Difference between revisions of "2021-06-14 53 6"

Revision as of 11:21, 15 June 2021

Location

The hash is a few meters off a bicycle path in Kropswolde. There are some trees there and it should be pretty easy to reach.

Participants

Shevek

Plans

I asked a few friends if they were interested in joining, but they already had other plans. So I decided to go on my own. It's just under 20 km, so it's a nice distance to do by bike.

Expedition

Due to my health, I have been sitting inside for about a year now. I could have gone outside for a walk, or with my bike, but I have rarely done that. So when this geohash was in such a well reachable spot, at just about the perfect distance to get some excercise without overdoing it, I felt I had to go. So I did. I planned to post a video about it on YouTube, so I packed my camera and lapel microphone. Bicycle repair materials are always in there, I never take them out (except when I use them). I packed some food, because you never want to be without food on a trip. It was very sunny, but I packed a jacket anyway, because you never know what will happen.

So that sounds like I was well prepared, right? Well, I also forgot several things, unfortunately. Somehow I had not taken any water with me. It's not the worst thing in the world, but on a sunny day it would have been nice (and healthy) to drink some water. Also, even though I packed the voice recorder for the lapel mic, I forgot to pack the mic itself. So that was just dumb of me.

The road from my house to the hash was very nice. The sunny weather obviously helped, but aside from that I also enjoyed the variation of the scenery a lot. There's parts with farmland where you can view really far. And other parts with more trees. Some streams and canals with nice bridges. I enjoyed it a lot.

When I reached the hash, I recorded a video for YouTube, as planned. (I didn't do any recordings during the trip.) I couldn't be bothered to set up my "real" camera, so I just did a hand held recording on my phone. Because I didn't have the lapel mic, I just hoped that the audio quality would be acceptable. Turns out it's not great, but better than I expected and I would indeed call it acceptable. So that was nice.

On the way back I encountered another guy in a bike similar to mine. So we had a chat about bikes (somehow that's what people with those bikes always talk about) and we cycled a part of the way together. That was fun as well.

So now I'm back home and I'll do some editing of the recordings. I'll add a link here when I upload the video. (Note that it will be in Dutch.)

Now that I'm writing this report, I see that nobody has filed an attempt yet for this day. So the fact that my friends had other plans may grant me the last man standing achievement. That'd be pretty awesome. I'll have to check back to see if that doesn't change.

Photos

The hash is a few meters this way
I reached the hash
No really, I reached the hash
Some trees
Some fields
Some water
I can't seem to find the community center...

Achievements

Shevek earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (53, 6) geohash on 2021-06-14.

Shevek earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling 36 km to and from the (53, 6) geohash on 2021-06-14.

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+The hash is a few meters off a bicycle path in Kropswolde. There are some trees there and it should be pretty easy to reach.
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+I asked a few friends if they were interested in joining, but they already had other plans. So I decided to go on my own. It's just under 20 km, so it's a nice distance to do by bike.
 == Expedition ==
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+Due to my health, I have been sitting inside for about a year now. I could have gone outside for a walk, or with my bike, but I have rarely done that. So when this geohash was in such a well reachable spot, at just about the perfect distance to get some excercise without overdoing it, I felt I had to go. So I did. I planned to post a video about it on YouTube, so I packed my camera and lapel microphone. Bicycle repair materials are always in there, I never take them out (except when I use them). I packed some food, because you never want to be without food on a trip. It was very sunny, but I packed a jacket anyway, because you never know what will happen.
+So that sounds like I was well prepared, right? Well, I also forgot several things, unfortunately. Somehow I had not taken any water with me. It's not the worst thing in the world, but on a sunny day it would have been nice (and healthy) to drink some water. Also, even though I packed the voice recorder for the lapel mic, I forgot to pack the mic itself. So that was just dumb of me.
+The road from my house to the hash was very nice. The sunny weather obviously helped, but aside from that I also enjoyed the variation of the scenery a lot. There's parts with farmland where you can view really far. And other parts with more trees. Some streams and canals with nice bridges. I enjoyed it a lot.
+When I reached the hash, I recorded a video for YouTube, as planned. (I didn't do any recordings during the trip.) I couldn't be bothered to set up my "real" camera, so I just did a hand held recording on my phone. Because I didn't have the lapel mic, I just hoped that the audio quality would be acceptable. Turns out it's not great, but better than I expected and I would indeed call it acceptable. So that was nice.
+On the way back I encountered another guy in a bike similar to mine. So we had a chat about bikes (somehow that's what people with those bikes always talk about) and we cycled a part of the way together. That was fun as well.
+So now I'm back home and I'll do some editing of the recordings. I'll add a link here when I upload the video. (Note that it will be in Dutch.)
+Now that I'm writing this report, I see that nobody has filed an attempt yet for this day. So the fact that my friends had other plans may grant me the last man standing achievement. That'd be pretty awesome. I'll have to check back to see if that doesn't change.
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+Image:2021-06-14 53 6 hash.jpg | The hash is a few meters this way
+Image:2021-06-14 53 6 goal.jpg | I reached the hash
+Image:2021-06-14 53 6 gps.jpg | No really, I reached the hash
+Image:2021-06-14 53 6 trees.jpg | Some trees
+Image:2021-06-14 53 6 view.jpg | Some fields
+Image:2021-06-14 53 6 water.jpg | Some water
+Image:2021-06-14 53 6 404.jpg | I can't seem to find the community center...
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