2018-09-11 48 8

Tue 11 Sep 2018 in 48,8: 48.9853518, 8.2672808 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

~15 m into the Rhein.

Participants

• Kellerkind and family

• two plush lions

Plans

Swimming there isn't easy since the current is quite strong. Therefore we decided to just throw my phone at the hash and hope for the best.

To protect the phone (it isn't waterproof), we put it in a plastic container and tied a nylon cord around the box.

Expedition

My dad and I cycled there on a tandem, my brother took the E-Bike. We ate some schnitzels at a restaurant on the way there.

After riding on a very bumpy path, we arrived at the hash. Dad set up his camera so we could record ourselves losing my phone reaching the hash. The phone swam onto the hash on the first attempt.

Afterwards, we rode home. A few kilometers in, we noticed that our two plush lions have escaped! Obviously, we had to capture them. It turned out that they just wanted to sunbathe a little longer at the Rhein.

Tracklog

On OSM

Photos/Videos

A recording of the throw is on Vimeo.

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  Reached it

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  GPS log of the throw (red square is the hash)

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  The Rhein

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  Catching one of the lions

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  Oops

Achievements

This user earned the Water geohash achievement by reaching the (48, 8) geohash on 2018-09-11 by plastic container.

This user earned the MacGyver Achievement by building an improvised vehicle on 2018-09-11 to reach the (48, 8) geohash.

Not sure if both apply here.