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Location

This Geohash is located in a forest on the Obersalzberg.

Participants

Fippe

Expedition

On Sunday evening, I walked to Osnabrück Central and boarded a train. The next morning, I left that train in München and took another train to Salzburg in Austria. From there, I took the bus to Unterau/Enzianbrennerei walked to Unterau, took the bus to Oberau/Abzw Obersalzberg and walked the rest of the distance.

I approached a forested mountain. In the forest, a path led me almost to the coordinates, with only 50 meters left. That sounds better than it was, since there was a natural wall in that direction. I suppose I'm going to climb it, how hard could it be?

On top of the wall, I reached a semi-plateau. It was still hilly, but not as steep as it had been before. There, I located the coordinates and recorded proof. Phew, time to drink.

My hopes of finding an easier way down did not prove fruitful, solidifying Stevage's third law, so I now descended the wall. On the way, I was attacked by raptors, but nevertheless reached the forest path in one piece.

Now, I continued walking up the Obersalzberg, crossing streams, viewing mountains and even seeing some snow despite double-digit temperatures. The Obersalzberg is of course infamous for being the site of the Berghof, one of Hitler's headquarters - though the original buildings were demolished and there is a museum in their place now.

From there, I took the bus via Berchtesgaden to Bad Reichenhall, where I got some bandages for my highly visible raptor claw marks at a pharmacy that refused my money for unknown reasons. I continued by replacement bus to Freilassing, by train via München and Hannover to Osnabrück Central, and walked back home, arriving 25½ hours after the start of the expedition.