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== Location ==
 
== Location ==
  
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The big Berlin meet-up. Location to be announced on 28/8!
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The big Berlin meet-up was planned for a few weeks: the location landed in a forest just off the road near Prötzel, just outside Berlin in Brandenburg to the east.
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29/8 is also the 25th [http://www.lange-nacht-der-museen.de/ Lange Nacht der Museen] (English: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Night_of_Museums Long Night of the Museums]), even more reason to come to Berlin!
 
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<div style='font-size:90%; margin:10px; padding: 2px; border: 1px solid #cc0; background: #ffc;'>The hashpoint for the day is shown to the right but is a good 7km from the nearest train station. Should we pick an alternative meeting spot? [[Talk:2009-08-29_52_13#Location|Discuss your thoughts on the talk page]].</div>
 
  
 
== Participants ==
 
== Participants ==
  
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[http://doodle.com/ypbgk5u8q64fdend Original date poll on Doodle]
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* [[User:davidc|davidc]] (local)
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* If you're a Facebook user, you can use [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116850164490 this event] to let your friends know you're attending, and to invite them.
 
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=== Confirmed ===
 
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* [[User:davidc|davidc]] (+ 1-3) (local)
 
 
* [[User:lyx|lyx]] (local)
 
* [[User:lyx|lyx]] (local)
 
* [[User:relet|relet]] (local)
 
* [[User:relet|relet]] (local)
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* [[user:thepiguy|thepiguy]], [[user:srs0|Srs0]] and [[User:Danatar|Danatar]] (49,9)
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* [[User:Danatar|Danatar]] (49,9)
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* [[user:phoenix|phoenix]], with high probability (local)
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* [[user:thepiguy|thepiguy]] (49,-123 / 49,9)
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* [[User:Ekorren|Ekorren]] (48,9)
 
* [[user:pari|pari]] (local)
 
* [[user:pari|pari]] (local)
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* [[User:Jerrome|Jerrome]] (local)
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* [[user:srs0|Srs0]] (49,-123 / 49,9)
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* [[User:Hessophanes|Hessophanes]] (local)
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* [[User:JUB|JUB]] (local)
 
* [[User:dawidi|dawidi]] (49,12)
 
* [[User:dawidi|dawidi]] (49,12)
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* [[User:Ekorren|Ekorren]] (48,9) (will arrive earlier and try to stay for a few more days. Would appreciate accomodation offers for after the meetup)
 
  
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=== Tentative ===
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12 geohashers from 5 graticules (4 graticules if you discount the Canadians).
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* [[User:HiroProtagonist|Hiro]] (local) plus up to 5 people - really depending on accessibility!
 
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* [[User:Jerrome|Jerrome]] (local) plus one or two drag-alongs.
 
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* [[User:Trurl|Trurl]] - depends.
 
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* [[User:JUB|JUB]]
 
  
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=== Running Total and milestones ===
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Did not make it after all:
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* '''11 confirmed - 22 people possibly'''
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* Largest geohash, officially proven: 26
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* [[user:phoenix|phoenix]] (local)
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* Largest geohash, actual presence:   38
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* [[User:HiroProtagonist|Hiro]] (local)
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* Just a nice number in between:     42
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* [[User:Trurl|Trurl]] (local)
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* Migrati^WCPilgrimage geohash:       50
 
  
 
== Plans ==
 
== Plans ==
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* The [http://doodle.com/ypbgk5u8q64fdend original date poll on Doodle]
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* The [http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116850164490 Facebook event]
  
 
To explore strange new places; to seek out new games and new achievements; to boldly go where no hasher has gone before... and be the first graticule to get the [[Migration Geohash]] (come on, fifty isn't that much! And [[Largest Geohash|more than 26]] should be even easier...)
 
To explore strange new places; to seek out new games and new achievements; to boldly go where no hasher has gone before... and be the first graticule to get the [[Migration Geohash]] (come on, fifty isn't that much! And [[Largest Geohash|more than 26]] should be even easier...)
  
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Planning will begin on [[Geohashing IRC channel|the IRC channel]] and on this page at 15:30 local time on Friday 28th. We plan to visit the hashpoint no matter where it lands, which may involve taking trains or renting minivans. A back-up plan is proposed in case the hashpoint is inaccessible: please comment on the talk page.
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Plans are nearly settled. The hashpoint is quite far out, so to make sure we all get to meet, we'll be having two meetings, one at the actual hashpoint, and one later in a more central location to get to know everyone and have fun and beer.
  
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For those travelling from further afield, travel planning is on [[Talk:2009-08-29_52_13|the talk page]].
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=== The Real Hash ===
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Official Meeting: 15:00 at 52.6278569, 13.9720826.
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You can make your own way there, or join us in these plans:
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# 12:30 meeting in front of Hauptbahnhof at 52.52593,13.369079 - look for people in red xkcd geohashing shirts.
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# Purchase ABC tickets.
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# 12:45 take S5 towards Strausberg. Others from different parts of the city can join us along this route: [[2009-08-29_52_13/S5|see the timetable]]; we'll be at the front of the train. (We're opting for a slightly earlier train to avoid the risk of missing the bus, which only runs every two hours).
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# 13:38 arrive Strausberg.
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# 14:05 take Bus 927 towards Wriezen Bahnhof.
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# 14:28 Disembark at Prötzel Forsthaus
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# Walk to hash, a few hundred metres.
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# '''15:00 official hash time'''
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# 15:29 take Bus 927 towards Strausberg.
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# 15:50 arrive Strausberg.
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# 16:06 take S5.
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# 16:42 arrive Ostkreuz.
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# (16:58 arrives Hauptbahnhof).
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=== The Big Meet ===
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{{announce|Final decision: Cafe Oranium, corner of Oranienburger Strasse and Tucholskystrasse ... NOW! (19:30 CEST)}}
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For those not going to the main hash, join us for the big meet, starting at UNKNOWN TIME SEE BELOW outside Ostkreuz station at 52.504318,13.467905. Leave your name here though, so we know to look out for you. We haven't decided where to go on to, so write down one of [http://www.davidc.net/~david/temp-numbers.jpg these numbers] so you can call us.
  
 
== Expedition ==
 
== Expedition ==
  
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Despite none of our drag-alongs turning up, 12 geohashers from 5 graticules migrated to Berlin, defeating raptors along the way to win a tough hash and a fun day's adventure.
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=== Summary ===
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The main hash was meticulously planned the night before, with plenty of leeway for late trains. Nine of us met in front of the Berlin Hauptbahnhof at 12:30, sorted out tickets quickly and boarded the planned S5 train towards Strausberg in the far east, beyond the Berlin border and into Brandenberg.
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All was going well and we arrived in Strausberg on schedule. [[User:dawidi|dawidi]] was on the train behind us and quickly overtook us, taking the advance tram as he had to cycle to the hash. So we waited at Strausberg for the planned bus. And waited. And waited. Then the tram left and someone pointed out that the bus was supposed to have arrived first... The bus was late. [[User:ekorren|Ekorren]] queried a nearby bus driver only to find that our bus was cancelled for the day due to [[Raptor|raptor attack]] or some equally plausible excuse.
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Plans were quickly debated and decisions made. We took the rail-replacement bus as far as Strausberg Nord, from where we would walk 7km to the hash. Unfortunately we had no way to contact dawidi, who had cycled on ahead. On the bus, [[User:davidc|davidc]] updated the wiki to notify anyone who was going to meet us later - only to discover an edit conflict in the middle of nowhere. [[User:pari|pari]] had got out his laptop and was adding the same warning!
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We'd walked a kilometre or so towards the hash when davidc received a call from [[User:Hessophanes|Hessophanes]] - he had come by car, met dawidi at the hash and was now wondering why nobody else was there. Fortunately he was able to quickly ferry us the remaining distance in two shifts (though [[User:lyx|lyx]] and three others decided to walk the remaining distance).
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At the hashpoint, some engaged in woodland frisbee while waiting for the others, more often than not hitting the trees. Does this qualify for a "geohashing wally" achievement? Our geocache was prepared ([http://coord.info/GC1XWDV GC1XWDV "Geohashing Migration 2009"]), and inside was placed three travel bugs, two trackable books, [[Curse of the Geohash|a cursed hash coin (#7)]] and a logbook signed by all the present geocachers. It was then hidden under a pile of rocks at the base of the hash-tree. Cookies were shared and many, many photos taken. The [[hashscot|hashscots]] had a picnic.
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Around 16:45 we decided to leave. A few hashers made a desultory attempt at a [[Geotrash Geohash|geotrash geohash]] and we played fox-chicken-grain with the cars to reach Strausberg Stadt for the trip back. A tram, this time, and then the same S-bahn back into the city.
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On arriving back in Berlin, davidc abducted dawidi so he would have a safe place to store his bicycle and belongings. dawidi promised to corroborate the truth of this story, on pain of davidc not letting him have his stuff back. Honour amongst hashers!
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A short while later we reconvened at Cafe Oranium on Oranienberger Strasse in Mitte. A much-needed and well-earned meal and drinkies were enjoyed by all and then we slipped away into the night.
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=== JUB ===
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This was my first offitial hash. It was a very interesting trip. But the start was a catastroph at oll. My plan was that I meet the rest of the groop at the trainstation Ostkreuz, but i pass the train. Thatswhy i drove by car to Strausberg. There I´d call the others and only a half our later i´d found the groop. The talk while walking to the hash point was really interesting. Thanks at these point for it. So all in all i can say: hashing will go on.
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=== [[user:Danatar|Danatar]], [[user:thepiguy|thepiguy]], and [[user:srs0|srs0]] ===
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This expedition was on day 2 of a 3-day consecutive geohash:
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* Day 1:
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# [[2009-08-28 49 10]]
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# [[2009-08-28 50 11]]
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# [[2009-08-28 51 11]]
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# [[2009-08-28 52 12]]
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* Day 2:
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# [[2009-08-29 52 13]]
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* Day 3:
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# [[2009-08-30 51 13]]
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# [[2009-08-30 51 12]]
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# [[2009-08-30 50 12]]
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# [[2009-08-30 50 11]]
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# [[2009-08-30 50 10]]
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=== Live Notes ===
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* Just got the train at Berlin-Hauptbahnhof. 9 Geohashers on their way to new lands. :) --[[User:Pari|pari]] 11:09, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
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* Bad news: our bus to Prötzel is not going. We will be brought to Strausberg Nord which is about half way and walk from there (7km). --[[user:pari|pari]] 12:25, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
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* Our bus was cancelled due to raptor attack. Currently proceeding to hash on foot, ETA 1600. Return time for later meet not yet known, will update later. --[[User:Davidc|davidc]] 12:26, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
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* 12:25 "What the hell... Edit conflict? Pari!" --[[User:Davidc|davidc]]
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* 14:45 CDT We set out walking from Strausberg Nord. 6.5km to go!
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* 15:15 CDT Hessophanes calls to ask where we are and then kindly ferries us walkers to the hash.
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* 15:25 CDT First of the walkers arrive, coordinates reached!
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* We are at the hash! *yay* On the way we met Hessophanes who took us there with his car. Meetup in Berlin will be later as we lost some time. We will report an exact time when everybody has arrived. --[[User:Pari|pari]] 13:35, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
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* Geocache GC1XWDV "Geohashing Migration 2009" was placed and stocked with travel bugs and cursed coin #7
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* 16:45 CDT We leave the hash.
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* We're shuttling back to Strausberg now and should be at ostkreuZ circa 1830 --[[User:Davidc|davidc]] 14:53, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
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* A decision! Cafe Oranium, corner of Oranienburger Strasse and Tucholskystrasse, whenever we get there, probably circa 1930 --[[User:Davidc|davidc]] 15:56, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
  
 
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== Photos ==  
 
== Photos ==  
  
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[[Image:2009-08-29_52_13_hashers.jpg|thumb|none|500px|The hashers identified!]]
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=== Before the hash ===
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040634.JPG | The Canadian invasion plan.
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Image:2009-08-29 52 13 dawidi dawn in kiel.jpg | dawidi started out in Kiel at 6:00
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040637.JPG | Some set off.
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040635.JPG | Crossing the German-Canadian border.
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Image:2009_08_29_52_13_IMG_9433.JPG | Meeting outside Hauptbahnhof.
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Image:2009-08_29_52_13_IMG_0195.JPG | Waiting for the S-bahn.
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Image:2009-08-29_52_13_twister.jpg|Playing twister on the S-Bahn
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Image:2009-08-29_52_13_scott.JPG | Look out Danatar!
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040639.JPG | dawidi goes ahead by tram...
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040640.JPG | ...while we waited for the bus that never came.
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Image:2009-08-29 48 9 e Timetable.jpg|Actually the timetable said that it never comes on saturdays. Only the online system was wrong.
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Image:2009-08-29 48 9 e SEV.jpg|Took this one instead.
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040641.JPG | It's not time for the silly grin yet, pi!
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040643.JPG | Still on the bus.
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040644.JPG | An edit conflict looms.
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040646.JPG | Can silly grins actually ward off raptors?
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040647.JPG | Maybe they can!
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040648.JPG | One of these two knows something the other doesn't...
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Image:2009-08-29 48 9 e SEV-SNord.jpg|The bus took us to a railway station with no trains.
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040649.JPG | Some loiter while some buy supplies.
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040650.JPG | Follow me for a sponta'''neou'''s adventure
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040652.JPG | It's not quite ''that'' close, ekorren!
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040653.JPG | We'll be back.
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040655.JPG | Walking...
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040656.JPG | Walking...
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040658.JPG | Walking...
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040659.JPG | Can't talk now. Too busy hashing!
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040660.JPG | Walking...
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Image:2009-08_29_52_13_IMG_0197.JPG | Raptors ambushed the bus. 7km to walk
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Image:2009-08-29_52_13_march.JPG | More walking!
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Image:2009-08-29 48 9 e after2km.jpg|Not covered so much distance yet.
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Image:2009-08-29 48 9 e Foul.jpg|'''Foul!''' Don't you dare call that walking!
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Image:2009-08-29 48 9 e Walking.jpg|True geohashers do '''not''' give up.
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Image:2009-08-29 52 13 fieldByHashPanorama.jpg|The field outside of the forest, right before the hashpoint.
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=== At the hash ===
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Image:2009-08-29 52 13 dawidi hessophanes first hashers.jpg| Hessophanes and dawidi arrived first. Where is everybody?
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040671.JPG | Can anyone guess where davidc hails from?
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Image:2009-08_29_52_13_IMG_9484.JPG | One of dozens of silly grin photos!
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040672.JPG | Profile of a silly grin.
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Image:2009-08_29_52_13_IMG_1433.JPG | Huggy Bear mans the tripod while the hedgehog looks furious.
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Image:2009-08_29_52_13_IMG_1440.JPG | On a geohashing expedition, one will never be lost, out of communication, or lack a pen.
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Image:2009-08-29 48 9 e eee.jpg|
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040679.JPG | Teddy bear picnic begins.
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Image:2009-08_29_52_13_IMG_1439.JPG | Our hashcots have a picnic around our new geocache.
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Image:2009-08_29_52_13_IMG_1442.JPG | This is not the hash-tree you are looking for. But it's close!
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Image:2009-08_29_52_13_IMG_1443.JPG | I'm with all these weird pieces of papers stuck to trees!
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040676.JPG | Line-up of the geohash t-shirts
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040677.JPG | Left leg up?
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040680.JPG | Forest frisbee!
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Image:2009-08-29_52_13_dan_frisbee.jpg|Forest frisbee in action!
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Image:2009-08-29 52 13 dawidi forest frisbee.jpg| More forest frisbee.
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040682.JPG | Geotrashing...
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040683.JPG | ...the cowardly way
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040684.JPG | This way! No, that way!
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040685.JPG | Our trashcot lyx.
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040689.JPG | Field opposite the hashforest (and pari & Hessophanes trying to get reasonable UMTS reception).
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040690.JPG | We were that-a-way.
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Image:2009-08-29 52 13 panorama.jpg|Panorama picture of the hashpoint. This forest is crowded.
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040664.JPG | It's in here somewhere!
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Image:2009-08_29_52_13_Attendees.jpg | The sign-in sheet.
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Image:2009-08_29_52_13_IMG_0199.PNG | iPhone GPS proof.
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Image:2009-08_29_52_13_IMG_0201.PNG | iPhone map proof.
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040668.JPG | Hashdroid proof.
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Image:2009-08-29_52_13_gps.JPG | Pi Guy proof.
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Image:2009-08-29 48 9 e GPS.jpg|Etrex H
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Image:2009-08-29 52 13 dawidi gps.jpg|Etrex Vista HCx
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=== After the hash ===
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Image:2009-08-29 52 13 dawidi everyone leaving.jpg|Everyone leaving.
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040693.JPG | lyx
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Image:2009-08-29 52 13 e lineup.jpg|Leaving the forest
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Image:2009-08-29 52 13 e clouds.jpg|Suspicious weather
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Image:2009-08-29 52 13 dawidi pi grin.jpg|eeep!
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Image:2009-08-29 52 13 dawidi rainbows.jpg|A double rainbow!
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Image:2009-08-29_52_13_e_Tram.jpg|Tram waiting for us
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040694.JPG | The tram back.
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Image:2009-08-26_52_13_P1040695.JPG | Eyes drooping.
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Image:2009-08_29_52_13_IMG_0203.JPG | Hashed-out lyx and relet.
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== Ribbons ==
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{{abduction | latitude = 52 | longitude = 13 | date = 2009-08-29 | partner = [[User:dawidi|dawidi]] | name = [[User:Davidc|davidc]] }}
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{{Public transport geohash|latitude=52|longitude=13|date=2009-08-29|busline=S5 and a rail-replacement bus or tram, while the others used cars for part of the trip.|name=Five of the hashers}}
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Location

The big Berlin meet-up was planned for a few weeks: the location landed in a forest just off the road near Prötzel, just outside Berlin in Brandenburg to the east.

Participants

12 geohashers from 5 graticules (4 graticules if you discount the Canadians).

Did not make it after all:

Plans

To explore strange new places; to seek out new games and new achievements; to boldly go where no hasher has gone before... and be the first graticule to get the Migration Geohash (come on, fifty isn't that much! And more than 26 should be even easier...)

Plans are nearly settled. The hashpoint is quite far out, so to make sure we all get to meet, we'll be having two meetings, one at the actual hashpoint, and one later in a more central location to get to know everyone and have fun and beer.

The Real Hash

Official Meeting: 15:00 at 52.6278569, 13.9720826.

You can make your own way there, or join us in these plans:

  1. 12:30 meeting in front of Hauptbahnhof at 52.52593,13.369079 - look for people in red xkcd geohashing shirts.
  2. Purchase ABC tickets.
  3. 12:45 take S5 towards Strausberg. Others from different parts of the city can join us along this route: see the timetable; we'll be at the front of the train. (We're opting for a slightly earlier train to avoid the risk of missing the bus, which only runs every two hours).
  4. 13:38 arrive Strausberg.
  5. 14:05 take Bus 927 towards Wriezen Bahnhof.
  6. 14:28 Disembark at Prötzel Forsthaus
  7. Walk to hash, a few hundred metres.
  8. 15:00 official hash time
  9. 15:29 take Bus 927 towards Strausberg.
  10. 15:50 arrive Strausberg.
  11. 16:06 take S5.
  12. 16:42 arrive Ostkreuz.
  13. (16:58 arrives Hauptbahnhof).

The Big Meet

Final decision: Cafe Oranium, corner of Oranienburger Strasse and Tucholskystrasse ... NOW! (19:30 CEST)

For those not going to the main hash, join us for the big meet, starting at UNKNOWN TIME SEE BELOW outside Ostkreuz station at 52.504318,13.467905. Leave your name here though, so we know to look out for you. We haven't decided where to go on to, so write down one of these numbers so you can call us.

Expedition

Despite none of our drag-alongs turning up, 12 geohashers from 5 graticules migrated to Berlin, defeating raptors along the way to win a tough hash and a fun day's adventure.

Summary

The main hash was meticulously planned the night before, with plenty of leeway for late trains. Nine of us met in front of the Berlin Hauptbahnhof at 12:30, sorted out tickets quickly and boarded the planned S5 train towards Strausberg in the far east, beyond the Berlin border and into Brandenberg.

All was going well and we arrived in Strausberg on schedule. dawidi was on the train behind us and quickly overtook us, taking the advance tram as he had to cycle to the hash. So we waited at Strausberg for the planned bus. And waited. And waited. Then the tram left and someone pointed out that the bus was supposed to have arrived first... The bus was late. Ekorren queried a nearby bus driver only to find that our bus was cancelled for the day due to raptor attack or some equally plausible excuse.

Plans were quickly debated and decisions made. We took the rail-replacement bus as far as Strausberg Nord, from where we would walk 7km to the hash. Unfortunately we had no way to contact dawidi, who had cycled on ahead. On the bus, davidc updated the wiki to notify anyone who was going to meet us later - only to discover an edit conflict in the middle of nowhere. pari had got out his laptop and was adding the same warning!

We'd walked a kilometre or so towards the hash when davidc received a call from Hessophanes - he had come by car, met dawidi at the hash and was now wondering why nobody else was there. Fortunately he was able to quickly ferry us the remaining distance in two shifts (though lyx and three others decided to walk the remaining distance).

At the hashpoint, some engaged in woodland frisbee while waiting for the others, more often than not hitting the trees. Does this qualify for a "geohashing wally" achievement? Our geocache was prepared (GC1XWDV "Geohashing Migration 2009"), and inside was placed three travel bugs, two trackable books, a cursed hash coin (#7) and a logbook signed by all the present geocachers. It was then hidden under a pile of rocks at the base of the hash-tree. Cookies were shared and many, many photos taken. The hashscots had a picnic.

Around 16:45 we decided to leave. A few hashers made a desultory attempt at a geotrash geohash and we played fox-chicken-grain with the cars to reach Strausberg Stadt for the trip back. A tram, this time, and then the same S-bahn back into the city.

On arriving back in Berlin, davidc abducted dawidi so he would have a safe place to store his bicycle and belongings. dawidi promised to corroborate the truth of this story, on pain of davidc not letting him have his stuff back. Honour amongst hashers!

A short while later we reconvened at Cafe Oranium on Oranienberger Strasse in Mitte. A much-needed and well-earned meal and drinkies were enjoyed by all and then we slipped away into the night.

JUB

This was my first offitial hash. It was a very interesting trip. But the start was a catastroph at oll. My plan was that I meet the rest of the groop at the trainstation Ostkreuz, but i pass the train. Thatswhy i drove by car to Strausberg. There I´d call the others and only a half our later i´d found the groop. The talk while walking to the hash point was really interesting. Thanks at these point for it. So all in all i can say: hashing will go on.

Danatar, thepiguy, and srs0

This expedition was on day 2 of a 3-day consecutive geohash:

  • Day 1:
  1. 2009-08-28 49 10
  2. 2009-08-28 50 11
  3. 2009-08-28 51 11
  4. 2009-08-28 52 12
  • Day 2:
  1. 2009-08-29 52 13
  • Day 3:
  1. 2009-08-30 51 13
  2. 2009-08-30 51 12
  3. 2009-08-30 50 12
  4. 2009-08-30 50 11
  5. 2009-08-30 50 10

Live Notes

  • Just got the train at Berlin-Hauptbahnhof. 9 Geohashers on their way to new lands. :) --pari 11:09, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
  • Bad news: our bus to Prötzel is not going. We will be brought to Strausberg Nord which is about half way and walk from there (7km). --pari 12:25, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
  • Our bus was cancelled due to raptor attack. Currently proceeding to hash on foot, ETA 1600. Return time for later meet not yet known, will update later. --davidc 12:26, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
  • 12:25 "What the hell... Edit conflict? Pari!" --davidc
  • 14:45 CDT We set out walking from Strausberg Nord. 6.5km to go!
  • 15:15 CDT Hessophanes calls to ask where we are and then kindly ferries us walkers to the hash.
  • 15:25 CDT First of the walkers arrive, coordinates reached!
  • We are at the hash! *yay* On the way we met Hessophanes who took us there with his car. Meetup in Berlin will be later as we lost some time. We will report an exact time when everybody has arrived. --pari 13:35, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
  • Geocache GC1XWDV "Geohashing Migration 2009" was placed and stocked with travel bugs and cursed coin #7
  • 16:45 CDT We leave the hash.
  • We're shuttling back to Strausberg now and should be at ostkreuZ circa 1830 --davidc 14:53, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
  • A decision! Cafe Oranium, corner of Oranienburger Strasse and Tucholskystrasse, whenever we get there, probably circa 1930 --davidc 15:56, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Tracklog

Photos

The hashers identified!


Before the hash

  • The Canadian invasion plan.

  • dawidi started out in Kiel at 6:00

  • Some set off.

  • Crossing the German-Canadian border.

  • Meeting outside Hauptbahnhof.

  • Waiting for the S-bahn.

  • Playing twister on the S-Bahn

  • Look out Danatar!

  • dawidi goes ahead by tram...

  • ...while we waited for the bus that never came.

  • Actually the timetable said that it never comes on saturdays. Only the online system was wrong.

  • Took this one instead.

  • It's not time for the silly grin yet, pi!

  • Still on the bus.

  • An edit conflict looms.

  • Can silly grins actually ward off raptors?

  • Maybe they can!

  • One of these two knows something the other doesn't...

  • The bus took us to a railway station with no trains.

  • Some loiter while some buy supplies.

  • Follow me for a spontaneous adventure

  • It's not quite that close, ekorren!

  • We'll be back.

  • Walking...

  • Walking...

  • Walking...

  • Can't talk now. Too busy hashing!

  • Walking...

  • Raptors ambushed the bus. 7km to walk

  • More walking!

  • Not covered so much distance yet.

  • Foul! Don't you dare call that walking!

  • True geohashers do not give up.

  • The field outside of the forest, right before the hashpoint.

At the hash

  • Hessophanes and dawidi arrived first. Where is everybody?

  • Can anyone guess where davidc hails from?

  • One of dozens of silly grin photos!

  • Profile of a silly grin.

  • Huggy Bear mans the tripod while the hedgehog looks furious.

  • On a geohashing expedition, one will never be lost, out of communication, or lack a pen.

  • 2009-08-29 48 9 e eee.jpg

  • Teddy bear picnic begins.

  • Our hashcots have a picnic around our new geocache.

  • This is not the hash-tree you are looking for. But it's close!

  • I'm with all these weird pieces of papers stuck to trees!

  • Line-up of the geohash t-shirts

  • Left leg up?

  • Forest frisbee!

  • Forest frisbee in action!

  • More forest frisbee.

  • Geotrashing...

  • ...the cowardly way

  • This way! No, that way!

  • Our trashcot lyx.

  • Field opposite the hashforest (and pari & Hessophanes trying to get reasonable UMTS reception).

  • We were that-a-way.

  • Panorama picture of the hashpoint. This forest is crowded.

Proof photos

  • It's in here somewhere!

  • The sign-in sheet.

  • iPhone GPS proof.

  • iPhone map proof.

  • Hashdroid proof.

  • Pi Guy proof.

  • Etrex H

  • Etrex Vista HCx


After the hash

  • Everyone leaving.

  • lyx

  • Leaving the forest

  • Suspicious weather

  • eeep!

  • A double rainbow!

  • Tram waiting for us

  • The tram back.

  • Eyes drooping.

  • Hashed-out lyx and relet.

Ribbons

Abduction.png
 davidc earned the Abduction achievement
by abducting dawidi from the (52, 13) geohash on 2009-08-29.
Meetup.PNG
 davidc earned the Meet-up achievement
by meeting Danatar, thepiguy, Ekorren, Srs0 and dawidi at the (52, 13) geohash on 2009-08-29.
Bus.PNG
 Five of the hashers earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (52, 13) geohash on 2009-08-29 via S5 and a rail-replacement bus or tram, while the others used cars for part of the trip..
Longtrekbadge.png
 Some people earned the XKCD-100 Achievement
by voyaging up to 850 km to reach the (52, 13) geohash on 2009-08-29.
ZombieMeet.PNG
 Berlin, Germany earned the Largest geohash achievement
by congregating at the (52, 13) geohash on 2009-08-29 with a participation of 12 geohashers.
2009-08 29 52 13 IMG 1442.JPG
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