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Location

In the Ocean View Burial Park in Burnaby.

Participants

Rex Wolf (talk)

Plans

Rex

I'm going to stop by on my way home from work. It's almost directly south of me anyway! -- Rex Wolf (talk) 13:28, 20 August 2014 (EDT)

Expedition

Driving south to the hashpoint was simple, though I had some trouble figuring out exactly where to turn for the burial park. I ended up turning down the street just before the burial park, but there was no fence between that road and the park, so I just parked and walked through the line of trees.

It hadn't occurred to me before now that there was a significantly high chance of finding somebody who had unwittingly claimed the Coffin Potato Achievement. This made me doubly glad that I had decided to come out to today's hash!

Finding the hashpoint itself was as troublesome as always. I walked back and forth for a bit until I found the point where the map seemed to agree with the GPS (within a five-meter margin of error). And it was right on top of the grave of one Wong Hong Foon. (If I read the surrounding gravemarkers correctly, I believe "Wong" is the family name, and "Hong Foon" the individual name. But I could be very wrong.)

There's a big tree nearby, perfect for displaying the hash sign. I kept it a bit lower than my normal, so as not to draw undue attention to itself. This is a burial park, after all--some decorum is warranted.