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A day off and nothing to do. While aimlessly surfing the internet, i came upon the geohashing website. A closer look on todays location reveals: It is only around 1km away from a train station. The decision was done quickly: lets do it!<br>
 
A day off and nothing to do. While aimlessly surfing the internet, i came upon the geohashing website. A closer look on todays location reveals: It is only around 1km away from a train station. The decision was done quickly: lets do it!<br>
 
So i quickly downloaded a GPS-app for my iPhone, printed a map and jumped on the next train. Only 1,5 hours later i was there. I crossed the sleepy town of Steinen in the canton of Schwyz, went a bit uphill behind the village, and immediately found the place. Success!<br>
 
So i quickly downloaded a GPS-app for my iPhone, printed a map and jumped on the next train. Only 1,5 hours later i was there. I crossed the sleepy town of Steinen in the canton of Schwyz, went a bit uphill behind the village, and immediately found the place. Success!<br>
Unfortenately, there is only one train per hour back to Zurich, so i had to wait for 45 minutes at the train station at a temperature of around 5°C. During that time, one train after the other passed the train station, which lies on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_railway Gotthard line], one of the mayor train routes to cross the Alps.
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Unfortunately, there is only one train per hour back to Zurich, so i had to wait for 45 minutes at the train station at a temperature of around 5°C. During that time, one train after the other passed the train station, which lies on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_railway Gotthard line], one of the mayor train routes to cross the Alps.
  
 
== Tracklog ==
 
== Tracklog ==

Revision as of 23:08, 3 January 2013

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Location

A patch of forest near Steinen SZ.

Participants

Chris_47_8

Plans

My first Geohash. The plan: just go and see whats there! :)

Expedition

A day off and nothing to do. While aimlessly surfing the internet, i came upon the geohashing website. A closer look on todays location reveals: It is only around 1km away from a train station. The decision was done quickly: lets do it!
So i quickly downloaded a GPS-app for my iPhone, printed a map and jumped on the next train. Only 1,5 hours later i was there. I crossed the sleepy town of Steinen in the canton of Schwyz, went a bit uphill behind the village, and immediately found the place. Success!
Unfortunately, there is only one train per hour back to Zurich, so i had to wait for 45 minutes at the train station at a temperature of around 5°C. During that time, one train after the other passed the train station, which lies on the Gotthard line, one of the mayor train routes to cross the Alps.

Tracklog

n/a

Photos

Achievements