2010-01-27 50 11

Like always, this trip was extremely well prepared. I looked up the point only in the morning, and after that there was a whole day's struggle with Uli and Jens whether it would be worth going or not, keeping in mind that the evening before we had about -15°C and I half froze to death going only 3 km by bike then.

In the evening, laziness seemed to triumph: after we asked half our colleagues if they maybe had any thermometers with them (what should we go for if not frozen geohash?) and nobody had one, we decided to just go home. Half an hour after that decision I really went home, but on the way I noticed that it didn't feel so damn cold at all, so I got me a thermometer and my camera at home and went off.

The way was terrible, I could ride my bike to the last bus stop before the point, but only on bigger streets, as all the rest was iced. After that bus stop I had to walk anyway, because the way was steep and iced, too. On top of the hill and at the last houses, I finally left my bike and walked the last km without it. Good decision, because the way went further up the hill and was all ice, but I had some of the most beautiful views of nightly Jena and I must admit I've never been in this part of the city before.

At the point, my camera started again to do the strange things it already did at my last hash and it seems to do everytime it's too cold. So some of the pictures are not too good, but there are no better ones... Additionally, my Edgie started to make noises because of low battery (extremely well prepared), so I just took everything I had and hurried home. Hooray!

---Juja

Nightly view of Jena - beautiful and blurred.
Where my bike waited for me.
Two little Geohashers in the snow.
One bigger Geohasher in very warm clothes.
Proof of coordinates - blurred because of my cold camera.
Proof of temperature (-6°C).

Expedition: Manu and Reinhard

Not knowing that Juja intended to visit the geohash or that she already had, Manu and Reinhard planned to go there. Manu went to Jena anyway that day, so Reinhard waited for her in the evening. Coming from Cospeda by car, they got to the hashpoint from the opposite side (meaning from the West) than that which Juja came from. to be continued ...

Entering red army base.
Training area: Jena forest.
Ernst Haeckel.
Coordinates reached!
Simon, Manu, Reinhard and Grünik at the hashpoint. City lights of Jena in the background.
View from Haeckel memorial stone.