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Location

Lower Magnolia, adjacent to a church

Participants

Thomcat

Plans

Take plane, train, and automobile to reach geohash point

Expedition

I started the expedition in Helsinki Finland, 7679 km away, presumably as the (extremely long-ranged) crow flies. An arc segment through the sphere would be an interesting route, though presumably quite warm.

This is the end of a business trip, though I missed one hashpoint in Vantaa (not quite enough time in my day). Fortunately the Finn Air direct flight leaves late enough in the day that I have the Friday morning coordinates from Seattle.

The flight went well - I slept a little - and at the end I sat through an interview for Global Entry. No luggage to claim, which sped the process slightly. I then took light rail back through the city to Northgate (the current end of the line).

From there, car to the geohashpoint, south and west of that location. Should have checked in from Northgate, alas. Drove to the proper street and spotted the church. One path led to a door in the corner of the building where I snapped the geohasher photo. Just 4m east, the other side of those large bushes, would put me on the spot.

I circled back to the sidewalk and snapped a photo of the front of the church and sign. This is my second (I think?) Holy Hash, the first one was at midnight in Spokane.

I approached the church windows and lost signal, repeating the process a few times. Triangulation and google aerial photo shows that I am on the spot; the wide GPS margin of error gives me some leeway. I did not chalk anything this time.

Having awoken for the day more than 26 hours earlier, I headed home to call it a night.