2008-06-01 37 -121

Sun 1 Jun 2008 in 37,-121: 37.3491079, -121.9162389 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Planning details

Note: This was originally posted in the SF graticule

Logistics

• Google Maps link
• Nice, convenient location that just happens to be completely impractical: Highway 880 exit to Coleman Ave, in the dirt next to the off-ramp.
  • Easy access by foot, suggest parking on nearby Spring Street.
    • The entire length of Spring Street is marked "No Stopping Any Time". I suggest parking in the dirt lot at Hedding and Walnut (about 100 feet down Hedding from the intersection of Hedding and Coleman) --Tapin 18:04, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
      • Umm, I'm confused by these instructions. It doesn't look like Walnut intersects with Hedding at all, and it seems a bit out of the way. Maybe someone could provide a link to the spot you mean? --Mystitat
        • Sorry, yes, Google Maps doesn't seem to list the road, but it's definitely there and marked. Walnut continues to the southeast of the very center of this picture; the dirt lot I referenced is to the northwest of Hedding at that spot. You can see the points where the road is supposed to go in that map, but it's an old picture. --Tapin 19:27, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
• Now taking suggestions for local establishments at which to meet -- Google Earth suggests there's a Quizno's just past Hedding on the southwest side of Coleman?
• I suggest that we meet at the actual spot as best we can (NOTE: do not cross the freeway illegally!) at 4:00pm, get a few pictures, discuss actual "sit down meet-up" locations and leave by 4:15. In addition, I will bring the makings of a small, make-shift marker for this most infamous of meetups, hopefully to be buried under layers of concrete and discovered eons hence by future archeologists...  :)
  • The actual spot is mildly difficult, not to mention marked "No pedestrians" (which I, uh, noticed on the way back). However, there's a huge empty dirt field directly east of the spot that's extremely easily accessible. --Tapin 18:04, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Intended attendees

• I'll certainly be there. Zigdon 20:02, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
• I'll be there, possibly with one or two others. Closest places I can think of are a cheap sandwich shop and a Mexican restaurant at the corner of Elm and Emory, just a few blocks away, but I've never eaten there. There are also several good restaurants (Pasta Pomodoro, Roxie's New York Pizza, Tee Nee Thai), all located a short distance away on the Alameda at Race Street. Archchancellor 21:25, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
• I'll try my darndest to be there. Mystitat
• I'll be there... not sure how many kids I'll bring. Mmmmm. Pizza. FunkyTuba 06:54, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
• Ted and Vicki will try to be there.
• I'll try to be there --Tapin 19:47, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Execution/aftermath

• Joe scouted the spot at about 10am
• foobert: I had prior commitments at the designated time. But, on my way there, I drove the northbound on-ramp at 2:50PM. There were 2 hashers sitting against the barrier under the sign. I honked repeatedly, they jumped up and waived energetically. Even at 30 mph, I felt the bond. Blue Jetta wagon ring a bell for anyone?
• Ted Made it to the spot @4pm[-ish] with others. Vicki hung out on the other side of the "Absolutely no pedestrians, for any reason, ever; this means you" sign.

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  Joe made it at 10am

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  ...and here's the GPS proof

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  Claire and Pete got pretty close, but weren't allowed to risk life and limb to get to the exact point.

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  Quiznohashing

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  Gang of 4 that made it at 4pm[-ish]. Someone's got a GPS-shot...

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  The view of the site from an area outside of the "no pedestrian" zone, while geohashers braver than I mark out the exact spot.

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  Bicyclists showed up in full force (for values of force == 2).