2009-06-02 49 10

Location

Today's location is in a barley field next to Brück, a borough of Dettelbach.

Country: Germany; state: Bayern (Bavaria, EU:DE:BY); administrative region: Unterfranken; district: Kitzingen

Weather (19:00): Sunny, 23°C

Expedition "Report"

Srs0, Danatar and thepiguy all left Würzburg together at 17:30 on their bikes.

4 hours later thepiguy returned home... alone... riding Danatar's bike.

More details to come after srs0's surgery.

*Only one geohasher was injured, and he's doing fine. We wouldn't be joking about it if he wasn't!

Expedition Report

The Geohash

At 17:30 thepiguy and Srs0 met with Danatar at the Berlin Wall fragment in Würzburg, then they cycled towards the hashpoint with Danatar leading the way. At the bike factory outlet store in Rottendorf Danatar bought a pannier for his bike and instantly put all his belongings into it to ease his back. They continued to Dettelbach, passing a few of Danatar's old hashpoints on the way. At Brück, the three geohashers at first had to circle a field to get near the hashpoint, then they used tractor tire tracks to reach the actual spot without trampling the crops. After taking pictures and having fun in the waist-high barley, they used another road for their way back. It was more level and they were soon near Rottendorf again, when suddenly...

The Hashtastrophe

Local radio station "Radio Gong": "Rottendorf, Würzburg rural district: Bicyclist hits..."

Srs0 (with thepiguy and Danatar) earned the Media Attention Geohash Achievement

by being immortalized in the hearts of others during the (49, 10) geohash on 2009-06-02 for....

Srs0, thepiguy and Danatar earned the Police Geohash Achievement

by meeting three policemen (in a car and a motorbike) while attempting the (49, 10) geohash on 2009-06-02.

Images

Srs0 decides to take a break from cycling so he can smell the flowers.
A 40km/h bike accident draws quite the crowd!
srs0 arrives at the hospital. Sadly, not by helicopter though.
Cast number one. Clearly the drugs must be working. (srs0 is apparently immune to pain)
I think I see the problem...
thepiguy and Danatar were there the entire time for ~~moral~~ comedic support.
Cast number 2! This one will be on for a few days.

WARNING! The following image is of a graphic nature! Srs0 was very quick to diagnose his broken wrist.


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