Difference between revisions of "2009-10-17 50 6"

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Location

In a forested valley between Schüller and Gönnersdorf near Jünkerath, Eifel, the hashpoint being 60m off a junction of two forest paths.

Participants

Teutschini
Marion

Plans

Expedition

First geohashing with my iPhone. 20 minute walk from Jünkerath up the valley of a small creek with name unknown. It was a little difficult to get to the point itself crossing through thick undergrowth, but since it needed only 40m off the path still quite easy. iPhone wouldn't give me a more accurate position than +-17m. Well, it's no perfect GPS but better than none. And Geohashing is even more fun with someone joining you, thanks Marion for following me into the forest ;-)

Tracklog

Photos

Let's start geohashing

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 == Location ==
-Near the Swistbach-Spring north of Altenahr. A glade in the 'Altendorfer Wald' used as a pasture just south of the border between Nordrhein-Westfalen and Rheinland-Pfalz. The hash point is at the western edge beside the Swistbach and a hunting high stand.
+In a forested valley between Schüller and Gönnersdorf near Jünkerath, Eifel, the hashpoint being 60m off a junction of two forest paths.
 == Participants ==
 * [[User:Teutschini|Teutschini]]
+* Marion
 == Plans ==
-[[User:Teutschini|Teutschini]] is planning to reach that hash between 5 and 6 pm. No GPS, just paper maps.
 == Expedition ==
-I thought this was an easy one to start with being not far away from the Autobahn and a 20 minute drive from the place I work. I'm still waiting for my GPS device to arrive. But as I'm a cartographer I've got the most detailed maps possible, using the TK25 (Scale 1:25000) to find my way to the glade and the DGK5 (Scale 1:5000) to find the exact spot.
-I parked my car beside the 'Gasthaus Schönberg' at highway B257 and had an easy 30 minute walk to the glade, which was fenced with barbed wire. When I made my first photo of the hunting high stand at 10 to 5pm I realized I'd made the most rookie-ish mistake possible. Loss of camera power! Nevertheless I crossed the fence and erected my first ever hash point marker at the spot I'd identified on the map about 3m south of the high stand and 5m east of the creek. Guess I got it quite right but, well, no proof possible ;-)
+First geohashing with my iPhone. 20 minute walk from Jünkerath up the valley of a small creek with name unknown. It was a little difficult to get to the point itself crossing through thick undergrowth, but since it needed only 40m off the path still quite easy. iPhone wouldn't give me a more accurate position than +-17m. Well, it's no perfect GPS but better than none.
+And Geohashing is even more fun with someone joining you, thanks Marion for following me into the forest ;-)
-Then I made a last attempt at documenting my conquest, warming up the batteries in my hands for a few minutes. I got enough power for 4 quick photos in 20 seconds, so no high quality there.
-I spent another 15 minutes on the glade eating a sandwich and enjoying my achievement then made my way back, taking a way along the eastern edge of the glade to have a look at the marker from a different point of view. Well, there I had a view of the complete glade just to see that the barbed wire was there for a reason: Bull on the field!
-Glad he didn't like my sandwich ...
 == Tracklog ==
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 Image:2009-10-02_50_6 01.JPG | Let's start geohashing
-Image:2009-10-02_50_6 02.JPG | The only lifeforms I encountered on my expedition before I saw the bull
-Image:2009-10-02_50_6 03.JPG | My first hash point marker
-Image:2009-10-02_50_6 04.JPG | Marker flag in perfect focus
-Image:2009-10-02_50_6 05.JPG | The high stand and the marker
-Image:2009-10-02_50_6 06.JPG | 2ms to take a photo of me and the marker (sic!)
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