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== Planning ==
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== Expedition ==
  
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I'll be striking out this evening and will attempt a Bicycle, No Batteries, Tron tag. It'll be close to a Frozen Geohash, so I'll bring a thermometer. A Snowman Geohash might also be possible.
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Coordinates reached!
  
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[[Category:Expedition planning]]
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A short retelling. Follow along with the markers at [http://www.mapmyride.com/edit_route?r=497125699792728693 mapmyride]
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0.00 miles - Begin at Benedict Fountain Park.
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0.84 miles - Loop around the state capitol while continuing south. So pretty all lit up at night!
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2.65 miles - Reach the east side of the 8th Avenue foot bridge. It's almost exactly 0.5 miles, and was completely flooded. The road was fine and dry, separated by a median. But the ice slush was ankle deep most of the way. By the time I got back home, my feet were frigid.
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5.42 miles - Pedaling along a pretty little creek trail, when BOOM! Dead end into a "TRAIL CLOSED" barricade. I might have compromised my Tron achievement here, but I carefully turned around and continued on the other side of the path back out to the street, where I turned up and continued down a side street.
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6.50 miles - Hash site. Google Maps and Google Earth agreed that the hash was basically on the front of this house, by the left windows. Upon arriving, I became uncomfortably aware that I was a Big Dude on a bicycle lurking outside somebody's house after dark. I did not linger. Nor did I come close to walking up to the house and touching the window. I decided that if I was a snowball throw's length away, then I was close enough. I hastily made a pitiful little snowman, left the marker by the mailbox, and left. In my rush, I forgot to get a picture of me at the site!
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8.50 miles - Brief glimpse of Sloans Lake. Pretty.
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10.57 miles - Fox! A big silver fox! Crossed its path as I was leaving the street just past the Aquarium and getting on the South Platte River trail. It was skittering away or acting especially frightened, so I stopped to try to get a picture. I said hello to it in a friendly type manner, in answer to which it turned around and started trotting towards me. This frightened me, so I abandoned the attempt at taking a picture and instead pedaled quickly away.
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11.22 miles - Skate park. Every time I've ever passed the park before now, it had been full of skaters. This time it was empty! I rolled around here for a little while before continuing.
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11.88 miles - Coors Field. No Rockies game tonight, so no extra traffic to deal with.
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12.79 miles - End at Benedict Fountain Park. Good trip!
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<gallery caption="Pictures" widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3">
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Image:2009.10.30.39.-105.noBatteries.jpg|My "no batteries" GPS.
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Image:2009.10.30.39.-105.slushOfDoom.jpg|Ankle deep ice slush. This sucked hard. By the end of the ride my feet were frozen.
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Image:2009.10.30.39.-105.trainYard.jpg|Night time. In the switching yard.
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Image:2009.10.30.39.-105.roundhouse.jpg|Roundhouse at the trainyard.
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Image:2009.10.30.39.-105.trailClosure.jpg|Detour!
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Image:2009.10.30.39.-105.hashsite.jpg|The hash is on the house. Left window. Where the lights are on.
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Image:2009.10.30.39.-105.marker.PNG|Marker left at the site.
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Image:2009.10.30.39.-105.snowman.jpg|SNOWMAN. Kinda. Eh.
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Image:2009.10.30.39.-105.confluence.jpg|Confluence of two rivers. Crossed paths with a silver fox just south of here!
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Image:2009.10.30.39.-105.skatePark.jpg|Skate park! I did some MAAAAAD tricks no I didn't just kidding.
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</gallery>
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[[Category:Expeditions]]
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[[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
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[[Category:Coordinates reached]]
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[[Category:Land geohash achievement]]
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{{Tron
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    | latitude = 39
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    | longitude = -105
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    | date = 2009-10-30
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    | tracklog = http://www.mapmyride.com/edit_route?r=497125699792728693
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    | possessive = his
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    | name = Chrisman
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}}
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{{land geohash
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    | latitude = 39
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    | longitude = -105
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    | date = 2009-10-30
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    | name = Chrisman
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}}
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{{Bicycle geohash
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    | latitude = 39
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    | longitude = -105
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    | date = 2009-10-30
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    | name = Chrisman
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    | distance = 12.79 mi
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}}
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{{snowman geohash
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    | latitude = 39
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    | longitude = -105
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    | date = 2009-10-30
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    | name = Chrisman
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}}
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{{No_batteries_geohash
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    | latitude = 39
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    | longitude = -105
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    | date = 2009-10-30
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    | name = Chrisman
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}}

Revision as of 16:54, 31 October 2009

Fri 30 Oct 2009 in SW Denver:
39.7317265, -105.0612421
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Location

A driveway in residential Wheat Ridge, at approximately 920 Gray Street.

Participants

chrisman

Expedition

Coordinates reached!

A short retelling. Follow along with the markers at mapmyride

0.00 miles - Begin at Benedict Fountain Park.

0.84 miles - Loop around the state capitol while continuing south. So pretty all lit up at night!

2.65 miles - Reach the east side of the 8th Avenue foot bridge. It's almost exactly 0.5 miles, and was completely flooded. The road was fine and dry, separated by a median. But the ice slush was ankle deep most of the way. By the time I got back home, my feet were frigid.

5.42 miles - Pedaling along a pretty little creek trail, when BOOM! Dead end into a "TRAIL CLOSED" barricade. I might have compromised my Tron achievement here, but I carefully turned around and continued on the other side of the path back out to the street, where I turned up and continued down a side street.

6.50 miles - Hash site. Google Maps and Google Earth agreed that the hash was basically on the front of this house, by the left windows. Upon arriving, I became uncomfortably aware that I was a Big Dude on a bicycle lurking outside somebody's house after dark. I did not linger. Nor did I come close to walking up to the house and touching the window. I decided that if I was a snowball throw's length away, then I was close enough. I hastily made a pitiful little snowman, left the marker by the mailbox, and left. In my rush, I forgot to get a picture of me at the site!

8.50 miles - Brief glimpse of Sloans Lake. Pretty.

10.57 miles - Fox! A big silver fox! Crossed its path as I was leaving the street just past the Aquarium and getting on the South Platte River trail. It was skittering away or acting especially frightened, so I stopped to try to get a picture. I said hello to it in a friendly type manner, in answer to which it turned around and started trotting towards me. This frightened me, so I abandoned the attempt at taking a picture and instead pedaled quickly away.

11.22 miles - Skate park. Every time I've ever passed the park before now, it had been full of skaters. This time it was empty! I rolled around here for a little while before continuing.

11.88 miles - Coors Field. No Rockies game tonight, so no extra traffic to deal with.

12.79 miles - End at Benedict Fountain Park. Good trip!

  • Pictures

  • My "no batteries" GPS.

  • Ankle deep ice slush. This sucked hard. By the end of the ride my feet were frozen.

  • Night time. In the switching yard.

  • Roundhouse at the trainyard.

  • Detour!

  • The hash is on the house. Left window. Where the lights are on.

  • Marker left at the site.

  • SNOWMAN. Kinda. Eh.

  • Confluence of two rivers. Crossed paths with a silver fox just south of here!

  • Skate park! I did some MAAAAAD tricks no I didn't just kidding.

Lightcycle.png
 Chrisman earned the Tron achievement
by reaching and returning from the (39, -105) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2009-10-30.
Landgeohash.png
 Chrisman earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (39, -105) geohash on 2009-10-30.
Bikegeohash.png
 Chrisman earned the Bicycle geohash achievement
by cycling 12.79 mi to the (39, -105) geohash on 2009-10-30.
Snowman2.png
 Chrisman earned the Snowman Geohash Achievement
by building a snowman at the (39, -105) geohash on 2009-10-30.
Compass.jpg
 Chrisman earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (39, -105) geohash on 2009-10-30.
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