2013-01-02 47 8
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Wed 2 Jan 2013 in 47,8: |
[edit] Location
A patch of forest near Steinen SZ.
[edit] Participants
[edit] Plans
My first Geohash. The plan: just go and see what's there! :)
[edit] Expedition
A day off and nothing to do. While aimlessly surfing the internet, I came upon the geohashing website. A closer look at today's location reveals: It is only around 1km away from a train station. The decision was done quickly: let's do it!
So I quickly downloaded a GPS-app for my iPhone, printed a map and jumped on the next train. Only 1,5 hours later I was there. I crossed the sleepy town of Steinen in the canton of Schwyz, went a bit uphill behind the village, and immediately found the place. Success!
Unfortunately, there is only one train per hour back to Zurich, so I had to wait for 45 minutes at the train station at a temperature of around 5°C. During that time, one train after the other passed the train station, which lies on the Gotthard line, one of the major train routes to cross the Alps.
[edit] Photos
Mount Rigi and Lake Zug.
The last meters on a road: Make a 90° right turn here.
There it is.
I did it!
Second proof. In the background you see my backpack and the map.
Screenshot
The area around the hash lies in steep terrain.
There was a landslide right above the hash just recently!
Nice view on the way back.
Sunset.
Steinen train station.
[edit] Achievements
Chris_47_8 earned the Public transport geohash achievement
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Chris_47_8 earned the Land geohash achievement
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