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Location

The hash lies on the court of a company in München, Paul-Henri-Spaak-Straße 5. The court has no fence, so it is open to the public.

Participants

GeorgDerReisende

OtherJack

Zb

Plans

GeorgDerReisende wants to meet OtherJack. I can be there between 11 and 12 o'clock. Or tell me a time. At least 4 p.m. is possible.

The place is reachable by bus 190 to stop Paul-Henri-Spaak-Straße, the bus connects the station Riem (S2) with the underground at Messestadt-West (U2).

Hey Georg I would be happy to meet up as well! I think 11 or 12 should be fine, but not 100% sure yet... it depends when I arrive in München. If 11 or 12 doesn't work, 4pm should still work. I'll tell you as soon as I know. Any other München-hashers awake? -- OtherJack (talk) 13:14, 10 October 2014 (EDT)

I can't promise anything yet, but this one is really easy for me (just a short bike ride from home), so even though my family has guests in the afternoon, I might be able to drop by. It would be great if you could post the approximate time you get there. --Zb (talk) 13:38, 10 October 2014 (EDT)

OK, I just figured out that I will be arriving in München tomorrow evening (Saturday). So, anytime Sunday is fine with me. Should we say 11:30am, since that's exactly between 11 and 12? -- OtherJack (talk) 17:10, 10 October 2014 (EDT)

That is ok for me. --GeorgDerReisende

If I make it, 11:30 should be fine. But please don't count on me, I still can't promise... --Zb (talk) 04:53, 11 October 2014 (EDT)

OK, that's why I put ??'s after your name above... hope it works out! See you at 11:30 tomorrow Georg. -- OtherJack (talk) 05:03, 11 October 2014 (EDT)

I will be a bit late, sorry. Now on u2 at kolumbusplatz. -- OtherJack (talk) 05:06, 12 October 2014 (EDT)

Expedition

In Short

Success! GeorgDerReisende, OtherJack and Zb met shortly before 11:30 across the street from the coordinates, and walked closer while GeorgDerReisende zeroed his GPS and OtherJack and Zb confirmed that the spot looked like what they had expected from the Satellite Map they had in remembered.

How Everyone Got Here

This still needs to be finished.

GeorgDerReisende...

OtherJack...

Zb decided that it has been a really long time since his last geohash, so when he got an e-Mail from the wiki telling him that München's page was modified and a meeting was scheduled for a spot that was almost in his neighborhood, he decided he wanted to go. His 10-month-old son had just recovered from a cold, so he didn't drag along his family and went alone. It was less than half an hour on the bike in very beautiful weather. Couldn't be easier for a geohash with an international meet-up!

At The Coordinates

The coords were on the corner of a building that has remained from München's old airport and still carries the catalog number (23.1). The spot was at the SW corner of the building. When Zb got to the street corner close to the building, he saw GeorgDerReisende already waiting. They had just introduced themselves when OtherJack came along, too. Seems like geohashing is really all too easy...

After meeting, ...

Building 23.1 was obviously a left-over from the old airport, so we already had a theme and Zb offered to give GeorgDerReisende and OtherJack a tour of some other goodies that had survived the transformation of München-Riem's old airport into a trade fair, a huge residential area and a park. Together, the group walked along the old control tower, the oldest terminal building, now integrated into a business complex, and a neon sign ("Abflug"; German for "Departure") that used to be on a now-demolished terminal building and is now in the part where the taxiways or runway used to be.

The three spent about an hour together before everyone went their own way.