Difference between revisions of "2012-11-24 35 -79"

Revision as of 00:17, 25 November 2012

Location

On a private field in Liberty, NC.

Participants

Expedition

I was on a road trip from the Raleigh area to my home in Winston-Salem. On a whim, I opened the Geohashing app, and discovered that I was, at that moment, 4 miles away from the hashpoint in the Chapel Hill graticule. I had two birds in the car with me, it had been a long day, and it looked like the hashpoint was on private property, but I couldn't pass that up.

Unfortunately, when I arrived, the hashpoint was indeed in the middle of someone's field, and the access point was their driveway. I'm a shy hasher and not up for the "Hi, I'm From The Internet" speech... not to mention while I was traveling with pets in the car.

Hashpoint failed! But it was a scenic ten-minute detour from my route home.

Photos

Me, sitting in my car, in the driveway, less than 400 feet from the hashpoint. SOCLOSE.
Somewhere in this (blurry) field was the hashpoint.

Achievements

Birdray earned the No trespassing consolation prize

by almost (388 ft) reaching the (35, -79) geohash on 2012-11-24.

Birdray earned the Prize poultry Consolation Prize

by chickening out on the (35, -79) geohash on 2012-11-24 because they were too shy to talk their way onto private property.

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+On a private field in Liberty, NC.
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+== Expedition ==
+I was on a road trip from the [[Raleigh,_North_Carolina|Raleigh]] area to my home in [[Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina|Winston-Salem]]. On a whim, I opened the Geohashing app, and discovered that I was, at that moment, 4 miles away from the hashpoint in the [[Chapel_Hill,_North_Carolina|Chapel Hill]] graticule. I had two birds in the car with me, it had been a long day, and it looked like the hashpoint was on private property, but I couldn't pass that up.
-== Plans ==
+Unfortunately, when I arrived, the hashpoint was indeed in the middle of someone's field, and the access point was their driveway. I'm a shy hasher and not up for the "Hi, I'm From The Internet" speech... not to mention while I was traveling with pets in the car.
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+Hashpoint failed! But it was a scenic ten-minute detour from my route home.
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+Image:2012-11-24_35_-79a.png | Me, sitting in my car, in the driveway, less than 400 feet from the hashpoint. SOCLOSE.
+Image:2012-11-24_35_-79b.jpg | Somewhere in this (blurry) field was the hashpoint.
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+{{No trespassing
+| latitude = 35
+| longitude = -79
+| date = 2012-11-24
+| name = Birdray
+| image = 2012-11-24_35_-79b.jpg
+| distance = 388 ft
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+{{Prize poultry
+| latitude = 35
+| longitude = -79
+| date = 2012-11-24
+| name = Birdray
+| reason = they were too shy to talk their way onto private property
+| image = 2012-11-24_35_-79b.jpg
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