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{{meetup graticule | {{meetup graticule | ||
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| date=2014-04-20 | | date=2014-04-20 | ||
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+ | == Location == | ||
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+ | On a track on top of the flood protection levee at Biebesheim. | ||
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== Participants == | == Participants == | ||
− | + | * [[User:DODO|DODO]] at 11 a.m. | |
− | + | * [[User:Danatar|Danatar]] at 4 p.m. | |
− | * [[User: | + | * [[User:Rincewind|Rincewind]] and [[User:Yakamoz|Yakamoz]] in the afternoon (?) |
− | * [[User:Rincewind|Rincewind]] | + | * [[User:Q-Owl|Q-Owl]] at 9 p.m. |
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− | * [[User:Q-Owl|Q-Owl]] | ||
− | == Plans | + | |
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+ | ===DODO=== | ||
To catch the train at 9:02 in Speyer, arrive in Gernsheim at 10:07, ride to the hash on my bicycle and ride on to Groß Gerau. Catch the train there at 11:55 and drive to Neuwied, where I'll visit my mother, before I cycle from hash to hash the following three days. | To catch the train at 9:02 in Speyer, arrive in Gernsheim at 10:07, ride to the hash on my bicycle and ride on to Groß Gerau. Catch the train there at 11:55 and drive to Neuwied, where I'll visit my mother, before I cycle from hash to hash the following three days. | ||
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− | + | == Expeditions == | |
+ | ===DODO=== | ||
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Had a nice trip, all the train- and bicycle riding worked as planned. Will tell more and load some pictures when I'm at home again. | Had a nice trip, all the train- and bicycle riding worked as planned. Will tell more and load some pictures when I'm at home again. | ||
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+ | ===Danatar=== | ||
+ | After visiting my parents, I had to get back to Würzburg for night duty on Easter Sunday. The hashpoints were conveniently placed so that I planned to visit two of them without too much of a detour. The first one was 2014-04-20 49 8, near the Rhine at Biebesheim. First I drove to the Autobahn A659, changing to the A6 and A67 after a short time. I left the last one at the Gernsheim exit, driving to Gernsheim. At that time the first of many motorcyclists for the day crossed my path, doing wheelies behind me. At 15:40 I arrived at Biebesheim, parking the car in a parking lot next to the flood protection levee. From there I walked along the Rhine, then followed the levee when it turned away from the river towards the hashpoint. It was a nice walk in the sunshine. The hashpoint was on top of the levee in a place where multiple tracks crossed. My GPS unit located the spot about 2 meters away from DODO’s chalk marks, around 4 p.m.. While I was taking the pictures, a couple with a dog arrived and rested at the bench next to the hashpoint. I saw lots of storks flying around or walking across the meadows, a sign nearby informing me that at Biebesheim there’s an important location for storks, with more than 50 breeding pairs. Then I walked back to my car. I drove via Pfungstadt to the Odenwald, cruising towards the [[2014-04-20 49 9|49 9]] hashpoint. | ||
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+ | === Rincewind & Yakamoz=== | ||
We celebrated Easter Sunday with Rincewind's family with a lavish Asian buffet lunch, paschal lamb cake and chocolate easter bunnies. Afterwards, it was high time we went geohashing. The nearest coordinates were in Biebesheim, 19 km away from home. It was very easy to reach. When we walked back, we almost walked through it, without noticing the handwriting on the ground, but Rincewind still spotted it: An XKCD logo and the link written in chalk... Rincewind supposed DODO could have been there before us. He's right, is he not?... | We celebrated Easter Sunday with Rincewind's family with a lavish Asian buffet lunch, paschal lamb cake and chocolate easter bunnies. Afterwards, it was high time we went geohashing. The nearest coordinates were in Biebesheim, 19 km away from home. It was very easy to reach. When we walked back, we almost walked through it, without noticing the handwriting on the ground, but Rincewind still spotted it: An XKCD logo and the link written in chalk... Rincewind supposed DODO could have been there before us. He's right, is he not?... | ||
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+ | ===Q-Owl=== | ||
After most members of the family had left, the others wanted to watch "Horsewhisperer" on TV, but I needed some time out. So (without having a look at http://wiki.xkcd.com) I drove to [[wikipedia:Biebesheim|Biebesheim]] arriving at 21:30. | After most members of the family had left, the others wanted to watch "Horsewhisperer" on TV, but I needed some time out. So (without having a look at http://wiki.xkcd.com) I drove to [[wikipedia:Biebesheim|Biebesheim]] arriving at 21:30. | ||
I found the hashpoint quickly and made the first photos. | I found the hashpoint quickly and made the first photos. | ||
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After that I looked for the geocache [http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2RRTR_die-nonne-von-katzenelnbogen GC2RRTR]. Not easy in the darkness. | After that I looked for the geocache [http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2RRTR_die-nonne-von-katzenelnbogen GC2RRTR]. Not easy in the darkness. | ||
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− | == Photos | + | == Photos== |
− | < | + | ===DODO=== |
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+ | ===Danatar=== | ||
+ | <gallery> | ||
+ | File:2014-04-20_49_8_da_rhein.jpg|the Rhine | ||
+ | File:2014-04-20_49_8_da_deich.jpg|walking along the levee | ||
+ | File:2014-04-20_49_8_da_gps.jpg|GPS, chalk marker in the background | ||
+ | File:2014-04-20_49_8_da_hp.jpg|coordinates reached | ||
+ | File:2014-04-20_49_8_da_pano.jpg|panorama | ||
+ | File:2014-04-20_49_8_da_marker.jpg| | ||
+ | File:2014-04-20_49_8_da_hund.jpg|hashdog | ||
+ | File:2014-04-20_49_8_da_vogelpark.jpg| | ||
+ | File:2014-04-20_49_8_da_storch.jpg|storks | ||
+ | </gallery> | ||
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+ | ===Rincewind & Yakamoz=== | ||
<gallery perrow="5"> | <gallery perrow="5"> | ||
Image:2014-04-20_49_8_yakamoz_1398021169000.jpg | Coordinates reached | Image:2014-04-20_49_8_yakamoz_1398021169000.jpg | Coordinates reached | ||
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</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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<gallery perrow="5"> | <gallery perrow="5"> | ||
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== Achievements / Honorable Mention == | == Achievements / Honorable Mention == | ||
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Honorable Mention, Hash collision achievement: [[User:Q-Owl|Q-Owl]] discovered the [http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2RRTR_die-nonne-von-katzenelnbogen GC2RRTR] geocache 150 m from the hashpoint, but not in direct sight. | Honorable Mention, Hash collision achievement: [[User:Q-Owl|Q-Owl]] discovered the [http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2RRTR_die-nonne-von-katzenelnbogen GC2RRTR] geocache 150 m from the hashpoint, but not in direct sight. | ||
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+ | ===Tracklogs=== | ||
+ | [http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=2747012&code=a7b5099493bfe3d446ecaf4783c79fe9 tracklog for both Danatar's hashpoints] | ||
Revision as of 10:25, 23 April 2014
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Location
On a track on top of the flood protection levee at Biebesheim.
Participants
Plans
DODO
To catch the train at 9:02 in Speyer, arrive in Gernsheim at 10:07, ride to the hash on my bicycle and ride on to Groß Gerau. Catch the train there at 11:55 and drive to Neuwied, where I'll visit my mother, before I cycle from hash to hash the following three days.
Expeditions
DODO
Had a nice trip, all the train- and bicycle riding worked as planned. Will tell more and load some pictures when I'm at home again.
Danatar
After visiting my parents, I had to get back to Würzburg for night duty on Easter Sunday. The hashpoints were conveniently placed so that I planned to visit two of them without too much of a detour. The first one was 2014-04-20 49 8, near the Rhine at Biebesheim. First I drove to the Autobahn A659, changing to the A6 and A67 after a short time. I left the last one at the Gernsheim exit, driving to Gernsheim. At that time the first of many motorcyclists for the day crossed my path, doing wheelies behind me. At 15:40 I arrived at Biebesheim, parking the car in a parking lot next to the flood protection levee. From there I walked along the Rhine, then followed the levee when it turned away from the river towards the hashpoint. It was a nice walk in the sunshine. The hashpoint was on top of the levee in a place where multiple tracks crossed. My GPS unit located the spot about 2 meters away from DODO’s chalk marks, around 4 p.m.. While I was taking the pictures, a couple with a dog arrived and rested at the bench next to the hashpoint. I saw lots of storks flying around or walking across the meadows, a sign nearby informing me that at Biebesheim there’s an important location for storks, with more than 50 breeding pairs. Then I walked back to my car. I drove via Pfungstadt to the Odenwald, cruising towards the 49 9 hashpoint.
Rincewind & Yakamoz
We celebrated Easter Sunday with Rincewind's family with a lavish Asian buffet lunch, paschal lamb cake and chocolate easter bunnies. Afterwards, it was high time we went geohashing. The nearest coordinates were in Biebesheim, 19 km away from home. It was very easy to reach. When we walked back, we almost walked through it, without noticing the handwriting on the ground, but Rincewind still spotted it: An XKCD logo and the link written in chalk... Rincewind supposed DODO could have been there before us. He's right, is he not?...
Q-Owl
After most members of the family had left, the others wanted to watch "Horsewhisperer" on TV, but I needed some time out. So (without having a look at http://wiki.xkcd.com) I drove to Biebesheim arriving at 21:30. I found the hashpoint quickly and made the first photos.
But oops! There was some chalk writing on the bike path. *ggg* Very nice to see this kind of greeting, confirming that I am not the only geohash freak in this area. ;-)
After that I looked for the geocache GC2RRTR. Not easy in the darkness.
Photos
DODO
Danatar
Rincewind & Yakamoz
Q-Owl
Achievements / Honorable Mention
Rincewind and Yakamoz earned the Land geohash achievement
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Honorable Mention, Hash collision achievement: Q-Owl discovered the GC2RRTR geocache 150 m from the hashpoint, but not in direct sight.