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Revision as of 07:38, 4 January 2013

Location

A patch of forest near Steinen SZ.

Participants

Plans

My first Geohash. The plan: just go and see what's there! :)

Expedition

A day off and nothing to do. While aimlessly surfing the internet, I came upon the geohashing website. A closer look at today's location reveals: It is only around 1km away from a train station. The decision was done quickly: let's 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 major train routes to cross the Alps.

Photos

Mount Rigi and Lake Zug.
The last meters on a road: Make a 90° right turn here.
There it is.
I did it!
Second proof. In the background you see my backpack and the map.
Screenshot
The area around the hash lies in steep terrain.
There was a landslide right above the hash just recently!
Nice view on the way back.
Sunset.
Steinen train station.

Achievements

Land Geohash

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 == Plans ==
-My first Geohash. The plan: just go and see whats there! :)
+My first Geohash. The plan: just go and see what's 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!<br>
+A day off and nothing to do. While aimlessly surfing the internet, I came upon the geohashing website. A closer look at today's location reveals: It is only around 1km away from a train station.
-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>
+The decision was done quickly: let's do it!
-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 ==
+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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_railway Gotthard line],
+one of the major train routes to cross the Alps.
-n/a
 == Photos ==
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 == Achievements ==
+* Land Geohash
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 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]


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