Difference between revisions of "2010-05-16 49 9"

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Location

Today's location is next to the Main river near Karlstadt am Main.

Country: Germany; state: Bayern (Bavaria, EU:DE:BY); administrative region: Unterfranken; district: Main-Spessart

Weather: sunny with many clouds, 14 °C

Expedition

Danatar

My first bicycle geohash in 8 months! It was far, but I was sure I could make it. Some time ago, a friend told me about the cycle track on the Main's north side. Until now I had always taken a detour to the south side, but today I found the new route. After a little more climbing than planned due to a wrong turn I reached Veitshöchheim, where I had been almost defeated the last time I had been there by bike (2009-05-28 49 9). Now that I knew the route, I continued to Himmelstadt. Biking was difficult and I was exhausted even after the first 15 km, but I thought that lack of training was responsible for that, and stopped a few times to rest. At Himmelstadt I crossed the Main, knowing that this would disqualify my planned tron route, but I couldn't continue on the right side of the river. After more painful kilometres, I reached the bridge next to the geohash, which is visible on google maps but not on the satellite view. Then I was at the hashpoint. It was about 3 metres into the bushes from a track along the main. I waved my camera around in order to look like I belonged there, but I guess the people that saw me had their own thoughts about what I was doing.

I cycled to Karlstadt and crossed the Main again. While carrying the bike up some stairs I found out that the bike's dynamo had been running all the last 32 kilometres, making the bright day even brighter by draining my stamina. No wonder I had been tired for while... Suddenly, cycling was much easier. In a Biergarten I had seen on the way there I stopped for a Gyros and a Radler. Then I mostly followed my own route back home.

Distance by bike: 61 km (30.8 + 30.2)

The hashpoint is in the bushes
GPS
Coordinates reached
The Main at the hashpoint
HUNGER!
Goats
St. Benediktus at Retzbach

Tracklog

http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=631782

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 ===[[User:Danatar|Danatar]]===
-My first bicycle geohash in 8 months! It was far, but I was sure I could make it. Some time ago, a friend told me about the cycle track on the Main's north side. Until now I had always taken a detour to the south side, but today I found the new route. After a little more climbing than planned due to a wrong turn I reached Veitshöchheim, where I had been almost defeated the last time I had been there by bike ([[2009-05-28 49 9]]). Now that I knew the route, I continued to Himmelstadt. Biking was difficult and I was exhausted even after the first 15 km, but I thought that lack of training was responsible for that, and stopped a few times to rest. At Himmelstadt I crossed the Main, knowing that this would disqualify a tron route, but I couldn't continue on the right side of the river. After more painful kilometres, I reached the bridge next to the geohash, which is visible on google maps but not on the satellite view. Then I was at the hashpoint. It was about 3 metres into the bushes from a track along the main. I waved my camera around in order to look like I belonged there, but I guess the people that saw me had their own thoughts about what I was doing.
+My first bicycle geohash in 8 months! It was far, but I was sure I could make it. Some time ago, a friend told me about the cycle track on the Main's north side. Until now I had always taken a detour to the south side, but today I found the new route. After a little more climbing than planned due to a wrong turn I reached Veitshöchheim, where I had been almost defeated the last time I had been there by bike ([[2009-05-28 49 9]]). Now that I knew the route, I continued to Himmelstadt. Biking was difficult and I was exhausted even after the first 15 km, but I thought that lack of training was responsible for that, and stopped a few times to rest. At Himmelstadt I crossed the Main, knowing that this would disqualify my planned tron route, but I couldn't continue on the right side of the river. After more painful kilometres, I reached the bridge next to the geohash, which is visible on google maps but not on the satellite view. Then I was at the hashpoint. It was about 3 metres into the bushes from a track along the main. I waved my camera around in order to look like I belonged there, but I guess the people that saw me had their own thoughts about what I was doing.
 I cycled to Karlstadt and crossed the Main again. While carrying the bike up some stairs I found out that the bike's dynamo had been running all the last 32 kilometres, making the bright day even brighter by draining my stamina. No wonder I had been tired for while... Suddenly, cycling was much easier. In a Biergarten I had seen on the way there I stopped for a Gyros and a [[wikipedia:Shandy|Radler]]. Then I mostly followed my own route back home.
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-Image:2010-05-16_49_9_near.jpg|
+Image:2010-05-16_49_9_near.jpg|The hashpoint is in the bushes
-Image:2010-05-16_49_9_gps.jpg|
+Image:2010-05-16_49_9_gps.jpg|GPS
-Image:2010-05-16_49_9_hp.jpg|
+Image:2010-05-16_49_9_hp.jpg|Coordinates reached
-Image:2010-05-16_49_9_pano.jpg|
+Image:2010-05-16_49_9_pano.jpg|The Main at the hashpoint
-Image:2010-05-16_49_9_pause.jpg|
+Image:2010-05-16_49_9_pause.jpg|HUNGER!
-Image:2010-05-16_49_9_ziegen.jpg|
+Image:2010-05-16_49_9_ziegen.jpg|Goats
+Image:2010-05-16_49_9_benediktus.jpg|St. Benediktus at Retzbach
 </gallery>
+==Tracklog==
+[http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=631782&code=419b9e862e1ccea8e24e802e08ec0b1d http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=631782]
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+{{location|DE|BY|MSP}}


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