Difference between revisions of "2016-07-11 37 -122"

Revision as of 04:29, 12 July 2016

Location

Outside a hotel in East Palo Alto.

Participants

Erik and his roommate, Greg.

Plans

To leave Stanford around 7pm; shouldn't take an hour to get there by bicycle. Take the usual photos etc, and maybe swing by Ikea afterward.

Expedition

As planned, we left Stanford at about 19:15. The ride over was very straightforward, and definitely one of the easier geohashes I've undertaken. We rode straight down University Ave., enjoying the feeling of biking past stopped traffic. We found the hashpoint without a hitch, just outside a Four Seasons hotel in East Palo Alto. Google Maps/the phone GPS were acting up a bit as far as determining our exact location, but by visual survey of satellite images of the hashpoint, we could see we were at the exact location, which was on the sidewalk on the corner across the street from the hotel. We took the usual photos (though not as many as I'd like since my phone died) then biked back. We stopped on University on the way back for some ice cream to wrap up an enjoyable and unusually smooth expedition; I looked for postcards to complete a certain achievement, and found some at the CVS, but realized I didn't have meta-alt's current address and so did not purchase any. Anyway, we bike home uneventfully, bringing an end to a quick but very nice outing.

Photos

Proof! The GPS says we're not quite at the spot, but you can see the corner in the photos
More proof
Success!
Hotel across the street, graced with the addition of Erik's finger
The Geohash Corner
Greg and the wall, at his debut geohash

Achievements

Erik and Greg earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (37, -122) geohash on 2016-07-11.

Erik and Greg earned the Bicycle geohash achievement

by cycling to and from the (37, -122) geohash on 2016-07-11.

Erik earned the Drag-along achievement

by dragging Greg to the (37, -122) geohash on 2016-07-11.

Erik and Greg earned the Pi Geohash

by reaching a hash point located 3.14 miles away from their home. (37, -122) geohash on 2016-07-11.

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