2008-12-06 44 -93

Sat 6 Dec 2008 in Minneapolis SW: 44.7112022, -93.3223535 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

About

The location was approximately half a mile off of the nearest publicly accessible road, through dense woods. A weather report for the day can be seen here.

Expedition

Adem was the only participant. I set out around 4:00pm; drove down I-35 and got as near to the location as possible, the end of "Lynch Path". This turned out to be a private drive with no trespassing signs at the end of it, making the name even more ominous. I parked there anyway and set out. GPS claimed that the location was only about 0.2 miles away.

However, GPS failed to mention that this was 0.2 miles through a heavily wooded area, and mostly uphill. And there was a lake in the way. Have I mentioned that there was a lot of snow on the ground, it was well below freezing, and it was after sunset?

Temperature: High for the day was 27.8°F (-2.3°C). Temperature recorded from the nearest weather station as of my 5pm arrival time was ~15°F (-9.4°C) (See the weather graph on the previous link), which certainly is the coldest geohash on record. Unfortunately, no photographic evidence of a thermometer is to be had.

Pictures

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  Setting out on the expedition at sunset

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  Hmmmm...

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  Location reached!

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  Victory! Hmmmm... It's getting colder and kinda dark out here...