Difference between revisions of "2012-01-15 46 -122"

Latest revision as of 02:05, 13 August 2019

Location

In the woods south of Winlock, Washington.

Participants

Michael5000

Expedition

The Mount St. Helens graticule is a tough one to crack, so when I saw that there was a hashpoint close to a freeway exit this weekend I decided to pounce on it. It was a bit of a drive, but then I like bits of drives. There has been rare low-altitude snow in the region this weekend, which made the drive more pretty than usual.

From the freeway, McClure Road took me up a hill to a gate to a logging road that immediately forked in two. I chose the left road -- correctly, I think -- and a slight, gradual rise in elevation soon took me into ankle-deep snow. The forest has thickened considerably since the aerial images available online, so the final four hundred feet required ducking and weaving through a maze of animal trails through branches and undergrowth thick with melting snow. But, I made it to the hashpoint.

By the time I got back to the logging road, I was completely soaked. Back at the truck, I turned on the heater and the fan and was more or less dry within a half hour.

Photos

The exit from I-5
View from the entrace into the woods
Two roads to choose from
Up into the forest
At the hashpoint
Exactly!
Myself
Associate Hashscot and Cold-Weather Consultant

Achievements

My First Expedition to the Mt. St. Helens, Washington graticule.
My First Expedition to Lewis County.

Michael5000 completed the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in [[Portland, Oregon]] and all of the surrounding graticules.

Michael5000 achieved level 7 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in [[Astoria, Oregon]] and 7 of the surrounding graticules.

Michael5000 achieved level 7 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in [[McMinnville, Oregon]] and 7 of the surrounding graticules.

Michael5000 achieved level 7 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in [[Mt. St. Helens, Washington]] and 7 of the surrounding graticules.

Michael5000 achieved level 6 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in [[The Dalles, Oregon]] and 6 of the surrounding graticules.

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+In the woods south of Winlock, Washington.
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+*[[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]]
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 == Expedition ==
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+The Mount St. Helens graticule is a tough one to crack, so when I saw that there was a hashpoint close to a freeway exit this weekend I decided to pounce on it.  It was a bit of a drive, but then I like bits of drives.  There has been rare low-altitude snow in the region this weekend, which made the drive more pretty than usual.
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
+From the freeway, McClure Road took me up a hill to a gate to a logging road that immediately forked in two.  I chose the left road -- correctly, I think -- and a slight, gradual rise in elevation soon took me into ankle-deep snow.  The forest has thickened considerably since the aerial images available online, so the final four hundred feet required ducking and weaving through a maze of animal trails through branches and undergrowth thick with melting snow.  But, I made it to the hashpoint.
+By the time I got back to the logging road, I was completely soaked.  Back at the truck, I turned on the heater and the fan and was more or less dry within a half hour.
 == Photos ==
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+File:2012-01-15 46 -122 exit.JPG|The exit from I-5
+File:2012-01-15 46 -122 pavement.JPG|View from the entrace into the woods
+File:2012-01-15 46 -122 gate.JPG|Two roads to choose from
+File:2012-01-15 46 -122 road.JPG|Up into the forest
+File:2012-01-15 46 -122 hash1.JPG|At the hashpoint
+File:2012-01-15 46 -122 hash4.JPG|Exactly!
+File:2012-01-15 46 -122 me.JPG|Myself
+File:2012-01-15 46 -122 bear.JPG|Associate Hashscot and Cold-Weather Consultant
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+*My First Expedition to the [[Mt. St. Helens, Washington]] graticule.
+*My First Expedition to Lewis County.
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+| ranknumber = 8
+| n = true
+| ne = true if graticule to the northeast has been hashed (optional)
+| e = true if graticule to the east has been hashed (optional)
+| se = true if graticule to the southeast has been hashed (optional)
+| s = true if graticule to the south has been hashed (optional)
+| sw = true if graticule to the southwest has been hashed (optional)
+| w = true if graticule to the west has been hashed (optional)
+| nw = true if graticule to the northwest has been hashed (optional)
+| name = [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]]
+}}
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+| name = [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]]
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+}}
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+{{Minesweeper geohash
+| graticule = [[McMinnville, Oregon]]
+| ranknumber = 7
+| n = true
+| ne = true
+| e = true if graticule to the east has been hashed (optional)
+| se = true
+| s = true if graticule to the west has been hashed (optional)
+| w = true if graticule to the west has been hashed (optional)
+| nw = true
+| name = [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]]
+}}
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+| se = true
+| s = true
+| sw = true
+| w = true
+| nw = true
+| name = [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]]
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+{{Minesweeper geohash
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+| n = true
+| se = true
+| s = true
+| sw = true
+| w = true
+| nw = true
+| name = [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]]
+}}
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