2025-06-07 48 16

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Sat 7 Jun 2025 in 48,16:
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Location

The door of Leebgasse 39, 10th district of Vienna.

Participants

Plan

lsblk was very giddy to see their Couch Potato Honourable Mention.

Expedition

This was one of the hardest expedition to this date.[1] First selecting a random spot, as to not give away lsblk's exact home location. We chose junction Rotenhofgasse/Muhrengasse for this via an unknown method. A terrible mistake, as seen below.

Start

We immediately realised that the expedition log had to be very detailed in order to convey the struggles of the journey. Within the first few steps, we found no good language for this - no good idea to implement. The story was already lost.

Laxenburger Straße

While still being smitten by our impossible task, we came up to the first challenge. Laxenburger Straße, a main street including two car lanes for both directions each, as well as a big two-way tram lane in the middle, without a zebra crossing[2]. Turtle, being the daring opportunist immediately took a picture for others to see our mission, despite the other two desperately waiting for all cars to pass as well as the junctions on Laxenburger Straße above and below to change their light to red, for any chance to run across the street.

The search (Part 1)

A daring sprint of 10 seconds behind us, we had to remember how many streets we had to pass until we had to turn right. All of us - that is, if they were actually caring, which the writer does not know - had to consult their mental copy of the map, which read: "First shalt thou cross the Holy Laxenburger. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shalt be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then turnest thou thy Holy Trinity of Geohashing towards thy right, who, being present in My sight, shall contain the Coordinates." And we were guided by the light.

The search (Part 2)

alternative title: The spot

This was a fight against technology. All the GPS satellites were down, the Mobile Device of GPS Catcherings was not able to pinpoint the group's location onto a 1m certainty, and all of us were almost at our breaking points. lsblk was especially down, having seen the sun not zero, not a quarter, not a half, but one whole time during the whole trip. This exposure to danger, as well as the constant drizzle was reason enough to make a screenshot for proof post-haste. Regrettably, this was not the last assignment to complete. We had to make a last image; the long-standing and vital Stupid Grin - the one we never do, but instead put anything else into the camera. But Pumpkingoose had no thing to hold, so we had to improvise by using stuff we found at their body. Then, only then, but finally, the expedition was complete.

Post-Expedition

We did not visit a bakery this time. That's all.

Photos

Achievements

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lsblk earned the Couch Potato Geohash Honorable Mention
by living near the (48, 16) geohash on 2025-06-07.
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Greenseaturtle and lsblk earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (48, 16) geohash on 2025-06-07.
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lsblk earned the Drag-along achievement
by dragging Pumpkingoose to the (48, 16) geohash on 2025-06-07.

References

  1. beware the hyperboles
  2. at this specific junction