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Experimental Travel
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'I note that the travel route to K2 would please even the most discerning of aesthetes with a taste for industrial zones'

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Hypothesis
Discover an unknown part of the city by travelling to the grid reference K2 on a map.
Apparatus
A grid-referenced map or atlas, transportation and a sense of adventure.
Method
1. Open a map or atlas at random.
2. Find the grid-reference K2 on the page in front of you.
3. Journey to that location and undertake a methodical exploration of the cultural, gastronomic and aesthetic delights that you find there.

Our Results

Experimental Traveller Rachael Antony:

grid Compared to the fearsome challenges of scaling K2 in Kashmir, exploring the region of K2 on Map 531 in a Melbourne street directory is decidedly easier, being both frostbite and sherpa free. As I journey down the highway I note that the travel route to K2 would please even the most discerning of aesthetes with a taste for industrial zones. Eschewing the temptation of a seaside stroll (F12) or a visit to the Air Museum (L5), I finally set foot on K2, only to discover that it is pouring with rain. Though I am pelted with rain and bullied by the winds, I remain grimly determined to enjoy K2 to the full - namely, the Cheltenham-Moorabbin Returned Servicemen's League Club, tastefully positioned by Kingston Heath Reserve, a suburban slice of greenery fronting the highway. While the snowy mists of far-off K2 remain a mystery to me, they can surely be no stranger than the flat plains of deepest suburbia.
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