Difference between revisions of "2023-10-14 41 -117"

Latest revision as of 21:08, 24 May 2024

Location

In sagebrush off Nevada 293, west of Orovado.

Participants

Expedition

I hadn't thought too hard about what to do after the eclipse, so after 2023-10-14 40 -116 I stopped in Winnemucca to plan the rest of the day. The little shop I randomly picked out turned out to be a new-agey tea and smoothie joint -- no coffee! -- with a lot of "natural healing" rhetoric going on; given Winnemucca's bikers-'n'-casinos reputation, I was pretty darn charmed.

Refreshed by my naturally-healing tea and smoothy, and having refueled and found coffee at a truckstop 20 miles north of town, I proceeded to tiny Orovada, continued 7 miles west, and took another short hike in sagebrush to the hashpoint. More great scenery, and another graticule pioneered for geohashing!

I trusted the Nevada State Highway Map, fool that I am, that the gravel road would be a short cut back south to Nevada 140, but it got smaller and smaller and then effectively dead-ended in a rancher's front yard. Something resembling a road continued south, but even with the Expedition Vehicle, it wasn't a road I was willing to travel. So, there was a lot of backtracking. But then, I was geohashing! Backtracking is kind of baked into the enterprise.

Photos

The vehicle at the jump-off point
Me, having jumped off and hiked in
View to the east
View to the west
The hashpoint sage plant
The location at a broad scale
The location at a narrow scale

Achievements

Michael5000 earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (41, -117) graticule, here, on 2023-10-14.

Michael5000 achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in [[Jordan Valley, Oregon]] and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

Michael5000 achieved level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in [[Fields, Oregon]] and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

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 And DON'T FORGET to add your expedition and the best photo you took to the gallery on the Main Page! We'd love to read your report, but that means we first have to discover it! :)
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-| lon={{#explode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}| |2}}
+| lon=-117
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+| date=2023-10-14
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 == Location ==
-<!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be -->
+In sagebrush off Nevada 293, west of Orovado.
 == Participants ==
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+[[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]]
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-== Plans ==
+== Expedition ==
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+I hadn't thought too hard about what to do after the eclipse, so after [[2023-10-14 40 -116]] I stopped in Winnemucca to plan the rest of the day.  The little shop I randomly picked out turned out to be a new-agey tea and smoothie joint -- no coffee! -- with a lot of "natural healing" rhetoric going on; given Winnemucca's bikers-'n'-casinos reputation, I was pretty darn charmed.
-== Expedition ==
+Refreshed by my naturally-healing tea and smoothy, and having refueled and found coffee at a truckstop 20 miles north of town, I proceeded to tiny Orovada, continued 7 miles west, and took another short hike in sagebrush to the hashpoint.  More great scenery, and another graticule pioneered for geohashing!
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
-== Tracklog ==
+I trusted the Nevada State Highway Map, fool that I am, that the gravel road would be a short cut back south to Nevada 140, but it got smaller and smaller and then effectively dead-ended in a rancher's front yard.  Something resembling a road continued south, but even with the Expedition Vehicle, it wasn't a road I was willing to travel.  So, there was a lot of backtracking.  But then, I was geohashing!  Backtracking is kind of baked into the enterprise.
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may use Template:Tracklog, post a link here, or both -->
 == Photos ==
-<!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
-Image:2020-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
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 <gallery perrow="5">
+File:2023-10-14 41 -117 a.jpg|The vehicle at the jump-off point
+File:2023-10-14 41 -117 b.jpg|Me, having jumped off and hiked in
+File:2023-10-14 41 -117 c.jpg|View to the east
+File:2023-10-14 41 -117 d.jpg|View to the west
+File:2023-10-14 41 -117 e.jpg|The hashpoint sage plant
+File:2023-10-14 41 -117 f.jpg|The location at a broad scale
+File:2023-10-14 41 -117 g.jpg|The location at a narrow scale
 </gallery>
 == Achievements ==
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-<!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{Graticule unlocked
+    | latitude = 41
+    | longitude = -117
+    | date = 2023-10-14
+    | name = Michael5000
+}}
+{{Minesweeper geohash
+| graticule = [[Jordan Valley, Oregon]]
+| ranknumber = 5
+| n = true
+| ne = true if graticule to the northeast has been hashed (optional)
+| s = true if graticule to the south has been hashed (optional)
+| nw = true if graticule to the northwest has been hashed (optional)
+| name = [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]]
+}}
+{{Minesweeper geohash
+| graticule = [[Fields, Oregon]]
+| ranknumber = 5
+| n = true
+| ne = true if graticule to the northeast has been hashed (optional)
+| se = true if graticule to the southeast has been hashed (optional)
+| nw = true if graticule to the northwest has been hashed (optional)
+| name = [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]]
+}}
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