2019-08-11 53 9

Sun 11 Aug 2019 in 53,9: 53.6273230, 9.9064326 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

on a vegetal earth wall bordering a garden in Hamburg-Schnelsen, 4.8 m from the railway track I ride to Uni

Participants

• (Leidenfrost (talk))
• π π π (talk)

Expedition

π π π (log from April 2020)

While at university on 9 August, the hash location came out and we noticed that it's less than 5 m away from the railway for the train we ride almost every day. We figured that as the accuracy for most GPS devices isn't much higher, maybe it would count as a Déjà vu achievement if we reached it again on Sunday (as with 2019-07-05 53 10 a month earlier, we didn't know visiting the location two days prior while the coordinates are out doesn't count since the requirements were changed). But I still wanted to reach the actual hashpoint and not just drive past it, 4.8 m away (± ~20 cm because I'm not sure how much the train juts out above the railtrack). So as we took the train home, we pressed ourselves against the window and I tried to take a photo of the location, but failed.

Two days later, on 11 August, we set out again in the evening on the A1 again. I got off at Schnelsen and cycled the 1.2 km to the hashpoint, hurrying because I wanted to catch the next train back, while Leidenfrost stayed on the train. To get to the hash I had to enter the path to a specific row house, which I only found on the third try, then pass a private garden. I looked out to make sure no one saw me, then made my move and ran the 10 m to the earth wall separating the railtrack from the garden. There, I had to climb through some shrubbery and found the location. I took some photos of the house and the tracks, then hurried back and cycled 1.5 km to Hörgensweg (taking a wrong turn on the way), where I met up with Leidenfrost and reached just in time to get the train back. Passing the hash again, I took a video, which unfortunately apparently didn't get saved. So I don't have proof I actually took the train that day, but I did reach the hash twice if you count a distance of less than 5 m as acceptable. Then, not even having to do anything except board a train definitly counts as an Easy Geohash.

Photos

will follow shortly (9 pictures)

Achievements

Land geohash, Bicycle geohash, Public transport geohash

Leidenfrost and π π π has visited an Easy Geohash by reaching the (53, 9) geohash on 2019-08-11 without really trying.

Is it true that Leidenfrost and π π π earned the Déjà vu achievement? In principle, yes. But the requirements were changed so it technically didn't qualify. Also, the first time (Leidenfrost also the second time) we only came within 4.8 m of the hashpoint. (2019-08-11 53 9).