2015-03-07 51 9

Sat 7 Mar 2015 in 51,9: 51.3495836, 9.2750481 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

51.34958N 9.27504E: the hash lies on the Großer Bärenberg west of Zierenberg.

Participants

GeorgDerReisende

Plans

I will go to the Ehlener Kreuz by tram and by bus, then hitchhiking to Zierenberg, then walking up the hill. Will be there for a xkcd-meetup.

Expedition

		I started at home at 12:20. I took the tram 3 until the terminus Druseltal. The tram was four minutes late and missed the bus by two minutes, I should wait for 28 minutes. So I started there to hitchhike. After one minute a car stopped, and with two more cars I arrived at Zierenberg at 13:43. At the end of Ehlen I had a first view to the Großer Bärenberg. In English the name would be Greater Bear Mount, but as greater or smaller Bear Mount, not Greater Bear or Smaller Bear mount. At the arrival at Zierenberg there was a blue sky, but no sun.
		Then I walked through the fields and up the mount to the hash. I arrived at the hash at 14:45.
		After a short dance I found the hash at a small stump between three trees.
		Proof of dance and proof of geohasher.
		View to the south and view to the west.
		View to the north and view to the east.
		I wrote a mark on a tree.
		Neat the hash I found some snow, not enough for a snowman. And I found a can for rum, I took it away and got the deposit for it.
		Then I waited for four o'clock. For other geohashers. While I waited a veloci-raptor approached and passed by at the hash. I think it took all the timber for nest building.
		After 4 o'clock I walked on. I wanted to have a view from the tower on the mount. I walked and climbed and at the last 600 meters there was a lot of snow on the way and I became very tired. I couldn't resist against the strong wind, so I didn't walk on the top of the tower. The view at this time was not very good, and I got only one photo of Zierenberg.
		Then I walked down to the valley. I took another way with less snow. Back in Zierenberg I saw flying geese and cranes on their journey to the north.

Achievements

GeorgDerReisende earned the Thumbs Up Geohash Achievement by hitchhiking to the (51, 9) geohash on 2015-03-07, and withstanding the Vogon poetry of the driver.

GeorgDerReisende earned the xkcd Decurion achievement by attending 19 Saturday meetups.

GeorgDerReisende earned the GeoTrash Geohash Achievement by cleaning up the (51, 9) geohash on 2015-03-07.