This! ^^
Meridian - a planetary circumnavigation
- Thread starter Straha Yeagar
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I've been making really good headway with lots of flat open terrain, and the occasional small crater. It was almost starting to feel too easy, and a diversion other than bumpy terrain was sounding really nice when I came upon a nice big crater with a central peak.
So I climbed the peak, and am now back to crossing the open flats.
Not too far beyond the crater, was a mountain, so I climbed that too. With the headway I made today, it is quite possible that will be the last peak I com,e across on this expedition.
I am now officially less than 20° latitude away from completing this circumnavigation, and if my terrain and travel times remain similar to the past few days, I may arrive back at the pole by this time tomorrow. Kind of a bittersweet feeling parking up for what may be the last time on the official part of this journey.
Lat: 70.1726
Lon: -16.0655
I am now officially less than 20° latitude away from completing this circumnavigation, and if my terrain and travel times remain similar to the past few days, I may arrive back at the pole by this time tomorrow. Kind of a bittersweet feeling parking up for what may be the last time on the official part of this journey.
Lat: 70.1726
Lon: -16.0655
I totally hear that. When I completed the last stretch of my circumnavigation and came over the final ridge to see my starting crater in front of me I felt (oddly since it's just a game) REALLY emotional. There were others with me at the time and I think I said something like "well this is weird, now that I'm here I don't want to finish". I stopped to savour the moment and yes, may even have shed a slight tear. I guess we just don't want good things to come to an end!
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This thread is stunning! Learnt more in one day then I've done in years about cartographics and the like.
Rep to straha20 for sheer awesomeness and to Alec for pointing me in the direction of this thread in the first place.
Wish I had this level of dedication. Mind = blown.
Rep to straha20 for sheer awesomeness and to Alec for pointing me in the direction of this thread in the first place.
Wish I had this level of dedication. Mind = blown.
Well, you could just rotate 90degs and do it again. [haha]
Good luck on your final leg if you make it tonight.
I am parked up close to your finish but will be well asleep (this time) when you're driving to the end.
Thanks, I appreciate that, and totally understandable. I may not actually make it tonight, because I was driving along minding my own business, and this broke over the horizon, directly in my path
Not terribly big, but big enough to be a distraction.
Not as far away, nor as big as I thought it might be
But tall enough to give a nice view of the flat, easy terrain ahead.
But tall enough to give a nice view of the flat, easy terrain ahead.
Crossing 83° North
50 km to go, and yeah, since I have climbed every other one I have come across, I am going to climb that central peak.
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Yeeaahh, Congratulations Cmdr, well done!!
Robert Maynard
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Nicely done, CMDR! o7 
Congeatulations!
An impressive journey, with an even more impressive write-up!
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An impressive journey, with an even more impressive write-up!
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Great job, really enjoyed following this one. What am I supposed to do now???
Find a planet and circumnavigate!!!
May I suggest "The World of Death":
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php/357172-Challenge-to-land-on-the-world-of-death
Congratulations Cmdr Straha Yeager, a truly inspirational circumnavigation!
I'll update the details on the circumnavigation thread asap and sort out your EDSM badge (assuming you use EDSM). Do you have any idea of your apprioximate in-game duration and/or distance travelled for the circumnavigation?