Difference between revisions of "2013-12-01 42 -113"

Latest revision as of 05:17, 20 March 2024

Location

In the desert south of Malta

Participants

Eldin

Plans

The hash was close enough to my route coming home from visiting family that I wanted to try to stop on the way and get it.

Expedition

In order to pass near the hash, I took the old US-30 route instead of the Interstate from Snowville to Burley. About 3 miles from the hash I pulled off on a gravel road that led the right direction. This led to a dirt road, which led to a road that was nothing more than a couple of ruts. As I progressed the last 2 miles from the hash, the ruts became progressively less distinct and the vegetation growing between them taller. Eventually, I got as close as my car was going to get. I still had about 3700 ft (~0.75 miles) to go. So I pulled the car off the side of the track and set off walking. It was a fairly easy 1.5 mile walk to get to the hash from there. My wife elected to stay in the car, as it was a bit cold out. I got to the spot, took some photos, and walked back to the car. It took me about half an hour round trip to walk it.

Photos

Proof of reaching the spot.
Grin.
View to the south.
View to the east.
View to the north.
The hill northwest of the hash.

Achievements

Eldin earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (42, -113) geohash on 2013-12-01.

Eldin earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (42, -113) graticule, here, on 2013-12-01.

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Sun 1 Dec 2013 in 42,-113: 42.1642204, -113.3904929 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox