Difference between revisions of "2017-05-06 49 8"

Latest revision as of 02:28, 16 August 2019

Location

Today's location is in a meadow near Ubstadt-Weiher, next to a nature protection area.

Country: Germany; state: Baden-Württemberg (EU:DE:BW); Regierungsbezirk: Karlsruhe; district: Karlsruhe rural district

Danatar

I had been in Baden-Baden for a meeting and was driving back to my parents' place in my parents' car (I had taken the train from Dresden to them since I didn't want to drive so far, then the car for the last part of the journey). The evening before I had already seen that the hashpoint would be along the route, not far from the Autobahn. So after the last talk (well, the last interesting one at least, there would have been two more hours) I left the meeting and drove along the A5 Autobahn until I came to the Bruchsal exit. From there I took the B35a federal route before leaving that one as well. One intersection to early, so I had to do a 2 km detour. I parked my car next to the Ubstadt train station and started walking. I took a track that looked like it would take me nearer to the spot than the one it branched off from and this was technically true. The problem was that along that track there was dense shrubbery, preventing me from getting to the spot. Since the weather was nice I continued along that track, walking a looong tour all around the spot. Along the way I saw the protected wetland and heard many birds, including a cuckoo. After about 1.5 km I was farther from the spot than the car was but finally there was a way past the shrubbery, down the slope next to a water regulation installation. Then I was on a good tarmacked track and walked towards the hashpoint again. I noticed a stork on its nest with chicks, thanks to my camera's 48x zoom I was able to see more details than just "black-and-white thing in the distance". While I was taking pictures an elderly couple walked past me, the man telling me "those storks are here every year" to which I nodded friendly. They continued along their way. When I passed them a short time later after they had talked to a woman with two dogs the man told me that one of the dogs had ran away after hearing the shots from a nearby shooting range and that it had taken a while to find it again. Again I nodded friendly. After having walked along the track until I was as near to the spot as possible I took a stroll across the meadow to the spot. At one point I turned around to look back, just to see a hare start running away from where I had passed within about 2 meters from it without seeing it. By the time my camera was ready it was only a small speck in the distance. Then I was at the hashpoint, next to a small tree.

Reached @49.1553,8.6215

After taking pictures, I walked back to the car (along the short route) and drove onward past Upstadt and Kronau to the next Autobahn exit.

This was my 256th expedition.

Danatar earned the Two to the N achievement

by attempting to reach 2⁸ hashpoints on 2017-05-06 49 8 and is promoted to Level 8 (Expeditions).

the shrubbery ends
almost there
GPS
the hashpoint
coordinates reached
panorama
stork
caterpillars

tracklog

triton tracklog

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{meetup graticule
-<!-- If you did not specify these parameters in the template, please substitute appropriate values for IMAGE, LAT, LON, and DATE (YYYY-MM-DD format)
-[[Image:{{{image|IMAGE}}}|thumb|left]]
-Remove this section if you don't want an image at the top (left) of your report.   You should remove the "Image:" or "File:"
-tag from your image file name, and replace the all upper-case word IMAGE in the above line.
-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=49
 | lon=8
 | date=2017-05-06
-}}
+| graticule_name=Mannheim
+| graticule_link=Mannheim, Germany
+}}__NOTOC__
+== Location ==
-<!-- edit as necessary -->
+Today's location is in a meadow near Ubstadt-Weiher, next to a nature protection area.
-__NOTOC__
-== Location ==
+Country: Germany; state: Baden-Württemberg (EU:DE:BW); Regierungsbezirk: Karlsruhe; district: Karlsruhe rural district
-<!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be -->
-== Participants ==
-<!-- who attended: If you link to your wiki user name in this section, your expedition will be picked up by the various statistics generated for geohashing. You may use three tildes ~ as a shortcut to automatically insert the user signature of the account you are editing with.
--->
-== Plans ==
-<!-- what were the original plans -->
-== Expedition ==
+==[[User:Danatar|Danatar]]==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
-== Tracklog ==
+I had been in Baden-Baden for a meeting and was driving back to my parents' place in my parents' car (I had taken the train from Dresden to them since I didn't want to drive so far, then the car for the last part of the journey). The evening before I had already seen that the hashpoint would be along the route, not far from the Autobahn. So after the last talk (well, the last interesting one at least, there would have been two more hours) I left the meeting and drove along the A5 Autobahn until I came to the Bruchsal exit. From there I took the B35a federal route before leaving that one as well. One intersection to early, so I had to do a 2 km detour. I parked my car next to the Ubstadt train station and started walking. I took a track that looked like it would take me nearer to the spot than the one it branched off from and this was technically true. The problem was that along that track there was dense shrubbery, preventing me from getting to the spot. Since the weather was nice I continued along that track, walking a looong tour all around the spot. Along the way I saw the protected wetland and heard many birds, including a cuckoo. After about 1.5 km I was farther from the spot than the car was but finally there was a way past the shrubbery, down the slope next to a water regulation installation. Then I was on a good tarmacked track and walked towards the hashpoint again. I noticed a stork on its nest with chicks, thanks to my camera's 48x zoom I was able to see more details than just "black-and-white thing in the distance". While I was taking pictures an elderly couple walked past me, the man telling me "those storks are here every year" to which I nodded friendly. They continued along their way. When I passed them a short time later after they had talked to a woman with two dogs the man told me that one of the dogs had ran away after hearing the shots from a nearby shooting range and that it had taken a while to find it again. Again I nodded friendly. After having walked along the track until I was as near to the spot as possible I took a stroll across the meadow to the spot. At one point I turned around to look back, just to see a hare start running away from where I had passed within about 2 meters from it without seeing it. By the time my camera was ready it was only a small speck in the distance. Then I was at the hashpoint, next to a small tree.
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
-== Photos ==
-<!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
-Image:2012-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
--->
 <gallery perrow="5">
 Image:2017-05-06_49_8_Danatar_1494070177469.jpg|Reached [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=49.15528280&lon=8.62151040&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @49.1553,8.6215]
 </gallery>
-== Achievements ==
+After taking pictures, I walked back to the car (along the short route) and drove onward past Upstadt and Kronau to the next Autobahn exit.
-{{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|800px}}
-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
-<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
+This was my 256th expedition.
-Delete the next line ONLY if you have chosen the appropriate categories below. If you are unsure, don't worry. People will read your report and help you with the classification. -->
+{{
-[[Category:New report]]
+Two to the N achievement | count = 8 | date = 2017-05-06 | latitude = 49 | longitude = 8 | name = Danatar  }}
-<!-- ==REQUEST FOR TWITTER BOT== Please leave either the New report or the Expedition planning category in as long as you work on it. This helps the twitter bot a lot with announcing the right outcome at the right moment. -->
+<gallery perrow="5">
+Image:2017-05-06_49_8_hang.jpg|the shrubbery ends
-<!-- Potential categories. Please include all the ones appropriate to your expedition -->
+Image:2017-05-06_49_8_near.jpg|almost there
-<!-- If this is a planning page:
+Image:2017-05-06_49_8_gps.jpg|GPS
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
+Image:2017-05-06_49_8_spot.jpg|the hashpoint
--->
+Image:2017-05-06_49_8_hp.jpg|coordinates reached
+Image:2017-05-06_49_8_pano.jpg|panorama
+Image:2017-05-06_49_8_storch.jpg|stork
+Image:2017-05-06_49_8_blumen1.jpg|
+Image:2017-05-06_49_8_blumen2.jpg|
+Image:2017-05-06_49_8_raupen.jpg|caterpillars
+</gallery>
-<!-- If all those plans are never acted upon, change [[Category:Expedition planning]] to [[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]. -->
+=== tracklog ===
+[http://www.mygpsfiles.com/app/#https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l38ubdidvmv439v/AACM0APonztci10PVOkKpZuNa/2017/2017-05-06_49_8-triton.gpx triton tracklog]
-<!-- An actual expedition:
 [[Category:Expeditions]]
--- and one or more of --
+[[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+[[Category:Danatar]]
 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
+{{location|DE|BW|KA}}
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
--->
-<!-- if you reached your coords:
-[[Category:Coordinates reached]]
---><!-- 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) -->


Sat 6 May 2017 in Mannheim: 49.1552693, 8.6215039 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox