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Location

The driveway of some very fancy houses at Hungerburg, Innsbruck.

Participants

Expedition 1

• 1-0
• OwlOnAWheel
• neqzep

Expedition 2

• RunningSushi
• EleanorAbernathy
• LeslieHapablap
• Waltraud the hashkiwi.

Plans

• Too close not to go. -- LeslieHapablap (talk) 17:07, 2 December 2013 (CET)

• This could have been the largest meetup in the Innsbruck graticule, but unfortunately we could not find a time which was convenient for everyone. This is why two expeditions are planned, one with people on unicycles (Expedition 1) and one with people jogging/joggling (Expedition 2). Expedition 1 is already on its way as I'm writing this (2:45 p.m.), Expedition 2 will start at approximately 8 p.m. It will still be the record of our graticule so far in the category most people visiting. --LeslieHapablap (talk) 14:47, 3 December 2013 (CET)

Expeditions

Expedition 2 For quite some time now we wanted to try joggling (juggling while jogging) with our glow balls at night. Finding this hashpoint in moderate jogging distance, although with about 300 m altitude to climb, was giving us a little bit of extra motivation.

With tempteratures below 0°C we put on some extra layers of clothes and started into the dark at about 8 p.m. Knowing that Expedition 1 has already conquered the hashpoint and having seen some nice pictures of unicycling geohashers, perfect weather and scenic views, we knew we couldn't fail without hearing about it for weeks to come. 1-0 has even bought some postcards of the hashpoint area on his expedition and handed them to me when we met between expeditions. I kindly asked him to do so because I knew all the shops would be closed when we arrive, but still for the hashcard achievement it is encouraged to buy the cards on the expedition. To my knowledge this is the first time hashcards are acquired on one expedition, but written and sent on a different one.

The way up to Hungerburg lead us through the narrow streets of the village Hötting (part of Innsbruck), and then on a very steep road up to Gramartboden. With RunningSushi and LeslieHapablap joggling, EleanorAbernathy was jogging a few meters behind to collect any dropped balls if this should happen. Unfortunately the glow balls bounce and roll quite well and therefore have a tendency to escape. But everything went well and we reached the plateau on which the settlement Hungerburg together with todays hashpoint lies without losses.

When we arrived at the driveway where the coordinates were anticipated and the gps confirmed that we had reached the point, we saw a postcard pinned to a wooden post, together with some sweets. It was addressed to our hashkiwi Waltraud and also contained greetings to the rest of the group of Expedition 2. So Expedition 1 has not only bought us some hashcards to use ourselves, they have also written one to us! The rules state the hashcard has to be acquired and sent while still on the expedition. It says nothing about mailing, and I would argue leaving a card where you are sure the recipient will find it is an appropriate way of sending, and the achievement applies. Therefore, to honor this creative loophole, I will award the ribbons on Waltraud's behalf.

We took the obligatory group picture, wrote our two hashcards and addressed them to Norway and Switzerland, respectively (hashpoint marked with an x), and wanted to leave as soon as possible because it was getting very chilly while not moving. At the last moment we remembered that 1-0 has told us about two markers they left. We looked around with our torch light, and indeed saw tracks in the snow which clearly resembled a huge unicycle. Unfortunately it was impossible to take a picture of this in the dark.