2011-03-27 46 6

Sun 27 Mar 2011 in 46,6: 46.9159722, 6.5487657 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

The geohash is in a forest near the village of Fleurier (canton Neuchâtel), only approx. 7km from the border to France.

Who Went

TheOneRing - by public transport.

The Expedition

TheOneRing

The weather conditions were really good at the beginning: warm, but a mix of sun and clouds. That's why I decided to go to the geohash.

I went by train to Neuchâtel and from there to Fleurier. The geohash itself was only approx. 2.5km (as the bird flies) away from the train station, but I had to walk 4.5km in total because the difference in altitude was 300m, considering that I was in the Jura mountains. I passed some interesting rock formations on the way.

After a certain time I reached a forest where I expected the geohash to be. On my way I saw an abandoned bus. It brought the movie Into the wild and the story of Christopher McCandless into my mind. At the geohash I took the usual photos, had a small lunch and walked back to Fleurier. I left a marker at the geohash, which is completely bio-degradable.

Just when I entered the train to Neuchâtel it started to rain a bit, so I was lucky in the end.

Photos

TheOneRing

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  The village of Saint Sulpice near Fleurier

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  Mosaic of a rock formation

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  My eTrex marks the geohash

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  Close-up from before

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  Proof that I reached the right coordinates...

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  ...on the right date

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  An ecological marker at the geohash

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  An exhausted, but happy StupidGrin

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  View up...

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  ...and down the way

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  Fortunately the geohash wasn't 5m this way

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  An abandoned bus

Achievements

TheOneRing earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (47, 7) geohash on 2011-02-26.

TheOneRing earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (47, 7) geohash on 2011-02-26 using public transit.

TheOneRing achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Bern, Switzerland and 4 of the surrounding graticules.

TheOneRing achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Basel, Switzerland and 4 of the surrounding graticules.