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* [[User:Paintedhell|Juja]] will cycle there in the evening.
 
* [[User:Paintedhell|Juja]] will cycle there in the evening.
  
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== Participants ==
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* [[User:Paintedhell|Juja]], Frankie and Benjy Mouse
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== Expedition ==
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The weather in the evening was perfect for geohashing: warm and sunny, so I happily rode my bike through Ziegenhain and up to "Steinkreuz" - after cycling through the forest for about three kms and arriving 200 meters above Jena, I had hoped to find peace and quiet, but instead there were some hundreds of people starting barbies, children running around and the lots of cars that brought them there.
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So I quickly went on to today's destination - on Google maps, the satellite picture and OSM it looked as if the nearest way to this Geohash would be in about 300 meters distance, and from former (retro) Geohashes I knew that even 30 meters could be quite a problem in these forests. But Google and OSM obviously aren't perfect: the forest was full of ways (meaning ''ways'', not paths or trails!) and I just picked one that seemed to head in the right direction. This one brought me (through wonderful nature) about 50 meters near the hash - but since Geohashes can never be that easy, from there on I had to walk... ''downhill''.
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-30hm on 50m. Calculate yourself how fucking steep that was; after I had actually given a damn about the contour lines on the topo map, it was next to impossible that I should walk into something like that. Anyway, I slid down to the point, and guess what I found then? A path, leading back up to my starting point! (Near it.) I struggled back to my bike (now all the mountain running finally pays off) and after I found it, I took some relieved proof pictures of me and the mice and cycled back home, this time using beautiful ways I didn't even know yet...
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== Photos ==
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{{gallery|width=200|height=200|lines=2
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<!--|Image:110323_50_11_01.jpg|The lights of Jena Lobeda, where I started my way to the hash.-->
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== Lessons learned ==
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There are more ways around than I thought. Back to work, OSM guys!
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[[Category:Expeditions]]
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[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
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[[Category:Coordinates reached]]

Revision as of 18:32, 19 April 2011

Tue 19 Apr 2011 in 50,11:
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Location

In the forest near Jenaprießnitz, on top of the Hirschberg. I'll probably need a machete for this one.

Plans

  • Juja will cycle there in the evening.

Participants

  • Juja, Frankie and Benjy Mouse

Expedition

The weather in the evening was perfect for geohashing: warm and sunny, so I happily rode my bike through Ziegenhain and up to "Steinkreuz" - after cycling through the forest for about three kms and arriving 200 meters above Jena, I had hoped to find peace and quiet, but instead there were some hundreds of people starting barbies, children running around and the lots of cars that brought them there.

So I quickly went on to today's destination - on Google maps, the satellite picture and OSM it looked as if the nearest way to this Geohash would be in about 300 meters distance, and from former (retro) Geohashes I knew that even 30 meters could be quite a problem in these forests. But Google and OSM obviously aren't perfect: the forest was full of ways (meaning ways, not paths or trails!) and I just picked one that seemed to head in the right direction. This one brought me (through wonderful nature) about 50 meters near the hash - but since Geohashes can never be that easy, from there on I had to walk... downhill.

-30hm on 50m. Calculate yourself how fucking steep that was; after I had actually given a damn about the contour lines on the topo map, it was next to impossible that I should walk into something like that. Anyway, I slid down to the point, and guess what I found then? A path, leading back up to my starting point! (Near it.) I struggled back to my bike (now all the mountain running finally pays off) and after I found it, I took some relieved proof pictures of me and the mice and cycled back home, this time using beautiful ways I didn't even know yet...

Photos

 

Lessons learned

There are more ways around than I thought. Back to work, OSM guys!