Difference between revisions of "2014-08-20 47 17"

Latest revision as of 05:09, 20 March 2024

Location

From what I could see in Google Maps the hash was situated near some kind of lake near the small town of Hegyeshalom. It appeared to be fairly reachable, crossing the border on the motorway, then making the rest of the trip on regular roads. The 47-17 graticule was still missing on my list and the hash was located in the north-west corner, which was ideal considering me starting out at 48-16. So why not check it out..

Participants

Patrizius

Plans

The plan was simple: Get there as fast as I can, as it was already late in the afternoon. Grab the hash. Get back home.

Expedition

I rushed off in a hurry, forgetting my flashlight at home, which turned out to be quite the buzzkill. No problems on the motorway. I crossed the border, took the exit as planned and entered the small town of Hegyeshalom. According to my satnav I had to take a few turns which led me to a road, that was so bad I wouldn't have recognized it as a road on first glance. Nevertheless I kept moving on blindly trusting the technology. The last few hundred meters were particularly bad with potholes that I could almost hide in. The lake turned out to be some kind of basin with a huge wall alongside of it. The road took me right along this dam/wall, which was kind of impressive, as the area was very flat in general with only this dam raising up a few meters. The hash itself was located about 50 meters into a field. I walked the rest of the way, but the road was so bad at this point, it wouldn't have made any difference.
After taking some photos I returned home without problems.

Yay! -- Patrizius (talk) @47.8936,17.1494 14:22, 20 August 2014 (EDT)

Photos

Photo Gallery
me on the spot, patrizius in the dark
the spot
it's getting dark over Hegyeshalom
screenshot of GPS app

Achievements

patrizius earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (47, 17) graticule, here, on 2014-08-20.

patrizius earned the Border geohash achievement

by crossing the Austria-Hungary border on 2014-08-20 to reach the (47, 17) geohash.

patrizius earned the Consecutive geohash achievement

by reaching hash points on 2 consecutive days starting on 2014-08-20.

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 *Yay!  -- [[User:Patrizius|Patrizius]] ([[User talk:Patrizius|talk]]) [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=47.89361669&lon=17.14939867&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @47.8936,17.1494] 14:22, 20 August 2014 (EDT)
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 == Photos ==
 <gallery caption="Photo Gallery" widths="320px" heights="213px" perrow="3">
-Image:IMAG0819.jpg | patrizius in the dark
+Image:IMAG0819.jpg | me on the spot, patrizius in the dark
 Image:IMAG0821.jpg | the spot
 Image:IMAG0822.jpg | it's getting dark over Hegyeshalom
-Image:2014-08-20_20-22-55.png | me on the spot
+Image:2014-08-20_20-22-55.png | screenshot of GPS app
-Image:2014-08-20_20-24-39.png | screenshot of GPS app
 </gallery>
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+{{Graticule unlocked | latitude = 47 | longitude = 17 | date = 2014-08-20 | name = patrizius | image = IMAG0819.jpg}}
+{{Border geohash achievement | latitude = 47 | longitude = 17 | date = 2014-08-20 | country1= Austria | country2= Hungary | name = patrizius | image = IMAG0819.jpg }}
+{{consecutive geohash 2 | count = 2 | latitude = 47 | longitude = 17 | date = 2014-08-20 | name = patrizius }}
 [[Category:Expeditions]]
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+{{location|HU|GS}}


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