2015-01-18 50 8

Sun 18 Jan 2015 in 50,8: 50.2551586, 8.3731073 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

On a field or a path near Niederems

Participants

• DODO

and, independantly

• QuarterCacher and M
• Mampfred, LadyBB and EmmJay

Plans

DODO

I might visit Bad Camberg and/or Idstein on my way back home. Between these two towns lies the small village of Niederems, where I can reach todays hash by a small walk.

Expedition

DODO

I left my mothers home at 2 o'clock and instead of the shortest way on the left side of the Rhine I choose to drive along the motorway A3 on the right side. I left the motorway at Bad Camberg and had a short stop to visit this town (where I've never been before). After ten minutes in the town I think that I had a good enough impression and drove on to Niederems, a very small village in the valley of the Ems. My impression from google maps was a wide rural valley, but in reality the valley was quite steep and so I had to mount some hills again. After a short while I reached the hashpoint and took some pictures. I found no hint that there were any other hashers. So I was very surprised that I haven't been the only one there today (but to tell the truth I didn't leave any mark either).

I returned to my car quickly and had another stop in Idstein(where I haven't been before either), another town just 10 KM from the hashpoint and near the A3 again. Idstein was much bigger and much more interesting than Bad Camberg and had a castle and a lot of frame houses. After a while I continued my journey back home.

The Rest

It's been ages since we visited the last hash. So the group decided that it's a great day to do that again. We had a nice little walk and were totally unaware that Dodo is heading our way as well. Shame that we didn't meet :)

Tracklog

DODO: 3 KM walk and additional 30 KM detour by car

Photos

QuarterCacher's photos

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  Coordinates reached.  :-)

DODOs photos

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  Bad Camberg

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  Niederems, already far below

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  the first view to the hash: its near the stance in the middle

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  the same stance seen from the hash

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  and the other direction

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  hasher with stupid grin (you know, it's the best I can do)

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  proof

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  another proof

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  this linden tree in Niederems is said to be more than 1000 years old

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  tower in Idstein

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  and castle in Idstein

Achievements

DODO earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (50, 8) geohash on 2015-01-18.

DODO earned the Consecutive geohash achievement by reaching 2 consecutive hash points starting on 2015-01-17.

DODO earned the OpenStreetMap achievement by contributing to OpenStreetMap based on their expedition to the (50, 8) geohash on 2015-01-18.

And what came to my mind as I was cycling through Neuburg? Wasn't there a "Tale of two Hashes" year ago. I never thought that I would earn this one by myself.

DODO earned the Tale of Two Hashes achievement by meeting the challenge by himself to geohash in Neuburg(an der Donau) going to the (48, 11) geohash on 2015-04-07.