2011-01-30 46 8

Sun 30 Jan 2011 in 46,8: 46.9377187, 8.2592357 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

The geohash is near Alpnach (canton Obwalden).

Who Went

TheOneRing - by public transport.

The Expedition

TheOneRing

I decided to go to this geohash, because it was in a Virgin Graticule. I went by train to Alpnach (OW) via Lucerne (LU), which took only 1,5 hours. The geohash was a bit outside the village, so I made a little walk through it. The area, where I assumed the geohash, looked like private property and I looked every now and then, if I can see the owner to get permission (and the Ambassador achievement). First noone appeared, I walked to the geohash next to a farm house and I took the usual photos.
Suddenly the owner of the farm house came out and asked me, if I am taking photos. I confirmed his guess and asked, if I am allowed to do. I was prepared to explain, why I am there and what I was doing exactly, but he only said, that it is ok, the meadows, though private, are not restricted area. I thanked him, completed my galery of photos and made my way back to the village. Unfortunately the weather was not very nice, it was quite foggy all day.
Following a loudspeaker and my own curiosity I went directly into a sports event. But what kind of winter sport could this be? Finally I found out there took the Innerschweizer Crosslauf-Meisterschaft 2011 place (Central Switzerland cross country running championships). I was quite stunned that this was taking place in January but I saw it with my own eyes.
Afterwards I walked back to the train station and took the next train to Lucerne and from there to Berne.

Photos

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  The train I took to Alpnach

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  The house Seeblick (Lake view)...

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  ...but I can't see the lake. Anyone else?

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  A panorama of the countryside (the geohash is right to the farm house)

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  The tripod marks the today's geohash

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  The geohash with farm house in the background

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  Farm house with Swiss flag

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  Proof that I reached the right coordinates...

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  ...on the right date

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  Obligatory self shot

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  The surrounding uphill (the flag in the center is of Obwalden)

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  The surrounding downhill

Achievements

TheOneRing earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (46, 8) graticule, here, on 2011-01-30.

TheOneRing earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (46, 8) geohash on 2011-01-30.

TheOneRing earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (46, 8) geohash on 2011-01-30 using public transit.

TheOneRing earned the Ambassador achievement by obtaining permission to access the (46, 8) geohash on 2011-01-30.

TheOneRing achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Bern, Switzerland and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

TheOneRing achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Zürich, Switzerland and 3 of the surrounding graticules.

TheOneRing achieved level 3 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Basel, Switzerland and 3 of the surrounding graticules.