Difference between revisions of "2012-12-12 43 -88"

Latest revision as of 05:26, 6 August 2019

Location

On the side of Hogsback Road in Hubertus, WI

Participants

RocketMac

Plans

I had to run an errand at lunchtime, so why not take a small (1 hour) detour to get a geohash and geocache on 12/12/12.

Expedition

As a reflex I checked the coordinates and found that it was reachable (like really, really, really, easily reachable) in one of my four graticules. How could I pass up a geohash on 2012-12-12. I used the excuse of needing to pick up a computer from repair to leave the office during daylight hours and high-tailed it to the hashpoint.

Going into the next year, I'm also trying to make sure I find at least one geocache in each day of the year. If I find no caches between now and the end of the year I'll have 119 days I have to find caches. Today was the first day in December I still had open, so I decided to make a find as well.

The hashpoint was a simple park and photo. Although it was a narrow road with no shoulder and a nearly straight drop on the side. I took some shots and off to the geocache.

There were a couple of closer caches, but I like puzzle caches, so I chose this one that required finding specific digits of Pi to get the true coordinates.

After that it was time to actually run my work errand and get back to work.

Tracklog

My GPS tracklog is available in GPX and KMZ formats.

Photos

Stupid Grin
Nice view
Nice view
Nice view
Good thing I don't have to go too far
GPS Reading
GPS Reading

Achievements

RocketMac earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (43, -88) geohash on 2012-12-12.

RocketMac has visited an Easy Geohash

by reaching the (43, -88) geohash on 2012-12-12 without really trying.

RocketMac earned the Hash collision honorable mention

by discovering the geocache GC1AQ5V a fair distance from the (43, -88) geohash on 2012-12-12.

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 == Location ==
-On the side of the Hogsback Road in Hubertus, WI
+On the side of Hogsback Road in Hubertus, WI
 == Participants ==
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 == Expedition ==
+As a reflex I checked the coordinates and found that it was reachable (like really, really, really, easily reachable) in one of my four graticules. How could I pass up a geohash on 2012-12-12. I used the excuse of needing to pick up a computer from repair to leave the office during daylight hours and high-tailed it to the hashpoint.
+Going into the next year, I'm also trying to make sure I find at least one geocache in each day of the year. If I find no caches between now and the end of the year I'll have 119 days I have to find caches. Today was the first day in December I still had open, so I decided to make a find as well.
+The hashpoint was a simple park and photo. Although it was a narrow road with no shoulder and a nearly straight drop on the side. I took some shots and off to the geocache.
+There were a couple of closer caches, but I like puzzle caches, so I chose [http://coord.info/GC1AQ5V this one] that required finding specific digits of Pi to get the true coordinates.
+After that it was time to actually run my work errand and get back to work.
 == Tracklog ==
-My GPS tracklog is available in [http://coldshadow.com/geohashing/YYYY-MM-DD.gpx GPX] and [http://coldshadow.com/geohashing/YYYY-MM-DD.kmz KMZ] formats.
+My GPS tracklog is available in [http://coldshadow.com/geohashing/2012-12-12.gpx GPX] and [http://coldshadow.com/geohashing/2012-12-12.kmz KMZ] formats.
 == Photos ==
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 <gallery perrow="5">
+Image:RocketMac 2012-12-12 07.jpg | Stupid Grin
 Image:RocketMac 2012-12-12 01.jpg | Nice view
 Image:RocketMac 2012-12-12 02.jpg | Nice view
 Image:RocketMac 2012-12-12 03.jpg | Nice view
-Image:RocketMac 2012-12-12 04.jpg | Nice view?
+Image:RocketMac 2012-12-12 04.jpg | Good thing I don't have to go too far
 Image:RocketMac 2012-12-12 05.jpg | GPS Reading
 Image:RocketMac 2012-12-12 06.jpg | GPS Reading
-Image:RocketMac 2012-12-12 07.jpg | Stupid Grin
-Image:RocketMac 2012-12-12 08.jpg | Stupid Grin
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
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+{{land geohash
+| latitude = 43
+| longitude = -88
+| date = 2012-12-12
+| name = RocketMac
+| image =
+}}
+{{Easy_geohash
+| latitude = 43
+| longitude = -88
+| date = 2012-12-12
+| name = RocketMac
+| image =
+}}
+{{Hash collision
+| latitude = 43
+| longitude = -88
+| date = 2012-12-12
+| name = RocketMac
+| id = GC1AQ5V
+| link = http://coord.info/GC1AQ5V
+| distance = a fair distance
+| image =
+| honor = honorable mention
+}}
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