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== Location ==
 
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After [[2023-12-27 39 -109]], we continued west across the boring part of I-70, and then across the spectacular part of I-70, and then through the Eagle Canyon on the Moore Cutoff Road to catch Utah Highway 10.  That got us to Ferron, and we parked the expedition vehicle about 1000 meters from the hashpoint.
 
After [[2023-12-27 39 -109]], we continued west across the boring part of I-70, and then across the spectacular part of I-70, and then through the Eagle Canyon on the Moore Cutoff Road to catch Utah Highway 10.  That got us to Ferron, and we parked the expedition vehicle about 1000 meters from the hashpoint.
  
A dirt track seemed pretty promising at first, then seemed to be dead-ending, then swooped around some fences and broke back towards the hashpoint.  At about 500 meters out, we skirted around the cold, shady north end of an enormous monument rock, and after that it looked like there were no more obstacles between us and the hashpoint.  We marched confidently along, until rather suddenly we came up over a modest rise, and the ground disappeared a few meters beneath us.  We were on top of a sheer cliff!  Although the hashpoint was clearly visible below us, it might as well have been on the moon for us to be able to get to it.   
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A dirt track seemed pretty promising at first, then seemed to be dead-ending, then swooped around some fences and broke back towards the hashpoint.  At about 500 meters out, we skirted around the cold, shady north end of an enormous monument rock, and after that it looked like there were no more obstacles between us and the hashpoint.  We marched confidently along, until rather suddenly we came up over a modest rise, and the ground disappeared a few meters beneath us.  The pictures don't really do it justice, but wow: we were on top of a sheer drop of impressive proportions!  Although the hashpoint was clearly visible below us, it might as well have been on the moon for as much as we would be able to get to it.   
  
Further exploration confirmed that there was no remotely safe way down the cliff, and since we already knew that the other approaches to the hashpoint were blocked by private land, we declared the expedition a memorable failure.  We went and consoled ourselves by checking out [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree)|a candidate for the world's largest organism].
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Further exploration confirmed that there was no remotely safe way down the cliff, and since we already knew that the other approaches to the hashpoint were blocked by private land, we declared the expedition a memorable failure.  We went and consoled ourselves by checking out [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_(tree) a candidate for the world's largest organism].
  
 
== Photos ==  
 
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File:2023-12-27 39 -111 a.jpg|Stashing the vehicle.
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File:2023-12-27 39 -111 b.jpg|Checking out the local landscape.
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File:2023-12-27 39 -111 c.jpg|Once we get around this monument, the way should be...
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File:2023-12-27 39 -111 d.jpg|Oh. There's the hashpoint.  Down there.
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File:2023-12-27 39 -111 e.jpg|The sheer cliffs that we did not descend.
 
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*Michael5000, who lives nearly a thousand miles from [[Nephi, Utah|the Nephi graticule]], has somehow ended up on two expeditions there within three months.  Both unsuccessful!
  
 
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Location

A few miles west of Ferron.

Participants

Expedition

After 2023-12-27 39 -109, we continued west across the boring part of I-70, and then across the spectacular part of I-70, and then through the Eagle Canyon on the Moore Cutoff Road to catch Utah Highway 10. That got us to Ferron, and we parked the expedition vehicle about 1000 meters from the hashpoint.

A dirt track seemed pretty promising at first, then seemed to be dead-ending, then swooped around some fences and broke back towards the hashpoint. At about 500 meters out, we skirted around the cold, shady north end of an enormous monument rock, and after that it looked like there were no more obstacles between us and the hashpoint. We marched confidently along, until rather suddenly we came up over a modest rise, and the ground disappeared a few meters beneath us. The pictures don't really do it justice, but wow: we were on top of a sheer drop of impressive proportions! Although the hashpoint was clearly visible below us, it might as well have been on the moon for as much as we would be able to get to it.

Further exploration confirmed that there was no remotely safe way down the cliff, and since we already knew that the other approaches to the hashpoint were blocked by private land, we declared the expedition a memorable failure. We went and consoled ourselves by checking out a candidate for the world's largest organism.

Photos

Achievements

  • Michael5000, who lives nearly a thousand miles from the Nephi graticule, has somehow ended up on two expeditions there within three months. Both unsuccessful!