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We met at Heidelberg main station and went to Insheim via Neustadt an der Weinstraße and Winden. Apparently, we scared the old lady sitting opposite to us. At least, she switched to another place as soon as it was free without any obvious reason. Maybe she thought we were planning a terrorist attack when we used words such as "coordinates". | We met at Heidelberg main station and went to Insheim via Neustadt an der Weinstraße and Winden. Apparently, we scared the old lady sitting opposite to us. At least, she switched to another place as soon as it was free without any obvious reason. Maybe she thought we were planning a terrorist attack when we used words such as "coordinates". | ||
| − | In Insheim, we could pretty much follow the main street until we were about 500 meters away from the hashpoint. Field paths brought us to a distance of 20 meters. The hashpoint itself was located on a field with plants that looked exactly like grass, but they were arranged in neat lines. Anyway, we tried to do any damages when we got to the actual coordinates. | + | In Insheim, we could pretty much follow the main street until we were about 500 meters away from the hashpoint. Field paths brought us to a distance of 20 meters. The hashpoint itself was located on a field with plants that looked exactly like grass, but they were arranged in neat lines. Anyway, we tried not to do any damages when we got to the actual coordinates. |
By then, it was about 5:10 pm. We figured that Koepfel would be arriving now if he had arrived at 4:43, so we guessed he would have had to use the next train connection and arrive at 5:18. As we weren't sure whether he would come at all, we then decided to get back to the main street and just look out for someone with a GPS device. Unfortunately, we either missed each other or Koepfel was using a different way to get to the hash. | By then, it was about 5:10 pm. We figured that Koepfel would be arriving now if he had arrived at 4:43, so we guessed he would have had to use the next train connection and arrive at 5:18. As we weren't sure whether he would come at all, we then decided to get back to the main street and just look out for someone with a GPS device. Unfortunately, we either missed each other or Koepfel was using a different way to get to the hash. | ||
Revision as of 19:55, 24 April 2009
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Contents
Location
Today's hashpoint is located in a field west of Insheim, a village in Rheinland-Pfalz, population 2154. Insheim has a train station and it can be reached from Neustadt or Karlsruhe via Regionalbahn.
Expeditions
Koepfel
Planning
I saw Fivetonsofflax adding this expedition to the Mannheim Graticule page yesterday. After a short discussion on his talk page, I looked up some trains, in hope we would meet.
Live from the Expedition
- i'm now at the hashpoint, arrived at 17:40. fivetonsofflax and euterkuh probably already left if they were here. I found no marker or any other sign, though. --koepfel 15:59, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Afterwards
will follow
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Koepfel earned the Public transport geohash achievement
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Koepfel earned the Land geohash achievement
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Fivetonsofflax and Euterkuh
Planning
As Koepfel already mentioned, the intention was to meet each other at the hashpoint. Since the location seemed to be easily accessible, all we had to do was looking up a train connection. The only problem was that we didn't know exactly when we could start.
Expedition
We met at Heidelberg main station and went to Insheim via Neustadt an der Weinstraße and Winden. Apparently, we scared the old lady sitting opposite to us. At least, she switched to another place as soon as it was free without any obvious reason. Maybe she thought we were planning a terrorist attack when we used words such as "coordinates".
In Insheim, we could pretty much follow the main street until we were about 500 meters away from the hashpoint. Field paths brought us to a distance of 20 meters. The hashpoint itself was located on a field with plants that looked exactly like grass, but they were arranged in neat lines. Anyway, we tried not to do any damages when we got to the actual coordinates.
By then, it was about 5:10 pm. We figured that Koepfel would be arriving now if he had arrived at 4:43, so we guessed he would have had to use the next train connection and arrive at 5:18. As we weren't sure whether he would come at all, we then decided to get back to the main street and just look out for someone with a GPS device. Unfortunately, we either missed each other or Koepfel was using a different way to get to the hash.
Picture gallery
Ludwigshafen main station
Hole in the ceiling!
Böhl-Iggelheim
Euterkuh
fivetonsofflax waiting for a GPS signal
This was pretty much the most difficult part of the way.
Stupid grin plus Bad Hair Day
Looking for the hashpoint
Having found the hashpoint
Cookies!
Whatever they were growing on the hashfield
THE PLAN
