2020-08-12 47 7

Wed 12 Aug 2020 in 47,7: 47.6738617, 7.4724459 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

In the Hardt forest, near Sierentz.

Participants

Baarde

Expedition

I cycled 20 km to the nearest train station and embarked with my bicycle on a train from Colmar to Mulhouse. There I took the EuroVelo 6 towards Basel, with a small detour through the Hardt forest to reach the geohash.

The coordinates were located about 1 km away from the route. Conveniently, there was a grass covered path that led me directly to a small clearing. I only had to walk some 20 meters from there to the geohash.

Back on my bicycle, I pursed my route to Basel, crossing not one but two international borders: one between Huningue (FR) and Weil am Rhein (DE) and the order between Weil am Rhein (DE) and Basel (CH).

In Basel, I stopped briefly for a beer and a flammekueche before heading to the train station. One hour later I was back in Colmar, another hour later I was home. In total, I cycled a little more than 100 km.

Photos

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  On the EuroVelo 6

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  In the Hardt forest

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  Nearly there

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  The end of the road

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  Stupid grin

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  Coordinates reached

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  Back on the EuroVelo 6

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  Crossing borders

Achievements

Baarde earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (47, 7) geohash on 2020-08-12.

Baarde achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Strasbourg, France and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

Baarde achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Basel, Switzerland and 1 of the surrounding graticules.