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| − | == Expedition by [[User:Koepfel|Koepfel]] ==
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| − | === Report ===
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| − | I got home at about 16:00, my GPS/camera/phone's battery was completely empty. So, go for a no-battery hash? That would require more extensive planning, so more time. Either way, charging the GPS or going without, I'd miss the train I originally intended to take. So I took one later, leaving Karlsruhe Hagsfeld (station near my house) at 16:59. When I left my home, the GPS was not even half charged, though...
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| − | After a short bike ride to the station, I took a local train to Graben-Neudorf, a [http://geohash.koepfel.de/2009-06-12_49_8/pages/page_4.html class 401 ICE train]. Just kidding, it was a [http://geohash.koepfel.de/2009-06-12_49_8/pages/page_7.html class 425], which also [http://geohash.koepfel.de/2009-06-12_49_8/pages/page_6.html passed] [[2009-06-05 49 8]], which I visited a week ago. In Graben-Neudorf, I changed into another local train, a [http://geohash.koepfel.de/2009-06-12_49_8/pages/page_10.html class 628], that would take me to Germersheim. On my way, the train passed the [http://geohash.koepfel.de/2009-06-12_49_8/pages/page_11.html Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant]. Image an ambassador geohash in there...
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| − | Eventually, I got to Germersheim. And now, the fun begins. Google Maps suggested a straight route, 7.7 kilometers through the forest. [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=K31%2FLingenfelder+Str.&daddr=%2B49°+13'+34.37%22,+%2B8°+15'+55.97%22+(49.226213,+8.265548)&hl=de&geocode=FVgf7wIdUJ5_AA%3BFeYh7wIdSx9-AA&mra=ls&dirflg=w&sll=49.217737,8.356733&sspn=0.015221,0.040684&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=13 Here's Google's suggestion]. As you can see, the first part seems to be some industrial area.
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| − | After crossing, the B9 Bundesstraße, I saw this: [http://geohash.koepfel.de/2009-06-12_49_8/pages/page_14.html A heavily guarded entrance to a US military base]. Sorry for the crappy image quality, I didn't want it to seem too obvious, that I was just photographing military area, so I wasn't holding the camera steady. Well, I didn't really want to ask, if I could pass through, so I cycled south, around the base. Riding on a public unpaved path along a barbed-wire fence, I saw some serious [http://geohash.koepfel.de/2009-06-12_49_8/pages/page_15.html no trespassing signs] and some trucks and military buildings inside the base. As there also were signs telling not photograph, I didn't. Continuing on the path, I came upon several other military signs, in German, signed by the "Standortältester" (some german military rank), so I assumed a German base was nearby, too. There were signs asking not to pass [http://geohash.koepfel.de/2009-06-12_49_8/pages/page_16.html military grounds] during training times (otherwise on your own risk) and [http://geohash.koepfel.de/2009-06-12_49_8/pages/page_17.html not to take leftover ammunition]. As no training seemed to be in progress, so the remaining part of the journey went on without any major problems.
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| − | Eventually, my GPS pointed [http://geohash.koepfel.de/2009-06-12_49_8/pages/page_23.html 90° into the forest]. Dense forest. Parked the bike, went in.
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| − | Luckily, the trouble with detour around the army base raised my Stupidity Distance, so I stumbled on through the thorns. Since it was warm these days, I was wearing short pants. Bad idea. Also I was pretty sure, that there were raptors around.
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| − | With scratched skin, I arrived at the Hashpoint. [http://geohash.koepfel.de/2009-06-12_49_8/pages/page_26.html Dense bushes and trees] 360 degrees around. And after placing my marker, the terrible thing happened: [http://geohash.koepfel.de/2009-06-12_49_8/pages/page_33.html It attacked me]!
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| − | [http://geohash.koepfel.de/2009-06-12_49_8/pages/page_34.html Runaway! DO PANIC!].
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| − | Actually, it was just my yet unnamed hashcot, but still, I had [http://geohash.koepfel.de/2009-06-12_49_8/pages/page_42.html several] [http://geohash.koepfel.de/2009-06-12_49_8/pages/page_43.html scretches] on my skin.
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| − | Now for the way backl: [http://geohash.koepfel.de/2009-06-12_49_8/pages/page_41.html With this photo] near the hash, my GPS's battery died, which also meant, no more photos for today.
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| − | Getting back to Germersheim should have been possible, too, as I knew where I went before, that I knew I had to go in some general eastern direction, and that I had a compass. I made it back to the military training grounds pretty well, with just some minor detours. At the military base however, I somehow got off the official public path and got stuck between the barbed-wire fence of the army base and more thorned bushes. Might have been some cool photos. On the other hand, I wasn't the first one there, as there was trampled grass and bike tracks on the narrow path I was following. Eventually, I found the official path again, got to Germersheim, just catched a train home and arrived there 20:40.
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| − | <gallery>
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| − | Image:2009-06-12 49 8-1ice.jpg|Not my train
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| − | Image:2009-06-12 49 8-2militarya.jpg|Do not enter. Dogs will eat you!
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| − | Image:2009-06-12 49 8-3militaryb.jpg|Military training grounds. Do not enter while in operation.
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| − | Image:2009-06-12 49 8-4road.jpg|
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| − | Image:2009-06-12 49 8-5forest.jpg|GPS says: 90° into the forest.
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| − | Image:2009-06-12 49 8-6hash.jpg|Hashpoint. 360° of bushes and trees
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| − | Image:2009-06-12 49 8-7marker.jpg|Reached.
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| − | Image:2009-06-12 49 8-8raptor.jpg|PANIC!
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| − | Image:2009-06-12 49 8-9hashtree.jpg|Hash Tree
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| − | Image:2009-06-12_49_8-10anthill.jpg|Ant hill near the Hash
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | [http://geohash.koepfel.de/2009-06-12_49_8 (more pictures)]
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| − | ==== Lessons learned ====
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| − | *Do not enter a unknown area with a half-charged GPS or without a map.
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| − | *Do not trust Google Maps.
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| − | *Check for military bases before going Geohashing.
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| − | *Do not wear short pants in a dense forest. Thorns hurt.
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| − | {{Velociraptor geohash | latitude = 49 | longitude = 8 | date = 2009-06-12 | name = Koepfel | image = 2009-06-12 49 8-8raptor.jpg }}
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