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Relet decided to take this yet-another-city-hash-of-uncertain-accessibility opportunity to make another attempt at a longboard hash. It is, alas, not of the electric variant. After doing whatever he does during the day, he dropped by at home, quickly grabbed the longboard, GPS and photo camera, and set off in direction of the hash. He had a good three quarters of an hour left to do so, and took the opportunity to roll in a leisurely pace. The many public clocks helped him in arriving just when the church bells rang seven (Or whatever they rang about, which usually is not the time of day in this very secular place). | Relet decided to take this yet-another-city-hash-of-uncertain-accessibility opportunity to make another attempt at a longboard hash. It is, alas, not of the electric variant. After doing whatever he does during the day, he dropped by at home, quickly grabbed the longboard, GPS and photo camera, and set off in direction of the hash. He had a good three quarters of an hour left to do so, and took the opportunity to roll in a leisurely pace. The many public clocks helped him in arriving just when the church bells rang seven (Or whatever they rang about, which usually is not the time of day in this very secular place). | ||
| − | Upon arriving on location he discovered the two girls climbing a handrail, which immediately gave away | + | Upon arriving on location he discovered the two girls climbing a handrail, which immediately gave them away as the kind of clear-thinking minds only geohashers possess. |
=== Phoenix? === | === Phoenix? === | ||
=== On location === | === On location === | ||
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| + | Phoenix had announced to arrive a little after 7pm, so all introduced themselves and chatted a bit while waiting for him. The group had identified the geohash as being in the building -hence the climbing of handrails leading to a cellar stairway- albeit geopositional proof was still required. However, as relet discovered, the batteries of the GPS so grandly announced, and so quickly grabbed - were empty. We shall therefore proceed with proof based on the available aerial imagery. | ||
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| + | We walked around the building, to see if there was any other means of access, or if maybe the courtyards were closer to where we expected the hash to be. We met a nice lady, which unfortunately and easily withstood relet's meagre social engineering skills. She was reluctant to let us into the stairwell. We thanked her nevertheless and headed back to the front of the building. | ||
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| + | When Phoenix did not turn up, we eventually decided to ring. We had, upon closer inspection of the location, decided that the stairwell of the building next to number 81 would be sufficiently close to the hash, while the one for number 81 was in the center of the building. Had we chosen to ring there, we would probably have to ask for access to someones bedroom. :D | ||
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| + | So, we looked up the list of parties living in this building and decided to ring up the friendliest sounding name on the list. Lawyers being known to be excellent and open-minded chaps (and to work until late), we pushed the button saying "Lawyers". | ||
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| + | The door's buzzer rang. Woo! Access granted! | ||
== Photos == | == Photos == | ||
[[Category:Expedition planning]] | [[Category:Expedition planning]] | ||
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Location
Bundesallee 81, Berlin
Participants
- Phoenix?
- relet
- HiroProtagonist - looking forward to my first hash! :)
- Hiro will be dragging along her boyfriend and is trying to persuade two friends who live really close by
Plans
It's inside an apartment building. There don't seem to be any shops, but we might get access to the stairway.
It would be great to meet with u there, so plz tell my what time u plan to be there. -HiroProtagonist 20:21, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
- Oy! Welcome! And I think 7pm would be a safe bet for me. -- relet 20:30, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
- Wonderful! And can I rely on one of you to have a GPS? I still need to obtain such a helpful device :D -HiroProtagonist 20:38, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
- I shall bring one of these technomagickal marvels. :D -- relet 20:42, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
- (relet failed in that respect)
Expedition
Hiro and friends
relet
Relet decided to take this yet-another-city-hash-of-uncertain-accessibility opportunity to make another attempt at a longboard hash. It is, alas, not of the electric variant. After doing whatever he does during the day, he dropped by at home, quickly grabbed the longboard, GPS and photo camera, and set off in direction of the hash. He had a good three quarters of an hour left to do so, and took the opportunity to roll in a leisurely pace. The many public clocks helped him in arriving just when the church bells rang seven (Or whatever they rang about, which usually is not the time of day in this very secular place).
Upon arriving on location he discovered the two girls climbing a handrail, which immediately gave them away as the kind of clear-thinking minds only geohashers possess.
Phoenix?
On location
Phoenix had announced to arrive a little after 7pm, so all introduced themselves and chatted a bit while waiting for him. The group had identified the geohash as being in the building -hence the climbing of handrails leading to a cellar stairway- albeit geopositional proof was still required. However, as relet discovered, the batteries of the GPS so grandly announced, and so quickly grabbed - were empty. We shall therefore proceed with proof based on the available aerial imagery.
We walked around the building, to see if there was any other means of access, or if maybe the courtyards were closer to where we expected the hash to be. We met a nice lady, which unfortunately and easily withstood relet's meagre social engineering skills. She was reluctant to let us into the stairwell. We thanked her nevertheless and headed back to the front of the building.
When Phoenix did not turn up, we eventually decided to ring. We had, upon closer inspection of the location, decided that the stairwell of the building next to number 81 would be sufficiently close to the hash, while the one for number 81 was in the center of the building. Had we chosen to ring there, we would probably have to ask for access to someones bedroom. :D
So, we looked up the list of parties living in this building and decided to ring up the friendliest sounding name on the list. Lawyers being known to be excellent and open-minded chaps (and to work until late), we pushed the button saying "Lawyers".
The door's buzzer rang. Woo! Access granted!
