GIFF 2019

A few weeks back there was GIFF week. Maybe you don't know what it is, but for geocachers it is known term, which decodes as Geocaching International Film Festival. People around the world create 2-3 minutes long video about geocaching for geocachers and 16 of them are chosen for finale. During one week in November movies are presented at GIFF events and cachers vote for the winner.
Simple enough - and movies are often great and funny. Here are several of my favorites over last three years, when I attend these events.

Enjoyed it too and want to see more? Go to Youtube and search for GIFF Film Reel - you can see most movies published since 2013, when this festival was started. Have a good amusement.

Search for cache, find the mushroom

Last Friday I undertook small geo hunt with my friend. To find one of caches, we went on the shore of Bata's canal. There is cycle path on the opposite side of the canal, commonly used by people, while our side was abandoned wilderness - high grass, bushes, no path. And where are no people, you can find various good things, like mushrooms or nuts under the tree, which nobody collects.
See what we have found:

Almost 20 cm in diameter - it's good catch, isn't it?

Mowing orchid meadow

This weekend there was natural saving event - mowing the orchid meadow in protected landscape area Beskydy. Orchid meadows are located near Huslenky - there is more meadows here (well-known is that one around Hrachovec hill). We were mowing meadow at homestead U Maňáků, because it was completely neglected and unkempt. Grass and various non-local plants, like giant hogweed, completely covers terrain, so orchids can't grow at all. Therefore it is necessary to help the nature and next year we hopefully will be able to see flowers, which should be here.
As a small reward for our work we have seen several animal living at meadows, like grasshoppers, lizzards or even little viper (it was found by one of worker of protected land area, who organized this event).

At the beginning

At 11:00 - end is near

Work over - all done!

Lizard

Little viper

Christmas in June

What? Christmas are held in December, near the end of year, but this year, in my city, took place in June. Of course it was funny event created by one member of geocaching community. Exact event date was June 24th, because it is 6 months from previous "real" Christmas and 6 month to next "real" Christmas. Good reason to test whether we are ready for this celebration, right?
To be authentic enough, people were asked to come with skies, sledge or other winter sport equipment and bring some small gift. Organizer brought used spruce tree - well, it was completely dry and brown, as it was tree used during last Christmas, and also christmas sweets. Illusion was nearly perfect, when we were sitting at the tree and fire, only snow and sparklers were missing.
Here you ever tried something like this?

  

Event link at Geochaching site

Tìsop angim

Muntrram 'awa uvansiyul uvanä alu geocaching vezeykolo tìlenit alu Tìran ìlä fya'o angim few ayram. Nìyol - emza'u puvomuna kilomiterit few ayram mì le'awa trr!
Sunu oer fìsäfpìl, slä lu ngäzìk fwa wo sngä'itsengit tìsopä, ha ftxoley oel fya'ot aftue nì'ul - nì'aw tsìvomrra kilomiter. Nì'i'a fra'u latem, taluna oeyä eylan nolew säpivung nìteng, slä ke new kivä ìlä fya'o a'änsyem. Kop fol ftxey fya'ot alahe nì'it ha ngop ayoel mefongut a 'awstengyäpem ro sìsopä tì'i'a, ro helku *tìtsurokxä.
Zene pivllngay, fìtìpe'un lolu eyawr, taluna tengkrr emzarma'u ramtsyìpit, 'awa kinam oeyä sngä'i tìsraw sivi. Ke fpìl oel, futa tsilvun oe hasey seykivi 'änsyema fya'ot, txo fmivi emziva'u fya'ot letsim. Nìsteng fpìl eylanìl oeyä. Ayoeri fya'ot apup tam.
Furia tok tsatsenget 'efu nitram, taluna yafkeyk lolu sìltsan - hufwa yapay mì rewon, tsawke lrrtok si pxaw kxamtrr ulte ayramit tok herwìl. Kea herwì mì aysray, ha nìngay kem aswey a tsun fko sivi lu fwa kä ne ayram. Ayngaru hola relit.

Mì na'rìng

Txayo a fkol tse'a ta ayram

Kelku tsyemä alu geocache

Sätaron mì ton

Muntrr aham oe kä hu meylan fte rivun syeymot. Pxìm fko syaw fìkemur tìtusaron nìteng, hufwa fkol ke sar kea tsamsä'ot fu *taronsä'ot. Ngeyä sä'o lu GPS nì'aw.
Nìfya'o letrrtrr oe taron nì'awtu, slä krra tìrusun lu ngäzìk nì'ul, lu swey fwa zamunge eylanit nìteng - lu yo' nì'ul ulte pxaya eltu - pxaya säfpìl sì tìngäzìk nän. Pxoel folrrfen tsrayti alu Vsetin, ulte run nìpxi syeymit aingyenga'. Fte rivun, zene nga nì'awve kxakx ingyentsim. Pxìm nga tsun tsakem si ro helku, slä krro krro tsaw tsunslu nì'aw krra frrfen sngä'itsengit nì'awve ulte run sä'omumit tsatsenge.
Fì'alo pxoel hawl fra'ut srekrr, ha tìrusun lolu ftue. 'Awa tsyeymit a eltur tìtxen si fkol waman mì hilvan a äo kllte (alu in sewer). Kxawm ngal fpìl futa lu lehrrap fwa kä äo kllte, slä rong kilvanä lolu apxa ulte nga' pxaya aysävllit a rì'ìr si atanur. Nìngay lolu yo' - wawneyna hì'angìl atsawl zong tsyeyit.

Slä txina tìkan sätaronä lolu tsyeym a tsunslu fwa fwew mì ton nì'aw. Fya'o kä kxamlä na'rìng ulte saronyu zene rivun tsat ìlä aysävll fa atan. Txo fpìl futa lu fyin, ngaru tìkxey. Ro aysengo sävll 'ìp - krra sävllìl ahay tok tsengit alìm. Ngal kin tse'atswo asìltsan, ha sweylu txo pongu livu apxa - menari le'aw ke tam!
Txo fìuvan ngaru eltur tìtxen si - mivay'. Ulte tsakem si hu eylan.

Äo kllte

Nìawomum (skxakep), oe uvan alu nì'Ìnglìsì geocaching seri. Ngal kanom ta weptseng säomumit a peseng fkol sähenat alu tsyeym wolan ulte fmi rivun tsat. Fkeytok hola fnel atxin tsyeymä:
- tsyeym letrrtrr - ngal kanom klltsengit tsyeymä ulte run
- tsyeym hu hola tìftang - nga zene fivrrfen hola tsengit fte kivanom aysäomumit a ngal kin fte klltsengit tsyeymä tiviam fu rivun
- ingeyntsim - nga zene kxeykivakx ingeytsimit (alu solve nì'Ìnglìsì) fte tsyeymit rivun.

Tengkrr rerun tsyeymit, ngal pxìm frrfen sengit a ke smon ngar fu run tsengit a ngal ftem stum fratrr, slä ke tsoleri vay set. Ulte tsyeym tsun tivok klltet, utralit, sponot, slärit fu tskxet, fu pxaya tsengit alahe.
Set oel hu lertu rerun tsyeymit a feykrrfen moeru sengit a äo kllte. Moe fpxäkìm ne ayrong ulte fwew ayaungiati a ngopyu pamrel soli tsatseng. Kxamlä rongo pay slele, ha zene moeru livu aysä'o fte tsivun sivop mì fay sì tìvawm (mehawnven sì pxen a wä fay, atan).

Set moel emzola'u fratìnvit, ha omum tora klltsengit tsyeymä. Haya kintrr srefey nìkemweypey, taluna tsyem layu moeyä. Peu lu tsyem? Lu sähena, peseng fkol yem aungiati sneyä (fte wivìngay tìfrrfenit sneyä) ulte tsun srivìn ayuti a mì sähena yoa lahea ayuti. Plltxe ngal fayluta lu tì'o a fpi lekye'ung? Kxawm, plltxe oe, slä txampxìti tseymä sutel letrrtrr tsun  tivaron. Ayrong fkeytok fpi sute a sunu foru ayhem azey.
Srake fmilvi aynga kivä moehu fuke?

'Awvea sätaron a mì fìzìsìt

Tse, fìtrr oel tolaron 'awvea mesyeymit fìzìsìtä - 'efu nitram, nang! 'Awvea tsyeymìri lu ngäzìk fwa kanom tsat, taluna fkol yolem sähenat ro spono a mì ora, ..ììì.. kolan ro sponotsyìp a mì oratsyìp. Ngian tsa'oratsyìp lu teya ta ngoa, ha krra nga fpxäkìm nemfa, nga sngä'i tivawng mì ngoa - zene slivele. Slä pay a mì 'oratsyìp lu nìfyin vä' - 'opin tseyä lu rìkean sì kllvawm ulte fahewìri.... ke tsun fko spivaw futa tsafahew tsunslu. Suteo fmoli slivele ulte flolä, ngian frapol plltxe fayluta tsakem lolu lie a ke sunu.
Ha pxaya tute ('awsiteng oehu) pey vaykrr tìwewìl leykatem payit ne tskxepay fte kivanom tsyeymit nìftue. Ulte fìkintrr Eywa awngaru lrrtok soli :) Lu hasey - tsyeym arawnun!
Munea tsyeym fìtrrä lolu ftue - fkol wan tsat mì ayngrr utralä - lok 'ora alahe. Sìltsana trr!

Fail of the day

You may know that I'm passionate geocacher. At the end of year I usually go somewhere, where I can find a few last caches of this year. Today I wanted to go by car to Vsetín, city about 40 km from my home, continue by bus to the top of Soláň and go back by walk on mountain crest, while collecting some caches. There was chance to find over 30 caches in single hunt.
Excellent idea! I got up at 5:00 to catch bus at 6:45 from Vsetín. All went well, I was there 10 minutes before departure, bus already at station. It's time to get wallet and buy ticket. Well, I can't find it. Hmm, I even don't remember I put it in my backpack. And where are my documents and driving license? At home, sad to say.... So I get up early only to find that I'm silly person. Day failed so early :(
But, earth still rotates in the same direction, I have GPS full of caches in the surroundings, so I simply change route and everything is ok. Finally I have opportunity to find one special cache hidden in sewer under city. It wasn't easy, as sewer has low ceiling, but fortunately cache is located not  too far from the entrance. And it was quite clean sewer. :)
Of course, I spent my time mostly out of city, in the forest and hills, so I enjoyed day as it was planned. Only difference is number of kilometers walked and number of caches found (24 altogether. Not my record, but not bad).
As they sing in Monty Python's Life of Brian - Always look on the bright side of the life. I did. :)

Tìyusur ayyayoä lefngap

Muntrram oel hu meite yarmur ayyayoti lefngap. Kem a hek, srak?
Kelkul säwìntxuä vezeyko fìkemit, taluna ayyayo lefngap kllkxem äo taw apiak ulte zene fko yivur sat krro krro. Stum tsìvola sute zola'u fte fìkem sivi. Lolu tìlen alu nì'ìnglìsì CITO, krra ayfwewyu aysyeymä (slä kezemplltxe ketsrana sute tsolun ziva'u nìteng) lesara kemo si, natkenong 'aku sngelit na'rìngta. Tengkrr yur, tsun fko livang mìfat yayoä lefngap nìno. Fko srung si ulte tse'a ayuti a eltur tìtxen si.
Oel syolep hola relit, tìng nari.

Oeyä meite

Aylì'u akeawnomum:
yayo lefngap - aircraft (lit. metalic bird)
kelku säwìntxuä - museum (lit. home of presentation)
fwewyu aysyeymä - geocacher (lit. on who searches for treasures)

Trr ator zìsìtä

Zìsìt 'eri'a, tora trr za'u. Ke sunu oer tsatrr. Pelun? Sute slu lekye'ung, näk swoat nìhawng ulte ngerop ayväpamit fa ayu a pxor. Oel nulnew tìfnut ulte kem aswey a tsun fko sivi lu fwa txìng tsrayit ulte tìran mì na'rìng fu ayram. Oe tsakem salyi nìfrazìsìt.
Pxaya sute stäparsìm mì ayram alu Chřiby mì seng a fko tsun tsive'a alìm. Fìtsenge zaya'u nìteng sute a fwew syeymit - ulte oe fohu. Kxawm ultxarun tuteot a smon oer, kxawm run tsyeymot - slä kezemplltxe trr oeyä layu lor. Fìlunta tora trr zìsìta sunu oer. Ayngari tut?

Stratocaching 2

This years was repeated experiment with sending balloon with some device to the stratosphere. As last year, balloon carries module called Dropion, which contains camera and some caches, which will be released at altitudes near 30 km. When they land back to the ground, people will search them and get some prize when they're successful.
As like last time there were some technical difficulties. Camera transmitter had interference with GPS modules in caches, so finally flight was launched without live stream from the Dropion. Recording of the flight will therefore be released later. However last year's problems were solved - frost this time didn't damaged any cache despite temperature of -60 centigrade!
Some data: balloon was released on 11:43 and 11:56 reached altitude of 5 km. Five minutes later it reached 8 km and 12:15 it was 12 km above sea level. Temperature outside was -60 centigrades, inside of technical equipment -13 centigrades.
Ascent speed at this moment was 6 meters per second.
12:30 - altitude 19 km, temperature -60/-24 centigrades
12:54 - altitude 28,5 km. Caches were released a few minutes later.
~ 13:30 caches start to inform about its positions as they reach GSM signal.
Two hours after start Dropion module safely landed near Lipany just a few kilometers from Prague together with most of caches. Except one all were found.

Video from the start (Czech)
Some English info

Stratocaching

Today was performed interesting experiment connected with game. As you can guess, it has something common with geocaching.
Core of experiment is launching of balloon filled with helium (similar to those used in meteorology) with module called Dropion. It contains camera, which records the whole course of experiment. Goal is to reach stratosphere (~ 30 km over ground). Here game starts - module drops 12 stratocaches in the form of maple seed. Ten of them have GPS module which allows to track them. When they land on the earth again, GPS coordinates will be published and geohunters start to search for them.
Another two caches contains radio module, so they are prey for radioamateurs.
There were various problems with this project - mobile applications which should help players to get about stratocaches were published just a few hours before start and they still didn't contained some functionality, so reporting finds is more difficult. Start was delayed because of technical difficulties, but on 10:24 balloon took off in Prague, Libuš. On 10:40 reached altitude of 6 km and on 11:29 at 28 800 meters was near its final level .
On 11:39 stratocaches were dropped off. Because lack of wind balloon fly still near the Prague, so we, cachers from Moravia are out of game; but nevermind, thanks to internet we can see what happens in realtime.
On 11:42 balloon goes back to Earth and successfully landed on 12:21 with no damage. Maximal altitude was about 31 000 meters. Stratocaches weren't so good, only two of them reported its position. They probably were harmed by low temperature (-42 °C). Another two caches were found  thanks to massive searching by thousands of cachers, however another six are probably lost. Maybe some searchers will be successful in the next days, but without exact coordinates it is just attempt to find needle in the cock.

English description of the project can be found here.
Status of stratocaches (in Czech only)
Photo gallery
Video (in Czech)

Tìsop fa uran

Trram oe he mevenge kolä ne kilvan alu Morava. Pxoe sop ne tsray alu Napajedla (fìlì'ur lu ral alu tseng a ayioang näk). Tsatsenge fko tsun slivele mì hilvan fa uran (mì zìsìkrr asom ulte krra ftxozä lu). Tìsop fa uran lu yol nì'aw, slä sunu pxaya suteru ha zene fko ziva'u ye'krr txokefyaw zene pivey. *Tìslele solunu meiteru ulte oeru nìteng. Tìng nari ayrelur.

Nìteng trram lolu ftxozä atxkxeyä awngeyä alu Ftxozä swoka Vatslavä (po lamu eyktan atxkxeyä awngeyä ulte fkol tspang pot sre zìsìt amevozampuvofu). Nìkeftxo lu trrkive, tafral sutel ke tel kea tìk'ìnit mì mrrtrr.
Mawkrra kllpä nìmun, pxoe tolìran ìlä sray sì txayo ulte, nìlun, fwew tsyeymit. Krra fko uvan alu geocaching si, ke tsun ftivang kawkrr.

Hì'ang asawnop alu Travel bug

Trram lolu trr a sunu nìtxan taluna ftxozä sì yakfeyk asìltsan. Ye'rìn ya slu wew ulte tsawke lrrtok ke sayi nìtam, ha zene frapo sivar fratrr alor a 'ì'awn.

Tsawlultxa a mì Yuesey

Srake smon ayngar Seze? Po ke lu ikran Neytiriyä a ta Uniltìrantokx - lu ikrantsyìp oeyä a fpole' oel ne kifkey fte sirvop neYuesey ulte ultxa sivi hu sute a lu for yawne Uniltìrantokx.
Tse, fìzìsìt po ke flä, tsawlultxa li 'oli'a. Slä nìfkrr po kxawm tswayatson ne Yuesey, oel rolun tutet a munge pot tsatsenge. Aynga tsun sivutx pot fìtsenge. Txo fkol leykivatem ngimpupit ftu *miles ne *kilometers pxiset, tsalye'a holpxayit alu mezazampxevozamtsìzamvohin (°23417 = 9999). Lu holpxay alor, kefyak?
Slä fkeytok lahea ikran alu Seze aMuve a tolok tsatsawlultxat! Oel tolìng pot oeyä 'eylanur alu Ikxeru tengkrr moe ultxa si fìtsap mì ultxa a mì Toitslan. Ke lu oer kea ayrel a ta ultxa Yueseyä, slä fkol muwìntxu sat mì yola krr. Steftxaw awngeyä tìpängkxotsengit sì fìkìngit - ulte srefey oehu.

Trr 'Rrtayä

Trr amevofuve vospxìyä atsìve.
Lu ftxozä 'Rrtayä alu kifkeyä awngeyä. 'Rrtal tung futa awnga tsun rivey. Tsal tìng awngar yat a tsun awnga syeha sivi, tìng payti a näk awngal, tìng syuvet a yom awngal, tìng tsengit a tsamì rerey awnga ulte tìng lahea ayut a kin sutel.
Pxaya sutel fpolìl futa fayu nìwotx lu awngeyä nì'aw ulte fko ke tsun nivekx sat kawkrr. Slä fìfpìlfya lu keyawr. Lahea ayswirä rey fìtsenge ulte kin 'Rrtat fte emrivey nìteng.
Sutel pxìm kawngsolar mekret 'Rrtayä ulte mi tsakem si. Fol sleyku yat vä', sleyku payti tsewtx ulte ska'a tsenget a tsamì ayswirä rey. Tsafya sutel ngerop sìngäzìkit snoru nìteng; fol tsat ke omum nì'aw...
Slä lahea sutel a txantslusam lu nì'ul tslolam li futa zene 'Rrtat zivong. Fo srung si kifkeyur awngeyä - natkenong ayuvansiyul alu *geocachers vezeyko sìlenit alu *CITO (Cache In Thrash Out), krra fol starsìm sngelit a mì ayna'rìng fu lahea senge. Taluna oe lu *geocacher, fìzìsìt srung soli oe nìteng. Tsakem len mì ayram ahì'i alu Hostýnské vrchy. Hufwa zìsìkrr aysyulangä azus'ong sngolä'i li, fkol tsun tsive'a herwìot. Txo nivew ayngal nivìn ayrelot, kivä fìtsenge.
Fmi kemo lesar sivi a sleyku kifkeyt sìltsan nì'ul. Aynga ke zene law seykivi na'rìngit fu tsawl slivu ayutralur. Keng fyina kem tam. Fpìl ulte kemo si.

Tseng ayioangä akerusey

Sre krro oel run na'rìngmì a tsengit a eltur tìtxen si. Sutel kllyem tsatseng ayiongit a roley fohu mì helku. Fo tsakem si taluna feyä ayioang yawne lolu foru ulte ke tsun tswiva' fot keng maw kxitx.

Fko tsun fpivìl futa tok tsenget suteyä akerusey, stum fra'u lu steng. *Kllyemtseng a ta tskxe, aysyulang angawnop sì lahea ayu a fkol yem ne *kllyemtseng suteyä.

Oel solar fìtsengit mì uvan alu nì'ìnglìsì geocaching. Uvansiyu zene ziva'u, stiveftxaw tsengit nìno ulte rivun säomumoti a poru srung si fte rivun 'uot a wan oel. Fì'u lu fya'o a fko fìuvan si.

Hola tutel li rolun tsa'ut awawnan ulte fraporu tsatseng sunu. Nì'aw tuteru a'a'aw smon pum. Slä fì'u lu txele uvanä - fwa tse'a mipa tsengit a fko ke frrfen ke li.
Txo aynga kivä ne tsray oeyä, tsun tsive'a tsat fa mefari ayngeyä: http://coord.info/GC46YCX

Trr tìsopä

Tora trr zìsìtä lu trr tìsopä. Li 'a'awa zìsìto oe tìran kxamlä ayram. Stum frakrr oe kä mì Beskydy ftu Bumbálka ne Soláň hu sute a foru yawne lu ayram. Fìalo oe kolä na ayram ahì'i alu Chřiby. Sop oe hu pongu suteyä a wan sì run ayut a lahea sutel run sì wan.

Nazareth - 'u awawnan a äo tskxe

Krro kroo fkol vezeyko tìlenit. Pxaya tute za'u ne 'awa tseng fte ultxa sivi, pivlltxe ulte rivawn ayut a fol rivun. Set tsatìlenìl tolok ramit alu Brdo. Fìtsenge fko tsun rivun tsengit a tsaftu fko tsun tsive'a mìso.

Ram alu Brdo

Pxaya lora tsengìl tok fìtsenge, fko zene nivìn nì'aw.

Tsim ro mere'o palulukanä

Sunu oeru tsakem. Txo nivew tsive'a relit nì'ul, kivä ne fìmetseng:
Ayrelit a ta Brdo, hapxì a'awve
Ayrelit a ta Brdo, hapxì amuve

Ayu a fko tsun rivun mì na'rìng

Hama muntrr oel tok hu meite tsrayit a lok kelku awngeyä (fko zene mivakto pa'lit lefngap hola swawtsyìp nì'aw fte wivo tsatsenget). Mefo lu hapxìtu ponguä evengä a srew sì rol ulte tsapongur lewotx lolu ultxa fte tskxekeng sivi. Tengkrr fo tskxekeng si, lolu oeru tìk'ìn, tafral oe kä ne na'rìng sì ayramtsyìp. Lolu trr alor, kxawm pum a'aw a kip syena srr atsyafe. Fko tsun tsive'a pxaya 'ut a eltur tìtxen si mì na'rìng, natkenong ketenga ayspxamit. Slä txampxì lu nì'aw txumnga'a ayspxam atun.

Oel frrfen leutrala ramunongit payä, slä tsal tìng nì'aw hìma payit, hufwa zamup tompa sre hola trr.

Ulte txo nga livu tute alu *geocacher, nga tsun nivìn keng fì'ut:

*Krrwìntxuyu a mì na'rìng, srak? Nìngay, slä txo nga tsar piak sivi, ngal rivun 'ut awusan. Lu suteru a uvan säpi ketenga aysäfpìl....

* Lì'uru angawnop alu krrwìntxuyu lu ral nì'ìnglìsì clock - time shower

Menga kempe si, ma meylan?

Pemstanit ngal tse'a fìrelmì? Srake ngal fpìl futa lu mesutan a yolom wutsot avä' ulte set sì'eful afe' teykätxaw tsat meforu? KEHE! Mefo uvan si ulte fwerew 'uot awusan. Kezemplltxe, lu uvan alu nì'ìnglìsì geocaching. Tsa'u wäpan 'oramì, slä kawtu ke new kivä nemfa pay :)

Fìrelit fkol stä'nì ro ultxa eylanä a ta numtseng apxa. Fìtìlen solunu fraporu ulte lahea ultxari awnga sreferey nìprrte' (slä zenänge pivey zìsìto).