2009-01-31 51 7
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Plan
Arvid went for the closest one this weekend. There was a bit of wind though, that would be headwind on the way to the hash. I planned on some detours to something like hills near the hash, since the hash was only 40km or so, and I want a 100km ride, and I need to practice uphill riding. Oh, the hashpoint was in a field!
The weather was dry. The promised sun was... weak. The wind was cold and 4-5Bft. It was about 2°C.
Achievements
Expedition
Arvid's tracklog by bicycle.
At 14:00 I left home to get one of them saturday 4pm hashes again. And since this was in a field, and not in some woods, this should work out.
The headwind was cold and annoying. I was slow. At some point I thought "hey, the wind is gone, why am I not going faster?" I was going uphill, not a lot, but enough to reduce my speed to 20km/h. Two hours of this is a lot. I even feared I wouldn't make 4pm at some point, but I just kept going and...
At 16:01 I was in the field where the hash was too. I call that 4pm.
I took a pic of the gps with the time before I walked to the hash. I also ate, cause 2 hours of cold headwind makes man HUNGRY.
There was quite some ice in the tracks on the field. I stood on it. Made a picture. It failed and my foot got through it. I made another pic.
With some food on it's way inside me I walked into the field and got the exact coordinates and made some more pics. The field was muddy and slippery.
So. It was cold. Would I bother to do the planned hills? Of course! With all this backwind later the ride home should be easy, so I can exhaust myself some more! I came by a monastery and there was a Schalke 04(german football club) bus there. I wonder if the players were there and why.
After I made some pics I was off again at 16:19. I finally arrived home at 19:10. Cycle time was 30 minutes more than last week, which was also 100km.
Time I stopped and got my camera out.
Bike and where I came from.
Hash is there.
Hasher.
Ice.
Broken.
Success!
View north from the hash.
View south from the hash.
View south from the hash but different.
Happy hasher.
Dirty left shoe.
Dirty right shoe.
Dirty shoe in action.
Fuzzy pic of nice view.
Look! A hill!
Going DOWN.
Monastery.
Sunset (was better irl, stupid camera).
Geese on ice.
