Difference between revisions of "2012-02-05 43 -88"

Latest revision as of 02:18, 13 August 2019

Location

In the middle of a cul-de-sac in Brookfield, WI

Participants

RocketMac - I'll be in the area for coffee with my wife in the morning

Plans

After our morning coffee break, I'll make a drive from there through the hashpoint and back to Alterra for the TRON Achievement!

Expedition

Life got in the way of making the round trip at coffee time. A friend of my wife's family passed away the other day and today was the funeral. We got all dressed up only to see anywhere from 1/3 to 2/3 of the guests dressed in Packers gear. Turns out the deceased had been dying of cancer over six months and had asked for the attire. We just missed the memo.

This left me with another achievement opportunity: Formal Attire Achievement

The hashpoint was in a street, and I wasn't going to be getting out of the car, so I had my wife take a picture of my dressed up after I got back. The trip itself was pretty uneventful. Right near my final turn into the neighborhood, I realized my route would void my TRON attempt, so I pulled over at the spot to take a picture of the area, take the "Stupid Grin" shot, and plan a new route.

Tracklog

My tracklog is available in GPX and KMZ formats.

Photos

Formal attire
Stupid Grin
Mailbox at the hashpoint
Map of the hashpoint
Capture of the map

Achievements

RocketMac earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (43, -88) geohash on 2012-02-05.

RocketMac earned the Tron achievement

by reaching and returning from the (43, -88) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2012-02-05.

RocketMac earned the Formal attire achievement

by looking good at the (43, -88) geohash on 2012-02-05.

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 {{meetup graticule
-| lat=42
+| lat=43
 | lon=-88
 | date=2012-02-05
 }}
-<!-- edit as necessary -->
 == Location ==
-<!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be -->
 In the middle of a cul-de-sac in Brookfield, WI
 == Participants ==
-<!-- who attended -->
 * [[User:RocketMac|RocketMac]] - I'll be in the area for coffee with my wife in the morning
 == Plans ==
-<!-- what were the original plans -->
-After our morning coffee break, I'll make a drive from there '''through''' the hashpoint and back to [http://alterracoffee.com Alterra] for the [[Tron_achievement|TRON Achievement]]!
+After our morning coffee break, I'll make a drive from there '''through''' the hashpoint
+and back to [http://alterracoffee.com Alterra] for the [[Tron_achievement|TRON Achievement]]!
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
-Life got in the way of making the round trip at coffee time. A friend of my wife's family passed away the other day and today was the funeral. We got all dressed up only to see anywhere from 1/3 to 2/3 of the guests dressed in Packers gear. Turns out the deceased had been dying of cancer over six months and had asked for the attire. We just missed the memo.
+Life got in the way of making the round trip at coffee time. A friend of my wife's family
+passed away the other day and today was the funeral. We got all dressed up only to see
+anywhere from 1/3 to 2/3 of the guests dressed in Packers gear. Turns out the deceased
+had been dying of cancer over six months and had asked for the attire. We just missed the memo.
 This left me with another achievement opportunity: [[Formal_attire_achievement|Formal Attire Achievement]]
-The hashpoint was in a street, and I wasn't going to be getting out of the car, so I had my wife take a picture of my dressed up ''after'' I got back. The trip itself was pretty uneventful. Right near my final turn into the neighborhood, I realized my route would void my TRON attempt, so I pulled over at the spot to take a picture of the area, take the "Stupid Grin" shot, and plan a new route.
+The hashpoint was in a street, and I wasn't going to be getting out of the car, so I had
+my wife take a picture of my dressed up ''after'' I got back. The trip itself was pretty
+uneventful. Right near my final turn into the neighborhood, I realized my route would
+void my TRON attempt, so I pulled over at the spot to take a picture of the area, take
+the "Stupid Grin" shot, and plan a new route.
 == Tracklog ==
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may post a link here -->
 My tracklog is available in [http://coldshadow.com/geohashing/2012-02-05.gpx GPX] and [http://coldshadow.com/geohashing/2012-02-05.kmz KMZ] formats.
 == Photos ==
-<!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
-Image:2010-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
--->
 <gallery perrow="5">
 Image:RocketMac 2012-02-05 43 -88 01.jpg| Formal attire
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 == Achievements ==
 {{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|800px}}
-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
 {{land geohash
 | latitude = 43
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 | longitude = -88
 | date = 2012-02-05
-| tracklog = coldshadow.com/geohashing/2012-02-05.gpx
+| tracklog = http://coldshadow.com/geohashing/2012-02-05.gpx
 | possessive = his
 | name = RocketMac
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 }}
-<!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
-Delete the next line ONLY if you have chosen the appropriate categories below. If you are unsure, don't worry. People will read your report and help you with the classification. -->
-[[Category:New report]]
-<!-- Potential categories. Please include all the ones appropriate to your expedition -->
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
-<!-- If this is a planning page:
--->
 [[Category:Expeditions]]
 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-<!-- An actual expedition:
--- and one or more of --
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
--->
-<!-- if you reached your coords:
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
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+{{location|US|WI|WK}}
-<!-- or if you failed :(
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
--- and a reason --
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]     when there is a natural obstacle between you and the target
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]  when there is a man-made obstacle between you and the target
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]        when you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work
-[[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]   when you went to an alternate location, or decided early on to abort the expedition.
--->


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