Difference between revisions of "2012-08-27 33 -117"

Latest revision as of 05:49, 13 August 2019

Location

In the Elfin Forest Recreational Reserve

Participants

Plans

Intended driving route at [1]. Note the troniness of the path.

Expedition

This turned out to be a general failure. First, I missed the turnoff to a parking lot, requiring a backtrack and the loss of the Tron achievement, and then once the walking segment of the expedition began, I discovered that the Elfin Forest is much less bushwhackable than anticipated, preventing access to the hashpoint.

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