2016-06-08 50 11

Wed 8 Jun 2016 in 50,11: 50.9369057, 11.7758035 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Hetzdorf

Participants

• Jens and Räbe

Expedition

Today was Geo-day. First hiding a geocache, then going to the geohash. The cache had to be approved by some official, since it is located in a nature reserve area. Therefore we met in the early afternoon in Kunitz and visited the cache location. But it didn’t take as long as I expected and so it was still early afternoon when geocaching was finished.

So I had no excuse for missing the hash today. And as Juja told me, to be in Kunitz is almost the same as being in Bürgel. At least in Juja’s coordinate system. But I had time and so I didn’t worry about Juja’s optimistic distance measurement and went to the field near Bürgel, where the haspoint has loomed up today.

The last part of the way was hashpoint typical, starting with a steep rise on a cobblestone path, followed by a very small mud path with deep ruts, topped by the walk across a field of wheat. Through the wheat I followed some tractor tire marks, but they ended 26 meters before the point. I didn’t want to trample the poor wheat to death and this way ruin the farmers hard work. Still 26 meters away from the flag my GPS device showed me as hashpoint, I was already within the circle of accuracy. So I decided that this must be close enough, took some last photos and went home.

Photos

On the way from Kunitz to Bürgel   Same location, other direction   On the old railway embankment   The cobblestone path   Tire marks in the wheat field ..   .. ending here   Räbe, sitting near the point.   At least within the circle