Difference between revisions of "2010-09-19 45 -122"

Revision as of 08:22, 3 October 2010

Location

Amid some trees near a huge field on the Nike Campus

Participants

Plans

Access may be a problem. I called Nike, and they said no access without an employee, so we may be stuck.

Expedition

Elegant Forkbomb

Walked the 2.16km to the hashpoint from my house. Took some pictures from the visitor's entrance side. -- Elegant Forkbomb, 00:06, 20 September 2010

Jim

Well, I started out by heading for some brunch at a near by Dim Sum place. After that, I started trying to program the GPS. However, I discovered that the batteries were pretty much dead.

Not a problem. I had put two spare, non-rechargeable batteries into my bag just a few days earlier so I'd have some spares. I started replacing batteries, trying all the combinations. Still no luck.

Great: four dead batteries. However, there was a nearby store on the other side of the Nike campus that I could get some new ones. A little driving later and I've got a working GPS and I'm able to program it.

Now, I need to make my way to the hashpoint. I knew that part of the campus was used for fields for various kids teams, and I was hoping maybe that part would be open, while the rest was closed, and that the person on the phone was talking about the non-field part.

I found a public road to park along, and walked along past a child care center. Next to the center was a pathway. I followed it, carefully inspecting all the signs for indications that access wasn't allowed. The only sign was one saying that this was a wetland area, but I was on a paved walkway, so that was just informational.

The walkway lead to a parking area and a bunch of kids waiting around, or loading gear into cars. I continued towards the hashpoint, looking hard for that much-afeared signpost. But none were to be found. I got to the field, and walked along another path, and found the hashpoint under a tree.

I took a picture and headed home.

Photos

Endearingly geeky street names @45.4966,-122.8220
Industrial Parks of Beaverton @45.4966,-122.8220
Formerly Massive Test Equipment Manufacturers of Beaverton @45.4996,-122.8230
Hashpoint is on the far side of that building and across a pond @45.5053,-122.8050

Achievements

Land geohash

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 == Participants ==
 * [[User:Jiml|Jim]]
+* [[User:Elegant Forkbomb|Elegant Forkbomb]]
 == Plans ==
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-<!--Nothing in this section for now>
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
-<!--Nothing in this section for now-->
+=== Elegant Forkbomb ===
+*Walked the 2.16km to the hashpoint from my house. Took some pictures from the visitor's entrance side.  -- Elegant Forkbomb, 00:06, 20 September 2010
+=== Jim ===
+Well, I started out by heading for some brunch at a near by Dim Sum place.  After that, I started
+trying to program the GPS.  However, I discovered that the batteries were pretty much dead.
+Not a problem.  I had put two spare, non-rechargeable batteries into my bag just a few days earlier
+so I'd have some spares.  I started replacing batteries, trying all the combinations.  Still no luck.
+Great:  four dead batteries.   However, there was a nearby store on the other side of the Nike campus
+that I could get some new ones.   A little driving later and I've got a working GPS and I'm
+able to program it.
+Now, I need to make my way to the hashpoint.  I knew that part of the campus was used for fields for
+various kids teams, and I was hoping maybe that part would be open, while the rest was closed, and
+that the person on the phone was talking about the non-field part.
+I found a public road to park along, and walked along past a child care center.   Next to the
+center was a pathway.   I followed it, carefully inspecting all the signs for indications
+that access wasn't allowed.   The only sign was one saying that this was a wetland area, but I
+was on a paved walkway, so that was just informational.
+The walkway lead to a parking area and a bunch of kids waiting around, or loading gear into cars.
+I continued towards the hashpoint, looking hard for that much-afeared signpost.  But none
+were to be found.   I got to the field, and walked along another path, and found
+the hashpoint under a tree.
+I took a picture and headed home.
-*Walked the 2.16km to the hashpoint from my house. Took some pictures from the vister's entrance side.  -- Elegant Forkbomb, 00:06, 20 September 2010
-== Tracklog ==
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+* Land geohash
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