Difference between revisions of "2021-01-17 50 7"

Latest revision as of 20:25, 24 May 2024

Location

In front of an oak on the way from Pfaffenheck towards Alken.

Participants

Gefrierbrand
Santu
Pedro the dog

Plans

We plan to be there around 13:00 walking there from the nearby "Grillhütte" in Pfaffenheck

Expedition

This was another great and fun expedition. We started slightly behind schedule and drove to Pfaffenheck in light snowfall. We could not get as close to the Grillhütte (barbecue hut) as Google Maps told us as the road was closed for vehicles of any kind. So we chose a parking spot not far from it and walked towards the original intended starting point.

But even before we reached it, Santu spotted a quite inviting rope-bridge over the nearby brook and naturally Gefrierbrand had to cross it both ways! We then proceeded along the path towards the hash and found it easily just slightly offroad. As there was plenty of snow all around us, we managed to build a nice snowman using a carrot as nose which we had brought along especially for that purpose. We also had hopes to claim the frozen achievement, and the car showed exactly 0°C on the road, but the thermometer we brought along only got down to 2°C at the hashpoint.

After the relatively short walk towards the hash we proceeded about 4km further along the path all the way downhill towards Alken and visited the castle Thurant, which was unfortunately closed due to Covid. The view was nice nonetheless. We then headed back the way we came, this time only uphill! Our snowman was still standing as we passed the hashpoint again. The second temperature reading was still at 2°C, so we have to try again for that one.

Photos

Coordinates reached
The snowman
obligatory StupidGrin^TM
Castle Thurant...
...with stupid grin there.

Achievements

Gefrierbrand & Santu earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (50, 7) geohash on 2021-01-17.

Gefrierbrand & Santu earned the Snowman Geohash Achievement

by building a snowman at the (50, 7) geohash on 2021-01-17.

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 And DON'T FORGET to add your expedition and the best photo you took to the gallery on the Main Page! We'd love to read your report, but that means we first have to discover it! :)
 -->{{meetup graticule
-| lat={{#explode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}| |1}}
+| lat=50
-| lon={{#explode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}| |2}}
+| lon=7
-| date={{#explode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}| |0}}
+| date=2021-01-17
 }}<!-- edit as necessary -->
 __NOTOC__
 == Location ==
 <!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be -->
+In front of an oak on the way from Pfaffenheck towards Alken.
 == Participants ==
 * [[User:Gefrierbrand|Gefrierbrand]]
-* [[user:santu]]
+* [[user:santu|Santu]]
+* Pedro the dog
 == Plans ==
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 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+This was another great and fun expedition. We started slightly behind schedule and drove to Pfaffenheck in light snowfall. We could not get as close to the Grillhütte (barbecue hut) as Google Maps told us as the road was closed for vehicles of any kind. So we chose a parking spot not far from it and walked towards the original intended starting point.
-== Tracklog ==
+But even before we reached it, Santu spotted a quite inviting rope-bridge over the nearby brook and naturally Gefrierbrand had to cross it both ways!
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+We then proceeded along the path towards the hash and found it easily just slightly offroad. As there was plenty of snow all around us, we managed to build a nice snowman using a carrot as nose which we had brought along especially for that purpose. We also had hopes to claim the frozen achievement, and the car showed exactly 0°C on the road, but the thermometer we brought along only got down to 2°C at the hashpoint.
+After the relatively short walk towards the hash we proceeded about 4km further along the path all the way downhill towards Alken and visited the castle Thurant, which was unfortunately closed due to Covid. The view was nice nonetheless. We then headed back the way we came, this time only uphill! Our snowman was still standing as we passed the hashpoint again. The second temperature reading was still at 2°C, so we have to try again for that one.
 == Photos ==
-<!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
-Image:2020-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
--->
 <gallery perrow="5">
+File:2021-01-17_50_7_Proof.jpg | Coordinates reached
+File:2021-01-17_50_7_snowman.jpg | The snowman
+File:2021-01-17_50_7_stupidgrin.jpg | obligatory StupidGrin<sup>TM</sup>
+File:2021-01-17_50_7_thurant.jpg | Castle Thurant...
+File:2021-01-17_50_7_stupidgrinatthurant.jpg | ...with stupid grin there.
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
 {{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|800px}}
-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{land geohash
+    | latitude = 50
-<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
+    | longitude = 7
+    | date = 2021-01-17
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
+    | name = Gefrierbrand & Santu
+}}
+{{snowman geohash
+    | latitude = 50
+    | longitude = 7
+    | date = 2021-01-17
+    | name = Gefrierbrand & Santu
+}}
-<!-- An actual expedition:
 [[Category:Expeditions]]
--- and one or more of --
 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
--->
-<!-- if you reached your coords:
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+[[Category:Expeditions with dogs]]
+{{location|DE|RP|MYK}}
---><!-- or if you failed :(
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
--- and a reason --
-When there is a natural obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]
-When there is a man-made obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]
-When you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work:
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]
-When you went to an alternate location instead of the actual geohash:
-[[Category:Not reached - Attended alternate location]]
-(Don't forget to delete this final close comment marker) -->


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