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| − | Hi, everybody.
| + | I intend to use this page for reports of expeditions not worthy of posting as reached, but worthy of a word or two anyway. |
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| − | The Copenhagen graticule (55 12) has got a new member.
| + | First expedition |
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| − | Today (20th June 2008) I went to this place called Sigerslevvester to look at a maize (corn) field. (Wow) ;-)
| + | 20th June 2008 |
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| − | I confess right away: I don't own a GPS receiver, so I pinpointed the location using Google Maps living with the inaccuracy. According to Google the hash was out in the middle of this maize field and as such inaccessible so I wouldn't be able to get to the exact spot anyway (assuming that the farmer might have a strong opinion about people damaging his crops).
| + | Target: 55.881283082188, 12.0866543637585 |
| | + | Nearest town: Sigerslevvester |
| | + | Surroundings: Cultivated field - inaccessible |
| | + | Navigation: Google maps, no GPS |
| | + | Status: Approached |
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| − | Sigerslevvester is a village with a population of around a hundred, and naturally I was bombarded with questions. Having NOT read the FAQ, I had a great time explaining all about "some internet silliness" based on todays date, the opening index of Dow Jones and "a complicated mathematical process" to their astonished faces, grinning widely and sillily in the process. I did not, however, mention the word hash at all :-)
| + | It was a beautiful day, so I went there anyway living with some Google skew. It was an excursion rather than an expedition, and not a serious attempt, since it's done without GPS, but fun. I was rewarded with some pictures of a maize field (wow!) :-) |
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| − | The only slightly negative person I met, was the owner of the trees in which I hung the XKCD marker, who was worried that I might damage his trees. When he learned that I had no intention of hurting his trees and used solely bio-degradable materials that I found on the ground for my marker he mellowed up.
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| − | I cannot claim this hash as reached -- I can hardly call it spotted as I really don't know the exact location. This one I must refer to as "approached", i.e. I came within a few hundred meters. No cigar.
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| − | Anyway, it was a nice day, a nice weather and nice people in Sigerslevvester.
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| − | That was fun.
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| − | [[:Image:xkcd 55 12 080620.jpg|Expedition 1]]
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| − | Yes, I know that this is not the right way to post an expedition report, but so far I haven't been able to locate any button/link for creating a new page. I know it must be there, but it's well hidden. [[user:j0e|-J0e]]
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| − | It appears that I can just link to a non-existing internal page and edit that. [[user:j0e|-J0e]]
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I intend to use this page for reports of expeditions not worthy of posting as reached, but worthy of a word or two anyway.
First expedition
20th June 2008
Target: 55.881283082188, 12.0866543637585
Nearest town: Sigerslevvester
Surroundings: Cultivated field - inaccessible
Navigation: Google maps, no GPS
Status: Approached
It was a beautiful day, so I went there anyway living with some Google skew. It was an excursion rather than an expedition, and not a serious attempt, since it's done without GPS, but fun. I was rewarded with some pictures of a maize field (wow!) :-)
