Introduction
Warning: May contain nuts.
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'm mostly hashing by bike, 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. But I don't take both of it very serious. And the first geohash I visited was far away from home...
Plans (if any)
2009-08-15: Getting the birthday hash ribbon. Destination will be carefully selected in the evening. May be everywhere in Baden-Württemberg or even in the surrounding countries and states, including large parts of Vorarlberg, Liechtenstein, northern Switzerland or Alsace. Visit the IRC after hash o'clock if you are interested in joining.
2009-08-19: I have a Baden-Württemberg-Ticket available for that date. Visit the IRC after hash o'clock if you are interested in joining.
Statistics
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reached |
not reached |
Plan B*
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| Hashpoints scouted |
49 |
9
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-  saturday 4 pm / centurion |
10 |
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| - Stuttgart graticule (48,9) |
21 |
5
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| - Pforzheim graticule (48,8) |
19 |
2
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| - 9 other graticules |
9 |
2
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| Graticules |
11 |
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-  virgin graticules |
4 |
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| Countries |
3 |
1
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| - virgin countries |
1 |
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| Expeditions by type of transport: |
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-  foot |
1 |
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-  bike
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30 |
6 |
1
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-  public transport |
11 |
3
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| - public transport + bike
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6 |
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| - public transport + human powered boat
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1 |
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| Reasons for failure: |
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-  No access |
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7 |
1
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-  Transportation failure |
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1
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| - 24px Mother nature |
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1
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- Plan B: Expedition would usually have failed in this category, but a second approach put it into another one (whether that succeeded or not)
Past Expeditions
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Date
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Grat.
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Transport
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Comments
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| 1 |
2008-10-28 |
49 6
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On a meadow near Fentange, south of Luxembourg. Virgin graticule and virgin country.
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| 2 |
2008-11-15 |
48 9
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Near Kusterdingen, on a field. 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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| 3 |
2008-11-18 |
48 9
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Reutlingen, on a cycle path between Ohmenhausen and the city centre. Déjà vu geohash and probably the only expedition worldwide on that date.
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2008-11-19 |
48 9
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Wannweil, at Gärtnerei Hespeler.
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| 5 |
2008-11-22 |
48 9
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Tübingen, Rammert forest, near Hofgut Eck. A XKCD'ish snowman (no eyes!) was built and I met nick_mz.
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2008-11-26 |
48 8
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Pforzheim, in front of the slaughterhouse. Met Danatar.
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| 7 |
2008-11-29 |
48 9
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Sonnenbühl-Genkingen, Öschenbachtal. Ice and slope is a bad combination.
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2008-12-12
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48 9
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30px
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St. Johann-Würtingen, with a lot of snow getting in my way.
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2008-12-15
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48 9
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Hattenhofen, failed due to fenced area, and there was noone I could ask to be let in.
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2008-12-17
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48 9
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Reutlingen, and once more too much ice and snow
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| 11 |
2008-12-27
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48 9
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Dettenhausen, in the Schönbuch forest
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2009-01-02
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49 10
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Satteldorf-Gröningen, in a strange tree plantation
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| 13 |
2009-01-03
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48 8
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Rottenburg am Neckar
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2009-01-04
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48 8
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Rottenburg-Ergenzingen
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2009-01-07
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48 9
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Pliezhausen-Rübgarten, in the Schönbuch forest
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2009-01-10
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48 8
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Muggensturm
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| 17 |
2009-01-12
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48 8
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Lauterbourg (France), a long walk with Ilpadre
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2009-01-26
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48 9
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Metzingen, another forest
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| 19 |
2009-01-28
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48 8
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Rottenburg-Bieringen
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2009-02-13
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48 8
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Horb-Hohenberg, approach by bike failed because of torn tyre
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second approach by train and bus succeeded
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2009-02-22
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51 10
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Otterstedt, near a minor road between some unexpected water. Met Danatar, Dawidi, Hans, Thomcat and Tomcat.
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2009-03-01
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48 8
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Hechingen-Weilheim, not an easy approach
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| 23 |
2009-03-08
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48 8
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Schönbuch near Ammerbuch-Breitenholz, game reserve area and the wrong kind of snow.
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2009-03-14
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48 9
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Tübingen-Pfrondorf, walked all the way and back
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2009-03-19
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48 9
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Sonnenbühl-Erpfingen, got stuck in snow again and had problems to get back.
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2009-03-22
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48 8
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Deckenpfronn, in a forest. No snow!
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2009-03-24
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48 9
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Dettenhausen
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2009-03-26
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48 9
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Mössingen-Bästenhardt
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| 29 |
2009-03-29
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48 9
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Donzdorf, failed due to fenced area
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2009-04-04
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48 8
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Hechingen-Stetten, near Castle Hohenzollern
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| 31 |
2009-04-13
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49 9
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Obersontheim-Herlebach, a "quick" morning detour...
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2009-04-16
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48 9
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Reutlingen-Degerschlacht, a boring backyard
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2009-04-21
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47 9
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Mörschwil near Sankt Gallen, a great trip but the meadow was fenced.
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2009-04-25
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48 8
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In the Black Forest far above Baiersbronn. Met Koepfel.
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2009-04-27
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48 9
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Tübingen-Lustnau, in the forest. Double expedition: Met Nick_mz on first approach, second expedition for tron achievement.
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2009-05-01
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48 8
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At Bodelshausen
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| 37 |
2009-05-04
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48 8
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Rottenburg-Ergenzingen, 32 m into a field I didn't want to step on. Could also be counted as "reached" by some conventions.
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2009-05-07
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48 8
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Deckenpfronn again
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2009-05-09
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48 9
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Between tennis courts at Böblingen
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2009-05-14
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47 9
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Wangen im Allgäu. You wouldn't expect that meadow to be fenced.
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| 41 |
2009-05-16
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48 8
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Haigerloch-Weildorf
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| 42 |
2009-05-20
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48 9
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On a main road in Tübingen. Met nick_mz.
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| 43 |
2009-05-21
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48 9
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On a meadow outside Münsingen-Magolsheim. Geohashing Day.
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2009-05-27
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48 8
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Herrenberg
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2009-05-31
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47 8
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Hüfingen-Sumpfohren. Part 1 of a double hash
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2009-05-31
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47 7
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Fessenheim. Part 2 of a double hash
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| 47 |
2009-06-04
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48 9
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In a forest between Böblingen and Stuttgart
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2009-06-07
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48 9
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On the main railway line Stuttgart-Ulm, which I was to take that day anyway.
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2009-06-07
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47 10
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On the Eibsee lake, just below the Zugspitze. Met dawidi, srs0, Danatar, thepiguy, zb, Hans, Tomcat and Baerenfell.
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2009-06-10
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48 8
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Herrenberg, again
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2009-06-18
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48 8
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Nufringen, another piece of forest
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2009-06-27
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52 13
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Baruth/Mark-Klasdorf, a piece of sandy forest. Met relet.
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| 53 |
2009-07-19
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48 9
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just outside of Mössingen-Öschingen, on the Roßberg slope.
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2009-07-27
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47 9
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Bad Saulgau-Bogenweiler, a corn field.
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2009-08-02
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48 9
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Reutlingen-Sickenhausen, at a residential road
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2009-08-06
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48 8
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Bondorf, a field between Bondorf and Hailfingen
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2009-08-08
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48 8
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In the Black Forest, in the upper Nagold valley between Erzgrube and Besenfeld.
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2009-08-09
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48 9
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Tübingen-Weilheim, private property
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How I use the symbols in this table
Achievements
Virgin graticules
Template:Virgin graticuleTemplate:Virgin graticuleTemplate:Virgin graticuleTemplate:Virgin graticule
Regional achievements
All regional achievements I can think of. Selected Minesweepers.
Progress on regional hash for Baden-Württemberg: (6 of 11)
49 8 49 9 49 10
48 7 48 8 48 9 48 10
47 7 47 8 47 9 47 10
Location achievements
Only the first one of a kind, except of Déjà vu geohashes. See icons in list for more.
Getting there
Only the first one of a kind.
Template:Mnimb geohash
About the MNIMB: During winter neither snow nor ice or a terrain that provides generally no easy trails could hold me from doing expeditions by bike. The one in the ribbon is just one of several snow-obstacled frozen mountain hashes. After careful examination I came to the conclusion that some of them definitely beat a number of the existing MNIMB hashes but are themselves still beaten by quite a number of others which leave me humble and in awe. I take the ribbon not for a single one but as kind of a lifetime achievement.
Timing achievements
Interesting repetitions may be relisted.
Multiples
Longest consecutive runs at that time, and all multihashes.
Miscellaneous achievements
Usually one of a kind. Interesting repetitions may be relisted. See icons in list for more.
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Ekorren earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement
- by reaching the (48, 9) geohash on 2008-12-12 while the temperature was around -3. This was the third sub zero hash where he couldn't bring an accurate thermometre, but this time it didn't get above zero the whole day anywhere in the area...
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Hashcards
Please add confirmations here.
... and one more (in february) that hasn't been confirmed
... and you never know what may be on the way!
Consolation prizes
Only one of a kind. See icons for more.
Template:Mnb geohash
Never give up on the first real problem. Otherwise I'd have a train wreck and trail of blood ribbon as well.
Gratuitous ribbons
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Ekorren earned the Easter Bunny Ribbon
- by photographing the Easter Bunny on Easter Monday, en route to the (49, 9) geohash on 2009-04-13.
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Ekorren earned the Biked on Mount Everest Ribbon
- by climbing more than 8848 m on bike expeditions until reaching the (48, 8) geohash on 2009-05-01.
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Tools
I run another of those online hashing tools, built to contain everything important on a glance and work on virtually every device not entirely uncapable of browsing, or providing a convenient overview for a region. See here.
GPS for sale
2009-02-07: I just ordered myself a replacement for the old first generation Garmin Etrex (yellow) which I had in use on my expeditions so far. It's neither a new or a very good one, nor does it look like new (after all, it is an outdoor model), but it was sufficient to decide for a spot, track a way (with a few precautions), and also find most of the caches I searched with it yet.
Postage is affordable to everywhere. About the price, that still needs some research. To be honest, these things are sold on ebay for more than they are IMHO worth, and I need the money, so the price I would get there is kind of a guideline - minus the fees, of course. On the other hand, unlike the average ebay seller, I'm willing to share experiences and advice how to get the most out of it, and possibly throw in a piece of rebuilt electronic scrap that happens to work as a serial data cable if you don't feel like building that yourself. These cables cost a fortune alone if you buy them from Garmin.
Please contact me by mail if interested. --Ekorren 23:18, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
36 / m / 48,9
saturday 4 pm / centurion
virgin graticules
foot
bike
public transport
No access
Transportation failure
