Straight Line Mission Across Winter Finland | Mohavi Originals

Two Finnish friends attempt to cross their home town in a straight line during a winter storm. Nothing will go wrong, right?
Inspired by GeoWizard's epic videos, we wanted to try a straight line mission of our own and figured that the easiest and most interesting impromptu route would be through our hometown Lempäälä. Due to our schedules and Mikke flying back to Scotland, we only had one day in early January and we seized the chance. 22 kilometers in one day seemed feasible enough, but advancing through the snow and navigating straight through obstacles proved slower and more exhausting than we could've imagined. In the end, we covered about 3/5ths of the way while still clocking in 15 kilometers in ten hours. Next time we'll be better prepared with more time reserved and shall film everything in more detail.
Watch the route review of the journey here: • Straight Line Mission ...
Mikke Palvanen: / palvaaja
Teemu Niskanen: / teemuniska
Concept by GeoWizard, thanks for inspiring us to try this first attempt of ours. Check out the original epic Straight Line Missions here: / @geowizard
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[@sharperguy]

Was wondering when this thing would go from geowizard to a sport in it's own right. Seems to be starting up this year.

[@loordimus]

Very satisfying to see this done in Finland, looking forward to the next try!

[@TehAwesomer]

Great intro, looking forward to the whole video. Proud to be one of your first 150 subscribers! 👍

[@artemlyubchenko3022]

Hi, I love GeoWizard too. I recently attempted a straight line mission across a botanic garden in Ukraine, but I picked literally the worst time of the year to do this, so I failed. I think I'll try it again sometime. Good luck on your next straight line mission!

[@mohavicreative6584]

Thanks Artem! You always learn from failures as well, just like we did. Good luck on your next attempt!

[@EWEasternWind]

Hey, what botanic garden was that?

[@artemlyubchenko3022]

@@EWEasternWind In Kyiv, just succesfully crossed it this month.

[@GeoPeter]

Great attempt! Very entertainign video!

[@MermaidTyrone]

Damn I'm from Lempäälä too! Cool to see it represented in such a novel trend as the straight line challenge. Don't know if you know or remember but I was one of the guys who walked from Lempäälä to Helsinki, some 180km in total, a couple of years ago sleeping in a tent along the way, it was a minor piece in LVS back then. I'm glad this sort of outdoorsy type challenge stuff is becoming more trendy. They are hard, but healthy and rewarding!

[@qwerty-br9vv]

Great attempt! You guys are crazy to do it in winter:D And Tom also ran out of batteries in his last video across Wales, so even old-timers can have these kind of problems. I'm dreaming about crossing my country in a straight line one day too, but hopefully in summer

[@luucent]

Amazing production quality my dudes

[@guillermo.mserrano]

Absolutely great job. At the same time of your challenge in January 2021 my region (Madrid) experienced a huge snow storm, seeing people using skis on the streets was so strange.

[@slomnim]

Holy crap guys! I was thinking a Finland line would be great and here you are! These are a lot harder than people think it'd seem. Keep up the good work!

[@davidbergstrom5703]

This was great! Hope to see another One in the Summer!

[@beracinq]

Wtf such a high production quality and only so few subs??? Subbed!

[@holliswilliams8426]

I think it's the accents unfortunately, like people will just click on the video but turn off when they hear them.

[@SkeepyJeepyJohnson]

Yes! We need more straight line mission channels!

[@theRPGmaster]

I have been thinking about this, crossing Finland in a straight line (in summer of course). It would probably take a week or even more, but not impossible.

[@doubleMify]

Would love to see this. Be prepared for mosquitos and lakes if you do this

[@hidingybn7163]

Hi guys! Great video, such high quality in the editing and story telling and i really enjoyed the map and the animation when you showed your progress. Also the condition were extreme but it was inspirational to watch two god friends chose to star a mission like this and made it that far. Cheers from italy!

[@MaximumEfficiency]

I like how you say "to be honest" like that Englishman :)

[@Mara-yo9lt]

Great video! And I love the choice of music!!

[@ReubenSchmitz]

Nice vid! Snowy finland is such an epic and unique environment to try this challenge in. Well done on making it so far as well. Fancy doing a collab crossing Russia in a straight line? :)

[@wientz]

Wait a Minute...you are the guy who crossed Luxembourg...Right? Big fan of Geo Wizard too!

[@norsuist]

Get in!

[@a100enbajada7]

Great first attemp. Would love to see many more missions.

[@eliassideways2032]

Jaahas tähän oli hyvä! Laittakaa toinen tulemaan 😁

[@dancer1]

Dang nice vid

[@Zavstar]

Holy shit thats some extreme weather for someone like me living in tropical areas

[@Nico97fr]

I'm not finnish or anything, but to me, the cold weather is more bearable than the warm/tropical weather. when you're feeling cold, you can warm up by moving, wearing more clothes, turning on the heater, drinking hot beverages... whereas when you're feeling warm and don't have an AC or don't want to wear wet clothes or to spend your whole days in a cold bath to cool down, there's nothing else you can do.

[@Sinus2016]

yoo you 2 are so wholesome ^^

[@cernunos8153]

Great video! You deserve way more views

[@mohavicreative6584]

Thank you, appreciate it! 😊

[@sup2730]

Good effort boys! What was the music you used during the film? All the best!

Kesällä viidessä tunnissa perille saakka?

[@patrickinternational]

I added this video to a list of various straight line missions that I could find on KZbin. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3SQYYBjdqZobrs Also, here is a straight line mission I did recently. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eX-TcmSkjt2sgNU

[@Alex-dk5hp]

Damn only 40 subs! I'll make that 41. Love from the uk

[@kingeternal_ap]

> twh you like geowizard but live in Brazil. I guess Distrito Federal folks may be able to cross that in a straight line

[@wientz]

Great job! My father's family fled the steppes of Russia during the revolution and homesteaded in northern Ontario. He always told me how thankful he was for the help that they got from the Finns living there. The Finns were much better adapted to life in the boreal forest and taught our people a lot!

[@8bitgubben]

@@mithrandirthegrey7644 he said they fled from the steppes .-.

[@wientz]

@@8bitgubben thnx

[@UltimateMTB]

how do you only have 31 subs?! great content, keep up the good work, cant wait for the next attempt!

[@Zavstar]

Good luck for the next time. Hopefully in summer

[@mohavicreative6584]

Thank you!

[@Ravedave5]

You predicted GWs GPS issue by 9 months!

[@consolechris]

Really well done guys! Brilliant work! Hope to see you complete it next time!

[@mohavicreative6584]

Thanks Chris! Let's see if we have the time later this summer!

[@Superkuh2]

I like the idea of holding shorter straight line runs to stricter off-line tolerances. Like instead of a line being platinum for being 25m deviation and under, make it some proportion of total line length, like a platinum run means less than 0.1% line deviation, so a 30km line with 0.1% line deviation would permit 30m for a platinum run. But a 3km straight line would only permit 3m deviation for a platinum run.

[@felixszopos-papp1478]

Doing this in the winter might not be that bad of an idea, as long as you're crossing flat terrain. There are less overgrown plants to get through, and smaller possibility of meeting angry farmers.

[@vincentloutkovnguyen1428]

@@mithrandirthegrey7644 doesn't apply to farmland and house lawns etc. It's mainly about privately owned forests, where we're free to roam as long as we don't cause disturbance and leave it just as it was before we arrived. One thing though which might come as an advantage: norderners are very afraid of conflict. They will avoid it at all costs (only exception is after a few beers). If you trespass and the land owners notice, they'll very unlikely stop you if you explain what you're doing (unlike some scottish farmers). They'll probably just laugh at it and let you pass through.

[@astronemir]

Great production, make sure to share it so people see it

[@aarons1234]

I'm watching this in class right now with a terrible VPN but this looks super well produced, can't wait to get home and watch it. You definitely deserve more subscribers

[@SuperSonicDonk3y]

Hämmästys oli suuri kun näin otsikon feedissäni. propsit teille

[@Zach-bt2ky]

Well done guys

[@snuskenmaxi]

This was very interesting to watch. Way to go, guys. You earned a sub

[@xy704]

Can you tell me what cameras were used for this?

[@MarkPentler]

Man, it is nice to see something like this shot on decent gear... *cough* 4:3 Tom *cough* Nice job with this, lovely feel to it.

[@mohavicreative6584]

Thank you! It's not always the gear that matters, but the story and emotions instead! GeoWizard is still top class at that.

[@MarkPentler]

@@mohavicreative6584 yeah I know but I’m a biased AV tech ;-) Tom’s are great, everything’s so epic.

[@FoKusani]

well done