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We were headed northwest to visit friends on the lakeshore (that is, the Lake Michigan shore) overnight,
 
We were headed northwest to visit friends on the lakeshore (that is, the Lake Michigan shore) overnight,
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and today's hashpoint was in the southeast corner of a graticule that is (1) mostly water, (2) virgin, and (3) part of the set we need for a Minesweeper achievement.  It looked easily accessible, but on private land a good ways behind an associated house, so it
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and today's hashpoint was in the southeast corner of a graticule that is (1) more than half water, (2) virgin, and (3) part of the set we need for a Minesweeper achievement.  It looked easily accessible, but on private land a good ways behind an associated house, so it
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seemed likely we would need to ask permission.
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seemed likely we would need to ask permission. There was a white patch on the satmap that looked like a golf-course sand trap that I thought would be a small sandpit right next to the hashpoint.
  
 
We found the house without difficulty, set just a little back from the road. There was a flag flying.  We walked onto the
 
We found the house without difficulty, set just a little back from the road. There was a flag flying.  We walked onto the
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porch (past a No Solicitors) sign, and a small dog in the house started barking.  A lady opened the door before we knocked
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porch (past a No Solicitors sign), and a small dog in the house started barking.  A lady opened the door before we knocked
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and looked quizzically at us: 51-year-old man and 14-year-old, and it's not Girl Scout Cookie season.  I said we needed to ask her permission to walk through her backyard, and explained
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and looked quizzically at us: 51-year-old man and 14-year-old girl, and it's not Girl Scout Cookie season.  I said we wanted to ask her permission to walk through her backyard, and explained
 
that we were playing a game where we tried to get to particular spots on the earth, and today's spot for our region was
 
that we were playing a game where we tried to get to particular spots on the earth, and today's spot for our region was
 
at the back of her property near the sandpit.  We showed her the Google map and pointed out her house and driveway, and she
 
at the back of her property near the sandpit.  We showed her the Google map and pointed out her house and driveway, and she
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then pointed near the hashpoint and said "and there's the pond".  She somewhat reluctantly smiled and said "well, okay" and we thanked her and headed back there.  There was in fact a tiny pond just south of the sandpile, so we
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then pointed near the hashpoint and said "and there's the pond".  We chatted a little more and she somewhat reluctantly smiled and said "well, okay" and we thanked her and headed back there.  There was in fact a tiny pond, and we
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skirted around it and found the spot just near the sandpile.  Notice the compass picture.
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skirted around it and found the hashpoint just west of what turned out to be a sandpile.  Notice the compass picture showing that the south end of the sandpile is properly at 80 degrees from the hashpoint. In honor of [[User:Pastori|Pastori]] please note that it's a Finnish compass.
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I checked
 
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http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Michigan
 
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and it shows that the Holland graticule is virgin, and the graticule page shows no
 
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successful expeditions, so I'm claiming the Virgin Graticule achievement. If someone knows
 
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of an earlier documented successful expedition, please let me know and I'll retract the claim!
 
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This seemed unreasonably easy, given that it's five years since the game started and there's a  
 
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highly regarded college right here at the hashpoint, but I'm not looking this gift horse in the mouth.
 
  
 
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Image:2013-11-09 43 -86 1.jpg | Compass pointing toward end of sandpile(no batteries required.)
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Image:2013-11-09 43 -86 3.jpg | George showing compass pointing toward sandpile.
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Image:2013-11-09 43 -86 8.jpg | The pond.
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Image:2013-11-09 43 -86 4.jpg | Rebekah at hashpoint.
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Image:2013-11-09 43 -86 10.jpg | Stupid Grins.
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Image:2013-11-09 43 -86 12.jpg | Lake Michigan later that day, looking south from the mouth of the Pentwater harbor.
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Latest revision as of 05:18, 20 March 2024

2013-11-09 43 -86 3.jpg
Sat 9 Nov 2013 in 43,-86:
43.1787627, -86.0892742
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Location

rural property in Fruitport, MI, USA

Participants

Expedition

We were headed northwest to visit friends on the lakeshore (that is, the Lake Michigan shore) overnight, and today's hashpoint was in the southeast corner of a graticule that is (1) more than half water, (2) virgin, and (3) part of the set we need for a Minesweeper achievement. It looked easily accessible, but on private land a good ways behind an associated house, so it seemed likely we would need to ask permission. There was a white patch on the satmap that looked like a golf-course sand trap that I thought would be a small sandpit right next to the hashpoint.

We found the house without difficulty, set just a little back from the road. There was a flag flying. We walked onto the porch (past a No Solicitors sign), and a small dog in the house started barking. A lady opened the door before we knocked and looked quizzically at us: 51-year-old man and 14-year-old girl, and it's not Girl Scout Cookie season. I said we wanted to ask her permission to walk through her backyard, and explained that we were playing a game where we tried to get to particular spots on the earth, and today's spot for our region was at the back of her property near the sandpit. We showed her the Google map and pointed out her house and driveway, and she then pointed near the hashpoint and said "and there's the pond". We chatted a little more and she somewhat reluctantly smiled and said "well, okay" and we thanked her and headed back there. There was in fact a tiny pond, and we skirted around it and found the hashpoint just west of what turned out to be a sandpile. Notice the compass picture showing that the south end of the sandpile is properly at 80 degrees from the hashpoint. In honor of Pastori please note that it's a Finnish compass.

Photos

  • Compass pointing toward end of sandpile(no batteries required.)

  • George showing compass pointing toward sandpile.

  • The pond.

  • Rebekah at hashpoint.

  • Stupid Grins.

  • Lake Michigan later that day, looking south from the mouth of the Pentwater harbor.

Achievements

Gift.PNG
 George and Rebekah earned the Ambassador achievement
by obtaining permission from the Lady of the House to access the (43, -86) geohash on 2013-11-09.
Landgeohash.png
 George and Rebekah earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (43, -86) geohash on 2013-11-09.
Compass.jpg
 George and Rebekah earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (43, -86) geohash on 2013-11-09.
Graticule unlocked.png
 George and Rebekah earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (43, -86) graticule, here, on 2013-11-09.
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