Difference between revisions of "2014-08-20 43 -79"

Latest revision as of 01:05, 15 August 2019

Location

By the road in front of the Lewiston Porter Middle/High Schools (in the US).

Participants

Plans

Pedalpusher is going to try to make this hash after work. The Toronto Hash actually landed on the US side in the TINY sliver that is a part of the Toronto Graticule. It's probably the best/closest opportunity I'll get to pick up the NW graticule for my Minesweeper Ribbon.

Expedition

The drive up was pretty uneventful and went by quickly. It was nice though because I drove by an old fishing spot my father used to take me. As I was approaching the schools where the hash was right around 18:30, I figured I would see if the parking lots were empty and pull in or just park on the road. As I got closer, I saw there were still a number of cars in the lot so I kept my eye on the GPS to pull over on the shoulder in the right spot. Right when my GPS beeped to let me know I was really close, I saw the small police station in front of the school and started to worry a little, which made me overshoot the hash by 500 feet. Fortunately, the hash was about that far or maybe farther from the station so I figured I could run up by the trees to the hash, get my pictures and leave without disturbing anyone. Being so close to a school, I really didn't want a police achievement today. Pictures taken, I headed for home, stopping at a friends house for a quick visit.

Photos

Within 4ft of the hash
Well within the margin of error
Goofy grin and awkward hair in front of the school

Achievements

This user earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (43, -79) geohash on 2014-08-20.

Pedalpusher completed the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Buffalo, New York and all of the surrounding graticules.

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 == Participants ==
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+Pedalpusher is going to try to make this hash after work. The Toronto Hash actually landed on the US side in the TINY sliver that is a part of the Toronto Graticule. It's probably the best/closest opportunity I'll get to pick up the NW graticule for my Minesweeper Ribbon.
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+The drive up was pretty uneventful and went by quickly. It was nice though because I drove by an old fishing spot my father used to take me.  As I was approaching the schools where the hash was right around 18:30, I figured I would see if the parking lots were empty and pull in or just park on the road. As I got closer, I saw there were still a number of cars in the lot so I kept my eye on the GPS to pull over on the shoulder in the right spot. Right when my GPS beeped to let me know I was really close, I saw the small police station in front of the school and started to worry a little, which made me overshoot the hash by 500 feet. Fortunately, the hash was about that far or maybe farther from the station so I figured I could run up by the trees to the hash, get my pictures and leave without disturbing anyone. Being so close to a school, I really didn't want a police achievement today. Pictures taken, I headed for home, stopping at a friends house for a quick visit.
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+Image:2014-08-20_43_-79_gps2.jpg|Well within the margin of error
+Image:2014-08-20_43_-79-goofy.jpg|Goofy grin and awkward hair in front of the school
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+| longitude = -79
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+| [[2014-08-20 43 -79|Toronto, ON]] || [[2015-01-05 43 -78|Lockport]] || [[2015-06-03 43 -77|Rochester]]
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+| [[2014-08-17 42 -79| Dunkirk]] || [[2014-08-08 42 -78| Buffalo]] || [[2014-11-02 42 -77| Corning]]
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+|[[2014-09-12 41 -79| Oil City, PA]] || [[2014-09-07 41 -78| St. Mary's, PA]] || [[2017-08-25 41 -77 |Williamsport, PA]]
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