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Location

In the parking lot of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon.

Participants

Group One

Frogman
Kate
Leah

Group Two

Jim

Group 5000

Michael5000

Plans

Expedition Two

Jim looked at the hashpoint this morning and thought "That looks pretty accessible, and feasible to get to"

Expedition 5000

Michael5000 plans a run-to-hashpoint expedition after work.

Expedition

Expedition One

We were shopping in the area so we stopped by this easy hashpoint! It took a while for my GPS to calibrate, so we stood around in the parking lot for a while. People who looked like they had business at the archdiocese passed. No one asked us what we were doing.

Expedition Two

Jim took a couple of buses from work and found himself standing a block from the hashpoint. I walked up and examined the sign, which indicated that it was private property, but only that I couldn't use it as a thruway. Since I was planning on walking out the same entrance I was going into, I walked towards the main entrance, which the street door had directed me towards.

Most the the way there, my GPS reported that we had arrived at the hashpoint, and I attempted to take a photo in the glare. I then went in search of a bus and two trains to find my way home.

Expedition Five Thousand

This parking lot is about a kilometer from home, and we occasionally use it as a shortcut when we walk to the nearby theater and restaurants. I ran to the hashpoint, and to an ATM, and it still managed to be one of the shortest runs of the year.