Difference between revisions of "2011-10-01 45 -122"

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Location

Suburban East Vancouver.

Participants

Michael5000

Plans

Plans Five Thousand

I have my eye on this one as a probably accessible, probably fairly dull suburban Vancouver touch-and-go. It will be interesting to see if the imagery is out-of-date; this field could easily be a construction zone or a housing development by now. If I do it, it will likely be mid-day, probably an hour either side of 1 p.m. Michael5000 13:45, 30 September 2011 (EDT)

Plans 2

My thoughts exactly. I thought this would be my chance to finally meet Mr.5000, & then realized the grandchildren are coming out. If the plan changes then you'll see me.kydlt

Plans 3

I'm intrigued by this one, but more by possibly meeting someone I haven't met before! I'll try to swing by amid my errands. I'll also aim at one-ish, but I've got a fair trek to get there. I'll poke APR as well. Jiml 13:23, 1 October 2011 (EDT)

Expedition

Michael5000

I left my truck at work yesterday, so the expedition started with a long run to retrieve the Geohashing Expedition Vehicle. This was successful. From there, it was the commonplace drive over the Glen Jackson Bridge into East Vancouver. The hashpoint is in a still-vacant field, although quite close to the backyards of a row of townhouses. This made things pretty conspicuous, so I didn't put up any towering monuments at the hashpoint, just took a few pictures and headed home.

Kydlt

I don't think I'll get to 45 -122 today. I was real close to 45, -121, but more about that later.

Jim

I started out for the hashpoint from the market, but shortly after I started out, the batteries in the GPS died. No problem: I've got others in the camera case. Except they were also pretty much dead. (I guess my batteries are getting old; I'll need to check them more often.)

Doing this as a "No Batteries" wasn't going to work, so I took this as a sign that this expedition wasn't going to happen for me. I headed off to my next errand, chalking this up as a failure of technology.

Photos

The hashpoint is over yonder.
I got there!
More than usually dorky grin.

Achievements

Land Geohash

One more in the bag for the Portland graticule. JUST TRY TO CATCH US, SHEFFIELD!

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 == Location ==
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+Suburban East Vancouver.
 == Participants ==
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+* [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]]
 == Plans ==
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+=== Plans Five Thousand ===
+I have my eye on this one as a probably accessible, probably fairly dull suburban Vancouver touch-and-go.  It will be interesting to see if the imagery is out-of-date; this field could easily be a construction zone or a housing development by now.  If I do it, it will likely be mid-day, probably an hour either side of 1 p.m.  [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] 13:45, 30 September 2011 (EDT)
+=== Plans 2 ===
+My thoughts exactly.  I thought this would be my chance to finally meet Mr.5000, & then realized the grandchildren are coming out. If the plan changes then you'll see me.[[User:kydlt|kydlt]]
+=== Plans 3 ===
+I'm intrigued by this one, but more by possibly meeting someone I haven't met before!   I'll try to swing
+by amid my errands.   I'll also aim at one-ish, but I've got a fair trek to get there.   I'll poke APR as well.   [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 13:23, 1 October 2011 (EDT)
 == Expedition ==
-<!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
-== Tracklog ==
+===Michael5000===
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+I left my truck at work yesterday, so the expedition started with a long run to retrieve the Geohashing Expedition Vehicle.  This was successful.  From there, it was the commonplace drive over the Glen Jackson Bridge into East Vancouver.  The hashpoint is in a still-vacant field, although quite close to the backyards of a row of townhouses.  This made things pretty conspicuous, so I didn't put up any towering monuments at the hashpoint, just took a few pictures and headed home.
+===Kydlt===
+I don't think I'll get to 45 -122 today.  I was real close to 45, -121, but more about that later.
+=== Jim ===
+I started out for the hashpoint from the market, but shortly after I started out, the batteries
+in the GPS died.   No problem: I've got others in the camera case.   Except they were also
+pretty much dead.  (I guess my batteries are getting old;  I'll need to check them more often.)
+Doing this as a "No Batteries" wasn't going to work, so I took this as a sign that this
+expedition wasn't going to happen for me.  I headed off to my next errand, chalking this up as
+a failure of technology.
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+File:2011-10-01 45 -122.JPG|The hashpoint is over yonder.
+File:2011-10-01 45 -122 (2).JPG|I got there!
+File:2011-10-01 45 -122 (3).JPG|More than usually dorky grin.
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 == Achievements ==
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+* Land Geohash
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+One more in the bag for the Portland graticule.  JUST TRY TO CATCH US, SHEFFIELD!
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