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And DON'T FORGET to add your expedition and the best photo you took to the gallery on the Main Page! We'd love to read your report, but that means we first have to discover it! :) | And DON'T FORGET to add your expedition and the best photo you took to the gallery on the Main Page! We'd love to read your report, but that means we first have to discover it! :) | ||
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* [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] - Expedition 160 | * [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] - Expedition 160 | ||
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| + | === Expedition 5000 === | ||
This hashpoint was just off a reasonable alternative of my regular Wednesday commute, and so was a bit of a no-brainer. I parked down the block on the way home from work, and walked around the area for a bit, taking a few pictures. | This hashpoint was just off a reasonable alternative of my regular Wednesday commute, and so was a bit of a no-brainer. I parked down the block on the way home from work, and walked around the area for a bit, taking a few pictures. | ||
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As I was heading back to the truck, I encountered every urban geohasher's worst nightmare: an aggressive, charging, off-leash dog. Fortunately, it was only about the size of a large burrito. | As I was heading back to the truck, I encountered every urban geohasher's worst nightmare: an aggressive, charging, off-leash dog. Fortunately, it was only about the size of a large burrito. | ||
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| + | === Expedition zero === | ||
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| + | Zero pretty much summed up this expedition. Jim thought he had printed out a Google map before heading for home. | ||
| + | Upon sitting down on the train, he went to program the GPS, and discovered a) it | ||
| + | had been left at work, and b) the new Google maps produces completely useless printouts. | ||
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| + | But at least I had directions - they weren't useless. | ||
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| + | So, sans GPS, which is a first for me, I drove to the hashpoint, remembering it was close to the road. I made it to 87th and | ||
| + | looked for a familiar driveway, but it was dark and nothing looked right. | ||
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| + | I'll have to come back later with the GPS and see exactly if I was close enough. | ||
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| + | On Thursday I had my GPS and was coming through the area, so I looked for the hashpoint and found that I was too far away, so | ||
| + | I'd say not reached. Though I think if I had walked up the driveway to go to the front door to ask permission, I would | ||
| + | have passed close enough. | ||
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| + | * No Trespassing | ||
| + | * Blinded by science? | ||
None, really. | None, really. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:59, 16 March 2022
| Wed 26 Mar 2014 in 45,-122: 45.4960466, -122.7664705 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
In a driveway of a private home on SE 87th Avenue, near Canyon Road, in SW Portland.
Participants
- Michael5000 - Expedition 160
- Jim
Expedition
Expedition 5000
This hashpoint was just off a reasonable alternative of my regular Wednesday commute, and so was a bit of a no-brainer. I parked down the block on the way home from work, and walked around the area for a bit, taking a few pictures.
I am claiming this as a successful expedition under what I consider a common-sense rule: if the hashpoint falls on someone's house or yard in a residential neighborhood, then I am "there" if I can see the hashpoint location from a street, sidewalk, or alley. Posterity and the wiki system may decide otherwise.
As I was heading back to the truck, I encountered every urban geohasher's worst nightmare: an aggressive, charging, off-leash dog. Fortunately, it was only about the size of a large burrito.
Expedition zero
Zero pretty much summed up this expedition. Jim thought he had printed out a Google map before heading for home. Upon sitting down on the train, he went to program the GPS, and discovered a) it had been left at work, and b) the new Google maps produces completely useless printouts.
But at least I had directions - they weren't useless.
So, sans GPS, which is a first for me, I drove to the hashpoint, remembering it was close to the road. I made it to 87th and looked for a familiar driveway, but it was dark and nothing looked right.
I'll have to come back later with the GPS and see exactly if I was close enough.
On Thursday I had my GPS and was coming through the area, so I looked for the hashpoint and found that I was too far away, so I'd say not reached. Though I think if I had walked up the driveway to go to the front door to ask permission, I would have passed close enough.
Photos
The hashpoint is directly behind my head.
The hashpoint is very near that bush.
The hashpoint is behind that fence, beyond the windshield, over the bear's right ear.
Sidewalks, Southwest Portland style!
Achievements
- No Trespassing
- Blinded by science?
None, really.
