stopped to visit the point, there came a guy with a SUV from the opposite direction. He stopped beside me and asked if I'm not afraid to get stuck in such conditions. My answer was "Yes". After visiting the point, I took a little walk. There were lots of tracks of ATV in the forest.

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the channel of fresh water

ATV tracks in the forest

a dead animal

Ääsmäe

Geodashing Dashpoint Log
2016-01-31 19:37:33 UTC
GDCX-NAAZ

Player: Haraldpoiss
Team:   FinEst Dashers

GDCX-NAAZ is near Roobuka, Estonia.

> Date, Points, TeamPoints, Dashpoint, Country, State, Lat, Lon, Distance
2016-01-30, 3, 3, GDCX-NAAZ, Estonia, , 59.2418, 24.5872, 0

Number of previous hunts by Haraldpoiss: 74

The sun that had been shining all through the morning, was hidden behind dense clouds in the afternoon. Later it started raining little bit. I parked my car at the entrance of a peat career, 1.35km from the destination. It was +5C outside and ground was covered with 10-15cm deep wet and sticky snow. The point had fallen onto a clear cut area of forest.

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a fisherman on Maidla water reservoir

the ice was covered with 10cm thick mix of snow and water

Vanakubja

Geodashing Dashpoint Log
2015-12-26 20:28:05 UTC
GDCW-MOGU

Player: Haraldpoiss
Team:   FinEst Dashers

GDCW-MOGU is near Vanakubja, Estonia.

> Date, Points, TeamPoints, Dashpoint, Country, State, Lat, Lon, Distance
2015-12-26, 3, 3, GDCW-MOGU, Estonia, , 58.4764, 22.2010, 0

Number of previous hunts by Haraldpoiss: 73

It was a nice and sunny winter day - without snow and the weather actually reminded me rather mid-summer than Christmas :)  The point was hidden in forest, behind a swamp.

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trail of the tough - these tracks were at least 0.5m deep

this guy was not tough enough for the trail of the tough :)