2024-03-04 47 13

Mon 4 Mar 2024 in 47,13: 47.6479362, 13.0611468 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

This Geohash is located in a forest on the Obersalzberg.

Participants

• Fippe

Expedition

On Sunday evening, I walked to Osnabrück Central and boarded a train. The next morning, I left that train in München and took another train to Salzburg in Austria. From there, I took the bus to Unterau/Enzianbrennerei walked to Unterau, took the bus to Oberau/Abzw Obersalzberg and walked the rest of the distance.

I approached a forested mountain. In the forest, a path led me almost to the coordinates, with only 50 meters left. That sounds better than it was, since there was a natural wall in that direction. I suppose I'm going to climb it, how hard could it be?

On top of the wall, I reached a semi-plateau. It was still hilly, but not as steep as it had been before. There, I located the coordinates and recorded proof. Phew, time to drink.

My hopes of finding an easier way down did not prove fruitful, solidifying Stevage's third law, so I now descended the wall. On the way, I was attacked by raptors, but nevertheless reached the forest path in one piece.

Now, I continued walking up the Obersalzberg, crossing streams, viewing mountains and even seeing some snow despite double-digit temperatures. The Obersalzberg is of course infamous for being the site of the Berghof, one of Hitler's headquarters - though the original buildings were demolished and there is a museum in their place now.

From there, I took the bus via Berchtesgaden to Bad Reichenhall, where I got some bandages for my highly visible raptor claw marks at a pharmacy that refused my money for unknown reasons. I continued by replacement bus to Freilassing, by train via München and Hannover to Osnabrück Central, and walked back home, arriving 25½ hours after the start of the expedition.

Photos

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  Boarding the train in Osnabrück

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  In Austria

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  At the border, crossing back into Germany

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  Mount Watzmann in Unterau

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  The Holy Family Church and the bus in Oberau

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  On the way to the Geohash

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  In the forest

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  The Geohash is up there

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  Minutes ago, I was down there

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  The Geohash

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  Proof

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  Surroundings

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  View from the Geohash

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  Result of the raptor attack

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  Crossing a stream

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  More mountains

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  Snow!

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  At the Obersalzberg museum

Ribbons

Fippe earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (47, 13) geohash on 2024-03-04.

Fippe earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (47, 13) geohash on 2024-03-04 via ICE 619; RJX 265; buses 840, 848, 838, 841 and SEV BRB S3; BRB RE 5; ICE 584 and IC 2032.

Fippe earned the Border geohash achievement by crossing the Austro-German border on 2024-03-04 to reach the (47, 13) geohash.

Fippe earned the Velociraptor Geohash Achievement by reaching the (47, 13) geohash for 2024-03-04 with highly visible raptor claw marks.

This user achieved level 2 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Salzburg, Austria and 2 of the surrounding graticules.

This user achieved level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Rosenheim, Germany and 4 of the surrounding graticules.

This user achieved level 6 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Landshut, Germany and 6 of the surrounding graticules.

Fippe earned the XKCD-1000 honorable mention by voyaging 1900+ km or 1200+ miles to reach the (47, 13) geohash on 2024-03-04.