Introduction
Ekorren - that's the european brown squirrel, scientifically sciurus vulgaris. Jumps around, collects various stuff, hides things and never finds all of it again.
I found the link to geohashing on some geocaching forum. Ok, I thought, so there's something even more crazy, so let's try it ;) Then I read all of the past XKCD comics and suddenly felt at home. Given that my list of regularily read webcomics is all but short there's really no excuse that I didn't find XKCD earlier.
For a spontanous expedition bicycle will be the only reasonable mode of transport for me, so I'm somehow restricted to the nearer surroundings of my home coordinates which are roughly N 48°31' E 9°3', as well as weather-restricted. Though, the first geohash I visited was far away from home...
Warning: May contain nuts.
Statistics
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successful |
failed
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Expeditions total |
5 |
-
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- saturday 4 pm |
2 |
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Graticules |
2 |
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- virgin graticules |
1 |
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Countries |
2 |
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- virgin countries |
1 |
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Expeditions by type of transport: |
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- foot |
- |
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- bike |
4 |
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- public transport |
1 |
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Past Expeditions
Date
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Grat.
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Comments
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2008-10-28
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49 6
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On a meadow near Fentange, south of Luxembourg. Virgin graticule and virgin country.
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2008-11-15
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48 9
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On a field near Kusterdingen. Saturday 4 pm, but didn't meet anyone as nick_mz was late and I didn't expect anyone to come.
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2008-11-18
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48 9
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Reutlingen, on a cycle path between Ohmenhausen and the city centre. Déjà vu geohash.
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2008-11-19
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48 9
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Wannweil, at Gärtnerei Hespeler
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2008-11-22
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48 9
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Tübingen, Rammert near Hofgut Eck
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Achievements
Template:Virgin graticule
For these achievements the rules had to be stretched a bit, usually because of insufficient proof. I'll take them anyway but don't insist on counting them, and will definitely try to replace them.