2010-04-09 49 8

Fri 9 Apr 2010 in 49,8: 49.2350413, 8.3068176 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

In the forest south of Westheim, west of Germersheim

Participants

• Koepfel

Plans

Somewhere in the forest west of Germersheim, south of Westheim and Lustadt. Koepfel will try a train-bike expedition (RB to Germersheim, arrives 15:08, bike ~6 kilometers from there). Also possible: bus to Westheim or Lustadt Rathaus, but as buses back go through several other villages and take forever, I'll probably take the bike. Germersheim is also reachable for VRN-ticket owners. Koepfel talk 20:15, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Expedition Report

Koepfel

I started at home at about 14:15 and biked to the Hagsfeld station to catch the local train to Graben-Neudorf. There, I changed into another train to Germersheim. By 15:09, I arrivedthere. My train was a class 628 dmu, in the next years, the line Germersheim-Graben Neudorf-Bruchsal will be included into the Rhein-Neckar S-Bahn system, so more class 425 emus. The line Germersheim-Wörth will be electrified as well and included into Karlsruhe's light rail/S-Bahn system by the end of the year, so lots of pylons for the catenary were stored near the Germersheim station.

Leaving the station, I eventually turned left into a road named "US Army Depot!". Thinking back to my previous expedition into the forest west of Germersheim, where I was forced to a larger detour after Google Maps wanted me to drive through the army base, I checked several maps for public roads before this time. All maps showed a public path north of the base, Which was in fact there. After cycling past the army base, I entered the forest.

After crossing the road that continues to the village of Westheim. it happened. While checking the remaining distance on my phone and steering with only one hand, I drove over a pothole and fell, reulting in a ~10 centimeter wound on my left elbow. While the bloody wound looked shocking, it didn't actually hurt that bad, so I used most of my drinking water to clean it, rested for a few minutes and continued to the hashpoint.

I then came upon a forest aisle, cut down for the power lines. The hashpoint was a few meters north up that aisle and then a few meters east into the forest. I parked my bike and went on to do the GPS dance.

I was there at 16:00. video from the hashpoint. More to come.

Koepfel earned the It's just a Flesh Wound achievement by reaching the hashpoint despite injuring his arm while falling off his bike on the way to the (49, 8) geohash on 2010-04-09.