2009-08-25 48 11

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Expedition

Baerenfell's Expedition

A Geohash in the middle of Munich was too good not to try it. It was located next to the Königsplatz. Baerenfell went there by bike after work, but found the entrance he hoped for blocked. He than tried two more possible sides of the building and finally found a "no trespassing"-sign. Nearest to the hash was about 18 Meters.

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  the Hash is somewhere in the background

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  the second try, not much better...

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  Finally the sign I found.

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  Thats about the closest I could legally get.

Zb's Expedition

Zb had planned to check out the hash some time around 6pm or 7pm. It promised to be a lazy person's hash, right in the middle of the City of Munich, close to Königsplatz and likely accessible. It was to be found that all was true except the last thing about accessibility. Just like Baerenfell, who I failed to meet, I went after work. I got there around 7:30pm because work was a bit longer than I had hoped. My commute took me into Munich on the train tracks and I took the short detour of my regular route from the station by bike. Just after I got there, two men came who appeared to be housekeepers there, it even seemed they had their apartment in the school. A dog greeted them in a medium-friendly way. I decided that dogs who greet their owners in only a medium-friendly way will likely be openly hostile to strangers and therefore was willing to accept this as a failed attempt. --Zb 18:45, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

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  On the way to the hash: The grey engine on the left is a class 127, ES 64 P. Although only one has ever been built of the type in the early 1990s, a lot of experience was gained while building and testing it. Today, a huge number of modern engines use technology developed for the E 64 P.

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  The thing in the front is some railroad wiring. The thing in the back is the top of a tall building with a lot of antennas on it. Antennae are way cool.

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  Zutritt verboten means No trespassing. Anzeige means criminal complaint. The whole sign says: Don't.

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  Seems verboten and Anzeige were not enough already... No way am I going to risk a close encounter with this fierce-looking watch dog for a geohash that took such little effort in the first place...

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  The coordinates are precisely where you can see the water drain.

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  Looking NW from the spot: The Königsplatz in München.

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  As seen from the coordinates: This plane went SSW. Usually, they go straight S from the airport, but there were huge thunder clouds in the area.

Sub's Expedition

Sub went there by bike after work and arrived at the place at around 5:30 pm.

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  some stairs ...

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  ... and some concrete slabs

Achievements

Baerenfell and Zb earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost reaching the (48, 11) geohash on 2009-08-25.