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=== Expeditions ===
 
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* [[2008-06-14 55 13|2008-06-14 Malmö, Sweden]] - The point is reachable, but in someones backyard, outside Västra Karaby. [[user:HannesL|HannesL]] and probably som friends will try to go there. [http://kartor.eniro.se/query?&what=map_adr&mop=aq&searchInMap=1&mapstate=7;13.0388868587671;55.806746324522;a Aerial view]
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* [[2008-06-14 36 -120|2008-06-14 Madera, California]]: In a vineyard west of Biola. [[user:Meggers|Meggers]] and John Boy reached it successfully, but didn't linger because it was way too hot out.
* [[2008-06-14 38, -77|2008-06-14 Washington, DC]]: The location is a riverside park in Old Town(e) Alexandria.  Very convenient.  At least 2 plan on being there.
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* [[2008-06-14 -35 149|2008-06-14 Canberra, Australia]]: We travelled to the friday hashpoint by concensus, and made discoveries of violence and beetles.
* [[2008-06-14 34 -118|2008-06-14 Los Angeles, CA]]: The location is in what appears to be a dried up lakebed. [[user:ArtinLA|ArtinLA]] absolutely plans on being there.
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* [[2008-06-14 -27 153|2008-06-14 Brisbane, Australia]]: An east Brisbane Geohash on land for a change. Unfortunately this land turned out to be private property.
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* [[2008-06-14 55 13|2008-06-14 Malmö, Sweden]] - [[user:HannesL|HannesL]] and shoot gun mate Per reached the point (almost). It was out in a field behind someones backyard in Västra Karaby. [http://kartor.eniro.se/query?&what=map_adr&mop=aq&searchInMap=1&mapstate=7;13.0388868587671;55.806746324522;a Aerial view]
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* [[2008-06-14 38 -77|2008-06-14 Washington, DC]]: The location was a riverside park in Old Town(e) Alexandria.  Very convenient.  Over a dozen attendees.
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* [[2008-06-14 34 -118|2008-06-14 Los Angeles, CA]]: The location is in what appears to be a dried up lakebed. [[user:ArtInLA|ArtInLA]] absolutely plans on being there.
 
* [[2008-06-14 33 -118|2008-06-14 Long Beach, CA]]: The location looks to be in a business park adjacent to Los Alamitos race track in Cypress.  First geohash in this graticule is expected.
 
* [[2008-06-14 33 -118|2008-06-14 Long Beach, CA]]: The location looks to be in a business park adjacent to Los Alamitos race track in Cypress.  First geohash in this graticule is expected.
* [[2008-06-14 37, -122|2008-06-14 San Francisco, CA]]: The location is off of Bollinger Canyon Road, really close to the GCM2X5 geocache. [[user:Jakobo|Jakobo]] will be going there for sure w/ 1 other.
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* [[2008-06-14 37 -122|2008-06-14 San Francisco, CA]]: The location is off of Bollinger Canyon Road, really close to the GCM2X5 geocache. [[user:Jakobo|Jakobo]] will be going there for sure w/ 1 other.
* [[2008-06-14 41 -88|2008-06-14 Aurora, IL]]: The location is near Downers Grove, close to a gas station.  [[user:Paradox7|Paradox7]] will be there.  [[user:YellowYoshi|YellowYoshi]] and a friend will also be there.
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* [[2008-06-14 41 -88|2008-06-14 Aurora, IL]]: The location is near Downers Grove, close to a gas station.  A big group of Geohashers made it to the point!
* [[2008-06-14 40, -89|2008-06-14 Peoria, IL]]: The location is in a cornfield near US-39. [[user:blackbird|blackbird]] and co will be there.
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* [[2008-06-14 40 -89|2008-06-14 Peoria, IL]]: The location is in a cornfield near US-39. [[user:blackbird|blackbird]] and co will be there.
 
* [[2008-06-14 39 -119|2008-06-14 Reno, NV]]: The location is on a relatively flat portion of desert approximately 19 miles northeast of Fernley, and 2 miles north of Interstate 80.  [[user:Paveman|Paveman]] and [[user:Moose_Hole|Moose Hole]] are tentatively scheduled to appear.
 
* [[2008-06-14 39 -119|2008-06-14 Reno, NV]]: The location is on a relatively flat portion of desert approximately 19 miles northeast of Fernley, and 2 miles north of Interstate 80.  [[user:Paveman|Paveman]] and [[user:Moose_Hole|Moose Hole]] are tentatively scheduled to appear.
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* [[2008-06-14 39 -86|2008-06-14 Indianapolis, IN]]: In the RCA plant's private truck lot.  [[user:brettdaniel | Brett]] and [[user:Tim|Tim]] will try to make it to the small field at [http://maps.google.com/?q=loc:39.80772834,-86.03692889 39.80772834,-86.03692889] instead.
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* [[2008-06-14 37 -77|2008-06-14 Richmond, VA]]: Alternate location is [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=37.53014861,-77.45464325&z=12&q=loc:37.53014861,-77.45464325 Belle Island] downtown.  [http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/06/14/trebuchets-geohashes-and-richmond-va/ The Blag] says Randall is planning to be there.
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*[[2008-06-14 39 -83|2008-06-14 Wilmington, OH]]: The location was in a vacant lot next to a housing development in a rural area south of Grove City.  Two of us eventually made it there.
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*[[2008-06-14 39 -105|2008-06-14 Denver, CO]]: Landed on a reservoir in the middle of Denver.  Four made it.
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*[http://geohashing.blogspot.com/2008/06/two-graticules.html 2008-06-14 Shreveport, LA]: [[User:Robyn|Robyn]]  attempted the first aerial geohash in actual IMC, but broke out into VMC two minutes before the hashpoint.
  
 
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Coordinates

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Expeditions and Plans

2008-06-14
Brisbane, Australia TMBomber Shiny new GPS in tow, TMBomber went looking for the Saturday Geohash. Unfor...
Mannum, Australia Nathan, BobTheFish This Saturday's geohash for the Mannum Graticule was S34°48.4047', E139°2.3...
Melbourne East, Australia John, Matt On a concrete driveway on a suburban street in Kew
Tallahassee, Florida James H Somewhere
San Diego, California Craig, Curley I went, but I was a bit late, so we just walked up the mtn. Try try again ...
Shreveport, Louisiana Robyn Robyn attempted to achieve aerial geohash in IMC, but the clouds went away ...
Long Beach, California Bill The small bit of "paradise" represented by this geohash location (in a park...
Los Angeles, California Art Somewhere
Madera, California Meggers Geohash was in the middle of a vineyard...a vineyard that was the temperatu...
San Jose, California Someone went In a private field East of Manteca, near a cattle farm, so it's likely to b...
San Francisco, California Darcy, Youhas, Ruth, Bryan, Dave, Zigdon, Jakobo, Patrick, Ruth's brother, Joe, Katy, Andrew, Mike, Alex (Put here for easy visibility: can people who took photos either put them u...
Richmond, Virginia Peter, Randall From the "Upcoming Geohashing Proposals" section of the Richmond Page: T...
Sacramento, California Someone went Somewhere
Washington (West), District of Columbia Cerulean, Ciel, jmacdonagh, Alex H., EpeeGnome, Katie, Chris, Scott L., Clint H., Kelly S., made it there at 4pm. Brought Afternoon weather calls for rain/thundershowers. Bring an umbrella/poncho/...
Denver West, Colorado Mike, Michael, Joel, Arne The Locatio...
Reno, Nevada Paveman, Moose Hole near a geothermal power plant, so there are nearby hot springs and other si...
Wilmington, Ohio Chris The Wilmington, Ohio geohash location for June 14, 2008 was in a vacant lot next to a housi...
Cincinnati, Ohio Nick, m5rammy, Quisling, lisa This meetup location is located in the Cincinnati, Ohio graticule on 2008-06-14 in a parking lot near...
Indianapolis, Indiana Brett In the RCA plant's private truck lot. Brett suggested the small field at 39.80772834,-86.03692889...
Tooele, Utah Robyn Attempted by Robyn. Failure documented here.
Peoria, Illinois Blackbird appears to be in a field about 30 miles north of Bloomington-Normal.
Park Valley, Utah User:Thadeausmaximus This is a Geohash I decided to go to because I was in the area. This Geoha...
Aurora, Illinois YellowYoshi, Paradox7, and more Most of us cheated to get to this point, since the majority of us are from ...
Boston, Massachusetts Pinecone 42.806746N, 71.038887W This geohash is located in the Boston, Massachusetts graticule near Have...
Detroit, Michigan Someone went Somewhere
Minneapolis SW, Minnesota Mark, Scott, digory The actual point was in a ditch with many, many weeds. It was pretty easy t...
Southampton, United Kingdom Steve Somewhere
Bonn, Germany Kliment Kliment was here an hour late. Fun spot, very close to the river. The spot ...
London East, United Kingdom sh515, mjf60, ws277, jrp55 Despite having to walk through miles of scenic Hertfordshire countryside to...
Malmö, Sweden HannesL Aerial view here.
Västervik, Sweden Effbot For this tour, we picked a new graticule, (57, 16), which brought us to a t...



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